NO. 1358. 



JAPANESE SCULPINS— JORDAN AND STARKS. 



265 



{Cottus; KOTTog^ an old name of the European Miller's Thumb, Cof- 

 tti.s (/oh!o, Linna?us, from kottoc head). 



« Pegedictis. Preopercular spines 4; palatine tcetli pre.sent, 1). VI] 1-14 or 15; A, 

 13 or 14 kuzika, 16. 



""Corns. I'lTopen-le with hut one distinct spine; palatine teeth ohsolete, D. VIII- 

 16 to 18; A, 11 to 13 pollux,\l. 



i6. COTTUS KAZIKA Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 2f in length without caudal; depth 4f. Dorsal VI 1 1-14 to 16; 

 anal 18 to 15; ventral I, 4. Fores of lateral line 28; aye. 4f in head; 

 interorbital (bono onl}') 8: maxillary 2i; snout 4; heiofht of caudal 

 peduncle 4^ to 5. 



Body deepest at shoidders; head somewhat depressed, the snout nar- 

 row; a notch in profile at front of eyes. Mouth rather large; the maxil- 

 lary ri'aching to below posterior margin of pupil; lower jaw included 



Fig. 15.— Cottus kazika. 



or even with upper. Teeth in broad bands on jaws, \ onicr. and palatines; 

 those on palatines in bands as wide as on vomer and equally conspicu- 

 ous, somewhat coarser than those on jaws. Interorbital sjmce concave 

 and continuous behind witli a broad shallow concave area on top of 

 head, which is between low inconspicuous rounded parietal ridges. 

 Nasal spine sharp; between them are the slightly produced processes 

 from the premaxillaiies. Edge of preopercle armed with 4 spines, all 

 sharp, the uppin- one very strongh' hooked upward, the next much 

 smaller, pointing l)ackward, the next hooked downward, and the 

 k)west pointing forward. A small sharp spine on lower anterior end 

 of subopercle directed forward. 



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