NO. 1358. 



JAPAXESE SCULriNS— JORDAN AND STARKK 



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espi'ciiilly oil ^i 11 iii('inl)rane.s; sidos and belly (in iiuilcs) with iircou- 

 hir, round white spots; tirst dorsal with round, i)al(' spots, the nicni- 

 bi'ancs otherwise hn'ocdy dusky; soft dorsal with '4 or 4 dark ohliciuc 

 cross shade.s, between Avhich are rows of pale spots; anal with 4 dark 

 oblique cross shad(>s; l)ctvveen vvliich are rows of pale si)ots; tirst dor- 

 sal Avitli round })ale spots, the membranes otherwise larj^-el}' dusk}'; 

 soft dorsal with ;> or 4 dark oblicpie cross shades, between w'hiehare 

 rows of pale spots; anal with 4 dark <)l)lique cross shades; caudal with 

 3 narrower dark stripes; i)ectoral with 4; ventrals dusky with i)ale 

 spots. Okhotsk Sea and western and northern parts of Berinjr Sea. 

 This description (after Kner) from a single specimen, T| inches long, 

 from Decastris Bay, near the mouth of the Amur. We have not seen 

 tlie species, l)ut Dr. Schmidt lists it as from the Japan Sea, his collections 



Via. 22. — ^[E<;Al.<)<:t)TTrs I'I.atyckphalis. 



being made in Peter the ( ireat Bay. near Vladivostok. The i)late. from 

 Jordan and Evermann, was draw'n from a specimen collected at St. 

 Michaels, Alaska. l>y Mr. L. M. Turner. It seems to l)elong to this 

 species. 



[TtXari';, l)road; K£(/>a\f/, head.) 



20. A.INOCOTTUS Jordan and Starks. 



Aliiocoltiis .loKDAN aii'l SivKKs, lu'w fieiuif^ {i'nsl<ji'r) . 



This gciui> is alTu'd to Mi/oxoccphaJus, haxirig the general form and 

 appearance of the large sculpins. It has, howu'ver, four i)reopeiculai' 

 spines, as in Porncotfiis, but tht> upper is very long and straight, and 

 not hooked as in I'nrnrofi n.-i. There is no slit behind thc> la-t gill, a 

 character which separates Ahiocafttis from ( hicomttiiK, to wiiich it is 

 technically nearest in relationship. ^l/y/r>co/'/'^/.s' lacks also the high tins 

 and the (■ond)-lik(^ crest of the males of Oiicocottux. 



{(//'/I", the white al)origines of the island of Hokkaido; ('off us.) 



29. AINOCOTTUS ENSIGER Jordan and Starks. new species. 



Head -l], in length without caudal; depth T). Dor.sil X-14; anal 12. 

 Lateral line ;).'s. Kye tl in head; interorbital 7i; snout 2g; ma.xillary 



