NO. isris. 



JAPANESE SCTLPIXS— JORDAN AND STARKS. 



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31. ARGYROCOTTUS ZANDERI Herzenstein. 



Argyrocoltns zaiidcri ]Ii:hzkxsti;in, M('lan<;rH Biul. Ac. Iiiij). Sci., XIII, 1892, 

 p. 219; Korsakow, Sakhalin. (Type No. 9679, :\Ins. St. Pet(.T.«])nrK. Coll. 

 Dr. Zander. ) — Jokdan and Gilheht, Fish. Bering Sea, in Kept. Fur Seal 

 Invest, for 1896-97, III, 1899, j). 460, pi. lx; Iturup Island.— J okdan and 

 EvERMANX, Fish. N. and ^l. Amer., II, 1898, j). 1995; Ituinj) Island. 



Head 8^; (l<>pth 41. D. YIIl-15; A. 13; P. 14; V. 3; C. 18; lateral 

 lino with 3a tubes. Eye 3| in lent^th of head; iiiterorhital space 1| 

 in eye; 2 well-developed cii'sts at tiie vertex; maxillary i-eaching 

 middle of eye; lower jaw slightly projeetino-; 2 anal spines; 8 

 small spines on preoperele, the upper half as long as the eye, turned 

 upward, the others directed downward; lonuest dorsal spine one-half 

 leno-th of head; pectoral reaching- niiith ray of soft dorsal; ventrals 

 reaching- to the next to the last ray of anal. Color brownish, dark 

 above, with numerous silvery spots bordered witii darivcr. a silvery 





FlO. 24.— ARilYKoroTTl'S ZANDERI. 



stripe from below the eye to the base of th(> lower jaw; another from 

 eye to angle of preoperele; a row of (! large irregular spots along mid- 

 dle of sides, many smaller ones below these; 2 smaller irregular s[)ots 

 behind these; a bell-shaped spot with a point directed upward on the 

 belly between the ventrals; the first dorsal with its upper margin 

 blackish, with milk-white spots dotted with black; a transparent spot 

 at base of fourth and sixth rays; a small transparent spot near base of 

 fourth ray; anotluM- l)ehind sixth; about these spots the coloration 

 is darker; soft dorsal almost uniformly dark; anal colorless, its border 

 dark, with 2 or 8 dark spots on each ray; caudal uniformly dusky, 

 the upper and lower rays l>lackish. with clear spots; ventral with darker 

 cross streaks; pectorals with dark rings and streaks. Ventral in female 

 probal)ly nuich shorter than in male, the color less marked. Three 

 specimens of this beautifully marked Cottoid taken in Shana Bay, 

 Iturup Island, show the following characters: The In-anchiostegal 

 membranes are widely joined across the throat, narrow ly united in 



