Nu. i;!5s. JAl'ASEtiE SCULPINS— JORDAN AND STARKS. 301 



(Named for Dr. Peter Schmidt, of St. Petersburii-, who collected in 

 J{i}3iin and Siberia in 11^00.) 



28. ELAPH ICHTHYS Jordan and Starks. 

 Ehiphirlitlnis .Jordan and Stahks, new genus (plon</(iius). 



This o-emis differs from Gi/mjK/ccaif/n/K and Cottiusculus in having 

 teeth on vomer and palatines, in having but 2 \entral Y'A\<,, and in 

 having- the .skin of the head smooth, not covered with rough plates as 

 in the former genus. From Furcma it differs in the armature of the 

 preopercle and in the absence of tentacles on top of head (resem- 

 bling in these characters (Ji/iiniocdnfJnis and (nftlasculus). Coasts of 

 Japan. 



[eXaHng, stag: ix^''''^' fish.) 



40. ELAPHICHTHYS ELONGATUS (Steindachner). 



UMIKAJIKA (SEASCULPIN). 



Centridermichih]/s elongatns Steindachner, Ich. Beitr., X, 1881, p. 86; Strielok, 

 .Tapan Sea (near Vladivostok). The plate, taf. vr, fig. 2, named Cenirider- 

 tniditlnis yhiher. — Steixdachxer and DftDERLEix, Fische .Tapans, IV, 1887, 

 p. 259. 



Head 3 in length; depth C. Dorsal X-17 or 18; anal IH; ventral I, 2. 



Body elongate, mouth rather long; maxillary scarcely reaches to 

 below posterior orbital rim. Jaws, vomer, and palatines with sharp 

 teeth in bands. Eye oval; its long diameter eipial to length of snout, 

 or is contained four times in head. 



Preopercle spine long, sharp, curved, and compres.sed, bearing on 

 its upper edge one or two sharp processes. Top of head Avithout 

 tentacles. Gill membranes connected, free from isthmus. 



Skin on head thin. A row of toothed plates along the lateral line 

 and a few rough scattered plates on anterior part of body under lat- 

 eral line. Skin above lateral line smooth, or thickly set with diminu- 

 tive .spines, as in Tracltldet'iiius Meckel. 



Color. — Back grav-violet with dark red-violet, curved wavy, long- 

 spots, which sometimes run together; seldom dark cross bands on the 

 lower half of l)()d3^ as in Bcro elegans. (Steindachner.) 



This species is not represented in our collections. 



{rlongatus^ lengthened.) 



29.. ALCICHTHYS Jordan and Starks. 

 AlcichthyK Jorhax and Starks, new genus [<dciconi !.•<). 



This gemis differs from lWii(h)hJ< dh/hs and Z?('/vy in having the large 

 preopercular s})ine flat, broad, and divided into many points; and in 

 having the cirri on toj) of head usually simple. 



Seas of north(M-n -lapan. 



{alce^ elk; /j^t'?. tish.) 



