NO. 1358. .lAl'ANESE SCn.I'lXS—.IORDAX AM) STARKS. 303 



reach well past those of anal, but not to al)ovebase of dorsal. Pectoial 

 with U) rays; its tip reaching- to opposite front of anal. \'(Mitral short: 

 once concealiHl spine and '2 soft rays; reachino- half the distance fi-oiii 

 their l)ase to anal pai)iila. Lateral line with small inil)cdded plates; a 

 few scattered plates, with roug-h posterior edges behind axil. Skin 

 otherwise naked and smooth. 



Color light l)rown on back, somewhat mottled, shading lighter below 

 to white on lower parts; spinous dorsal light: an ii-regular dusky 

 blotch at each end; anal and soft dorsal crossed by oblique, dark 

 bands, less oblique and more conspicuous on the former; pectoral with 

 dusky cross bands and narrow white interspaces; base of caudal dusky. 



Here desci'ibed from a specimen ;^0 cm. in length, from Same in 

 Rikuchii. Other specimens are from Hakodate. 



{alce^ elk; eor/n/. horn.) 



SO. FURCINA Jordan and Starks. 

 Furcina Jordan and Starks, new genus {iahikawie). 



This genus diti'ers from Pseudohleitnlas in having* 2 spines at angle 

 of preopercle, the upper one forked; and in having a pair of very 

 small simple cirri usually present at the nape. Ventral ravs 1, 2. 



Small iishes of the coasts of .lapan. 



{fiirai^ a fork.) 



(( Dortial rays X-IV) or 20; anal rays 17 or 18; preojierL-ular Hpine narrowly forked; 



fjpinous dorsal notched iahikawu-, 42. 



fl(( ])or.«al rays X-17 or IS; anal rays 14 or 15; preopereiilar spine broadly forked; 

 si)inous dorsal slightly notched „ (mmx, 48. 



42. FURCINA ISHIKAW.^ Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 2| to ?>\ in length without caudal; depth 4. Dorsal X-IJ) or 

 20: anal IT or IS; pores in lateral line 8*.>; V. I, 2. Eye 4 in head; 

 snout 3^ to 4; maxillary 2i to 2^; interorbital width S; height of cnudal 

 peduncle 5. 



Snout rather l)luntly i-ounded and steep; jaws even, or the upper a 

 little longer; maxillary reaching to below posterior margin of pupil. 

 Villiform teeth on jaws, vonu'r and palatines; the band or ;)remaxil- 

 lary widened in front; that on mandil)le scan-ely. oi" ])ut very little 

 widened; the palatine band siiort and rather wide. Interorbital nar- 

 row and moderately concave. Pre()r])ital with 2 spines at its angle; 

 the upper one divided at its tip and very nai-rowly forked; it is some- 

 what hooked u\)ward: the lower one is simple, sharp, but little if any 

 shorter, its tip directed straight backward. Anterior lower edge of 

 preopercle with a very small blunt spine or tubei'cle. directed for- 

 ward; posterior edge sometimes with a cou})le of small tubercles, 

 sometimes smooth. Nasal spines small but sharp. A pair of nuiititid 

 flaps over posterior margin of eye, and a })air of simple, or sometimes 



