NO. 1358. 



JAPANESE SCULPINS—JOliDAN AND STARKS. 



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base of first dorsal spines-rises much less abruptl}-. Preopercle with 

 ■i l)lunt prominences, the upper often longer and more spine-like. 

 Mouth nearly horizontal, tlie lower jaw included; a slender filament at 

 end of maxillary; teeth small,afewon yonier and a narrow hand on 

 palatines. Gill membranes broadly united to isthnuis. the gill opening 

 extending a little below the lower edge of pectoral. Skin e-overed 

 with close-set yillous prickles, among which large ones are frequentl}'^ 

 seen arranged in rather definite longitudinal series, of which there may 

 be "1 or ;> parallel with the back, and 1 running near lower line of tail. 

 No smootii areas on sides. Lateral line conspicuous, the plates with 

 short spines directed backward. Dorsals separate, the first not notched, 

 comparatively low, the first spine highest, 1| in head in type; in other 

 spei'imens li to 1| in head; soft dorsal and anal also low, none of the 

 ra3's reaching base of caudal when depressed; pectoral longer than 

 head; yentrals li to 2 in head. Color, dull light oliyaceous, mottled 



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Fk;. 41. — Nautisci's pribiuivits. 



with darker; 3 or 4 dark bands below^ soft dorsal, 1 below spinous 

 dorsal; a black band through eyes and across cheeks, extending onto 

 branchiostegal membranes; 7 dusk}" spots along lateral line, a con- 

 spicuous pink blotch, rather larger than pupil. l)etween first and second 

 blotch; first dorsal dusky; second dorsal, anal, and pectoral dotted and 

 checked; caudal with faint finely checked cross lines, which deepen to 

 form a dark bar at its base and a l)roader one toward its tip; ventrals 

 \)ale; belly mottled. Bering Sea, the type from St. (icorge Island, 

 one of the Prihilof Islands, in 23 fathoms; Unalaska, Bristol Bay, 

 and south of the Alaskan Peninsula. Recorded from Aneiva Bay, 

 Saghalin, l)}- Dr. Schmidt. 



{j?rfbUovif(.s, from the Pribilof Islands, nauied for their discoverer, 

 Gerassim Pribilof, 1786.) 



