NO. 1358. JAPANESE SCULPINS—JORDA X A A7> ST. 1 /!KS. 313 



in the type specimen they are somewhat run together, forming double 

 cross-streaks with uneven edges; a pair of rows across caudal peduncle, 

 3 pairs under soft dorsal, and 2 pairs under spinous dorsal: chin and 

 snout dark; sonu'tinies there is a dark l)and from eye along- eacii side 

 of snout and across chin; a dark spot on maxillary below eye; traces 

 of a dark streak lunnlng back from eye to edge of opercle; a small 

 dark spot on base of middU> pectoral rays, sometimes shading down- 

 ward and growing wid(M- on lower rays; spinous dorsal with a jet- 

 black spot on first and last spines; the fin bordered with duskv; soft 

 dorsal with wavy dark stripes running l)ackwards and downwards 

 obliquely across the rays, these involving the membrane more than 

 the rfi,,y; anal obliquely marked with broader bands which spring from 

 the termination of the double body stripes at base of fin but run 

 together tow^ard edge of fin; caudal irregularly dusky; ventrals white. 



Fig. 35.— Pseudoblennius zonostigma. 



This species may be separated from the other known Japanese species 

 PseudohJennmx by the color markings; from P. j)erc<>/'dr.s and J\ 

 japonicus by the liner teeth and lack of nasal spines; from J\ iiKirnm- 

 ratus by the wider caudal peduncle and by the spinous dorsal. 



Two specimens were taken at Nagasaki, and one, the tyi)e, from 

 Misaki. The t3"pe is 105 mm. in length; the larger of the cotypes is 

 120 mm. 



The type is numl)ered 7718, Ichthyological Collections, L(>land Stan- 

 ford Junior University Museum. A cotype is No. 50927, U.8.N.M. 



(Coro'g, band; Griyua, spot.) 



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