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which case the upper one is contined to the anterior part of the body 

 as described I)}- Giinther for the type. 



Head and body uniform dusky brown; the tins darker and slio-htly 

 mottled, growing- lighter toward the tips of the rays; fins dusky on 

 blind side. 



Of this species we have specimens from Tokyo, Nagasaki, Waka- 

 noura, Matsushima, Onomichi, and Hiroshima. The largest 17 cm. in 

 length. 



It is generally common in the markets of Japan, reaching a smaller 

 size than Cynoglossus rohustiis. 



{mt€rriq)tus, interrupted, in allusion to the broken upper lateral line.) 



57. ARELISCUS JOYNERI (Gunther). 



Cynoglossus joyneri Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1878, p. 486 (Tokyo); Shore 

 Fisli Cliallenger, p. 70, pi. xxx, fig. a (Tokyo). — Otaki, Journ. Fish. Bur., 

 1896, p. 9, pi. vni, fig. 12. 



Areliscus joyneri Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1900, p. 380 

 (Tokyo); Check List, 1901, p. 123 (Yokohama). 



Ilahitat. — Coasts of kSouthern Japan, north to Tokyo. 



Head, 4| to 4f in length to base of caudal; depth, 8f to 3|. Eye, 

 15 or 16 in head. Dorsal, 106 to 112; anal, 83 to 86. Scales, from 

 opposite gill opening, 70 to 75; from upper end of opercle, 5 or 6 

 more. 



Eyes small, separated by a tlat or slightly concave space, covered 

 with scales, and equal in width to vertical diameter of eye; middle of 

 upper eye over front margin of lower. Rostral hook reaching around 

 mandible to a point vertical from front of upper eye or sometimes a 

 little anterior to that point. Lips not fringed; teeth rather coarse, in 

 bands on blind side of jaws. Anterior nostril of eyed side in a tube, 

 in front of, and on a level with lower edge of lower 63^6 ; postei'ior 

 nostril ending at surface of skin between front of eyes opposite middle 

 of interorbital space. 



Ventral connected with anal by membrane. Scales everywhere 

 cycloid on eyed side except posteriorly where a few scales are ctenoid, 

 the spinides rather few on each scales, some scales with only one. 

 Lateral lines three, separated at the middle of body by 12 series of 

 scales. 



Color uniform ])rownish, the tins darker, but growing white at the 

 edges; fins on blind side colorless. 



Of this species we have several specimens from Tokyo, the largest 

 225 mm. long. 



(Named for Mr. Joyner, its discoverer.) 



