LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED IN JAPAN IN 1903, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES. 



By Hugh M. Smith and Thomas E. B. Pope, 



Of tjie U. S. Bureau of Fniheries. 



During a brief visit to Japan in 1003 the senior author obtained a 

 small collection of fresh-water and marine fishes from various points 

 on the islands of Hondo, Shikoku, and Kiushiu. Having- only limited 

 facilities for preserving specimens, he was obliged to confine the col- 

 lection to the smaller forms; and not being provided with a seine or 

 other net he depended largely on the markets and on the services of 

 local fishermen. 



The principal localities from which specimens were; obtained were 

 (1) Matsushima Bay, from the fishery experiment station at Shiogama, 

 where a number of interesting specimens were secured from the sta- 

 tion museum; (2) Hamashima, province of Shima, from the collection 

 of the fishery station at that place; (3) the Inland Sea in the vicinit}" of 

 Onomichi; (4) Kochi and Urado, in the province of Tosa; (5) Susaki, 

 in the same province, where there is a fishery experiment station; 

 (6) Kagoshima, province of Satsuma; (7) Yamagawa, at the mouth of 

 Kagoshima Bay; (8) Nigara River at Gifu; (9) Lake Biwa, near its 

 outlet; and (10) Sendai River at Sendai, province of Satsuma. 



For cooperation and active aid in making the collection, acknowledg- 

 ment is due to Dr. K. Kisliinouye, Dr. T. Kitahara, Dr. T. Nishikawa, 

 Dr. K. Oku, and Dr. T. Nishimura, all of the Imperial Fisheries 

 Bureau; their excellencies, Governor Watanabe and Governor Kawaji, 

 of the prefectures of Kochi and Gifu; the director of the fishery 

 experiment station at Shiogama; Mr. J. Shobu, of the fishery experi- 

 ment station at Hamashima; Mr. I. Shishido, of the Imperial Univer- 

 sity at Kyoto; Mr. Y. Hosokawa, president of the Fishermen's Asso- 

 ciation of Kochi prefecture, and Mr. Y. Kida, of the Kochi Middle 

 School; Mr. H. Niwa, director of the fishery experiment station at 

 Susaki, Tosa; Mr. T. Sakai, of the imperial biological station at 

 Onomichi; Mr. Yoshio Asahara, director of the fishery experiment 

 station of Kagoshima prefecture; Mr. S. Machida, of Kagoshima, and 



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