NO. 1489. JAPANESE FISHES—SMITH AND POPE. 465 



dorsal xv-i, 12-7; anal v, 10-6; caudal small, deepl}" forked, the lobes 

 not widely tlaring; lateral line sinuous; color pale reddish brown, with 

 about live dusk}^ cross bands. 



Family GEMPYLID.^. 



36. NEALOTUS TRIPES Johnson. 



Hamashinia, offshore, October 8, 1902, one specimen, 240 mm. long; 

 from Hamashima Fisher}^ Station. This specimen is the size of the 

 type and agrees very closely with Johnson's original description. 

 Depth 7.8 to base of caudal, about 8.3 to end of caudal; head 3.75; eye 

 1.6 in snout, 4.3 in head; dorsal xxi, 19-2; anal 1-8-3. Front of 

 upper jaw with 6 fang-like teeth 0..5 length of e}^e; posterior to these 

 about L2 partly concealed, widely separated sharp-pointed teeth on the 

 dental ridge; teeth in lower jaw sharp, compressed, much larger than 

 the lateral teeth in upper jaw, about 10 on "each side. Color, appar- 

 entl}' silvery, underlaid with brown. 



Fig. 1. — NEALOTUS tuipes. 



Giinther" gives the following history of this interesting species, of 

 which the Japanese .specimen is the third that has been taken: 



This fish was known from a single example, 10 inches long, obtained at Madeira in 

 the month of Deeemlier [.1804], and has been fully descril)ed by .Johnson, who says 

 that his specimen has been deposited in the British Museum. .Such was undoubtedly 

 his intention when he wrote his description, as before and afterwards he most liber- 

 ally presented his ichthyological treasures to the national institution. But this 

 specimen was never received, and from later inquiries it would appear that this valu- 

 able type is lost. The Challenger collection contains a very young specimen, only 33 

 mm. long, which agrees so well with Johnson's description that it doubless belongs 

 to the same species. Only the dagger-shaped postanal spine is shorter than the 

 ventral spines, and also the separation of distinct finlets can not Ije clearly made out, 

 as might be expected in so young an exami)le. It was brought up in the dredge at 

 Station 40, in latitude 34° bV north, longitude 68° 30^ west, where the dredge 

 reached a depth of 2,675 fathoms. * * * It is * * * probable that this small 

 fish entered the dredge shortly before it came to the surface. 



Family CARANGID.E. 



CREVALLES, POMPANOES, ETC. 



37. DECAPTERUS RUSSELLI (Riippell). 

 AOAJI. 



Susaki, May 8, one specimen, 146 mm. long. 



« Deep-sea Fishes, Voyage of the Challenger, XXII, 1887. 



