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are enlarged in the pectoral rej^ion; depth at ventrals ahout 1.06 

 lono'th; h(>ad about <>.;->3 leno-th; mouth laroe, oblicpie, the cleft extend- 

 ing under posterior third of eye; teeth in jaws slender, acute, and in 

 several rows; eye very large, its diameter iie^arly 0.5 head; branchial 

 opening large; no lateral line; doi'sal tin single, elongate, the rays 

 al)out 84, antcn'ior rays high and crowded forward over eyes; anal rays 

 21; pectorals 19; ventrals nearly as long as head, inserted anterior to 

 pectorals, the wxys i, 5; a median groove or sheath between ventrals 

 and anal; vertebra* about 40, the vertel)ral column (as shown liy 

 skiagraph) singularly deflected downward near and to the occipital 

 condyle. 



A single specimen, in poor condition, was obtained in the market at 

 Kagoshima among a miscellaneous lot of small iishes from Kagoshimi? 

 Bay. 



Family LEPT()SCX)PID^F:. 



154. BEMBROPS CAUDIMACULA Steindachner. 



Kagoshima, June 18, three specimens, 110 to 130 nmi. long. This 

 species has heretofore been known only from the type specimen, 5.33 

 inches long, from Nagasaki. The three specimens before us agree per- 

 fectly with Steindachner's original description. 



Family PTEROPSARID^. 



155. PARAPERCIS PULCHELLA (Temminck and Schlegel). 



GOMO. 



Kagoshima. June 13, three specimens. S)h to 150 mm. long. 



156. PARAPERCIS OMMATURA Jordan and Snyder. 



Hamashima, April 4. 1902, one specimen, 105 nun. long; from a 

 depth of 7 to 10 fathoms; from Hamashima Fishery Station. 



157. NEOPERCIS SEXFASCIATA (Temminck and Schlegel). 



Kagoshima, June 13, one specimen, 125 mm. long; Kochi, May 7, 

 one specimen, 145 mm. long. 



158. NEOPERCIS MULTIFASCIATA (Doderlein). 

 DOROHAZE (MUD GOBY). 



Hamashima, October 5, 1U()2, one specimen, 135 mm. long; from a 

 depth of 5 to 10 fathoms; from Hamashima Fishery Station. 



