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38. TRACHURUS JAPONICUS Temminck and Schlegel. 



Shore near Yamagawa, June KJ, one .specimen, 02 mm. long. 



39. CARANGUS EQUULA (Temminck and Schlegel.) 

 SHIMAAJI. 



Kochi, May 7, one specimen, 225 nmi. long. Head 8.2, depth 2.16, 

 e3^e 3.33, snout 3; dorsal viii-i, 25; anal ii-i, 24; scutes about 35; 8 

 or 9 obsolete dark, narrow vertical bands on l)ack and sides; dorsal 

 and anal tins with white margins, light green at base, and blackish 

 between; ventrals silky white. 



Family SCOMBROPID^. 



40. SCOMBROPS BOOPS (Houttuyn). 

 SHIRAGENNAI (Susaki). 



Susaki, May S, one specimen, lUO mm. long; Kagoshima and Yama- 

 gawa, shore, June 10 and 16, three specimens, 88 to 111 mm. long. 



Family LEIOCtNATHID.E. 



41. LEIOGNATHUS ARGENTATUS Houttuyn. 

 NIROGI. 



[Equula nuchaUa Temminck and Schlegel.) 



Kochi, May 7, three specimens, 73 to 80 mm. long. 



42. LEIOGNATHUS RIVULATUS (Temminck and Schlegel). 



KIBINAGO. 



Susaki, May 8, one specimen, 75 nun. long. 



43. LEIOGNATHUS ELONGATUS Smith and Pope, new species. 



Head 3.75; depth 3.75; eye 3.25; snout 3.25; dorsal viii, 16; anal 

 III, 14. 



Body very elongate and moderately compressed, its depth not greater 

 than length of head; dorsal and ventral profiles about evenl}^ curved and 

 tapering gently to the very short and slender peduncle; caudal peduncle 

 about 0.66 diameter of eye; head acute, the upper surface weakly con- 

 vex, the sides compressed to form a ver}^ narrow surface on the ven- 

 tral side; mandibular but slightly concave; eye of moderate size, its 

 diameter equal to snout; interorbital equal to eye, with a median ridge 

 from snout to occiput and supraocular ridges inclosing triangular 

 space; lower preopercular margin with very fine serrations; scales 

 small, cycloid, deciduous; opercles naked, cheeks scaly; lateral line 

 conspicuous, with about •42 tubular pores; second and third dorsal 

 spines longest, 1.75 in depth of ])ody and 2 in distance from origin of 

 fin to anterior margin of e3^e; longest anal spine (second) less than 0.5 



