NO. 1489. JAPANESE FISHES— SMITH AND POPE. 473 



stronoly projectino-, bearing at the sj^mphy.sis two sharp conical teeth, 

 and reaching posteriorly to below anterior border of pupil; distal 

 expanded extremity of maxillar}^ 2 in eye; supplemental maxillary 

 bone long and narrow; very line teeth in jaws, on vomer, and on pal- 

 atines; tongue elongate, rounded, free. 



Nostrils close together, posterior larger and close to front rim of 

 orbit; opercle with two short, sharp spines, the lower horizontal, the 

 upper pointing obliquely upward; preopercle sharply and coarsely 

 serrated; gill-opening large; gill-rakers long and slender, about 23 on 

 lower limb of arch, the longest equaling diameter of pupil and longer 

 than the longest gill-lilament; dorsal spines slender, sharp, the third 

 and fourth longest and 1.33 times diameter of eye; the remaining 

 spines descend rapidly to the ninth; soft dorsal lower than spinous; 

 anal similar to soft dorsal and opposite the latter, the depressed tips 

 of last rays of both tins on same vertical; anal spines strong, the first 

 contained in the third three times; third anal spine equal to ej'e; cau- 

 dal weakly forked or deepl}^ emarginate; ventrals inserted under origin 

 of pectorals and not reaching vent, 2 in head, and 0.66 length of pec- 

 toral; caudal peduncle moderate and compressed, its depth 3 in head; 

 scales of moderate size, linely ctenoid, covering entire body and head 

 except mandible and snout; lateral line high and concurrent with 

 dorsal outline to middle of base of caudal; head with many mucus 

 cavities. 



Color, pale yellowish with 5 longitudinal bands or dashes of crimson; 

 the first ])and very narrow, I'unning along base of dorsal; the second 

 beginning near lateral line below origin of spinous dorsal and termi- 

 nating on lateral line below middle of soft dorsal; the third and widest 

 band extending from the upper portion of opercle on median line of side 

 to beyond termination of band above; the fourth reaching from axil 

 of pectoral to a))ove base of anal; the fifth from axil of ventrals to 

 posterior end of anal; first and fifth 1)ands similar, second and third 

 running parallel along middle of side and ver}" conspicuous, while the 

 fourth shows but faintly in the specimens secured; in one of the cotypes 

 the third and fourth bands show evidences of a possible fusion at 

 their anterior ends; a black spot near margin of membranes of spinous 

 dorsal, other fins colorless; scales above lateral line with black-dotted 

 margins, those elsewhere on body diffuselj^ dotted with black. 



The above description from a specimen measuring 65 mm., and two 

 cotypes 65 and 69 mm. long, taken at Kagoshima, June 16, 1903, b}'^ 

 H. M. Smith. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 55616, U.S.N.M. 



This interesting form is easily recognized by the two prominently 

 projecting mandibular teeth that terminate the very sharply pointed 

 head, the large eye, the high spinous dorsal, and the brilliant crimson 

 dashes along the sides. 



