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Family BEMBKADID^^. 



133. BEMBRAS JAPONICUS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 OKIGOCHI. 



Susaki, Ma}^ 8, one specimen, 118 mm. long; Urado, May 10, one 

 specimen, 117 mm. long-; Kochi, May 11, two specimens, 92 and 220 

 mm. long. 



Family LIPARIDID^. 



SEA-SNAIIS. 

 134. LIPARIS AGASSIZII Putnam. 



Matsushima Bay, three specimens, 40 to 225 mm. long; from Fishery 

 Experiment Station, Shiogama. 



Family TKIGLID^E. 



GURNARDS. 

 135. LEPIDOTRIGLA ALATA (Houttuyn.) 



Near Yamagawa, June 10, numerous specimens from TO to 90 mm. 

 long. Two specimens exhibit v^ariation in the length and shape of the 

 preorbital processes. 



136. LEPIDOTRIGLA GUNTHERI Hilgendorf. 



Urado, May 11, three specimens, 130 to 110 mm. long; from a depth 

 of 350 feet. 



137. LEPIDOTRIGLA MICROPTERA Giinther. 



Kochi, May 7, one specimen, 138 mm. long; Susaki, May 8, one 

 specimen, 31: mm. long. 



Family PERISTEDIID^E. 



DEEP-WATER GURNARDS. 

 138. PERISTEDION RIEFFELI Kaup. 



Urado, May 10, one specimen, 230 mm. long; Uchinoura Bay, east 

 of Kagoshima Bay, one specimen, 325 mm. long. In May, 19ul, there 

 were taken on a long line in Uchinoura Bay at a depth of 120 fathoms 

 two specimens of this fish, which were the only ones ever seen in that 

 region; these dried specimens were found in the Commercial Museum 

 at Kagoshima; one of them is mentioned above, the other, of the same 

 size, is still in the museum. This species has not heretofore been 

 recorded from Japan, It is easily distinguishable from P. orientale 

 by the converging preorbital processes, the single spine on upper sur- 

 face of snout, the presence of spines above eye and on occiput, the 

 spottiness of the upper parts and of the dorsals, and the presence of 

 two additional series of plates at base of caudal fin. 



