NO. 1493. FISHES FROM PORT ARTHUR— JORDAN AND STARKS. 



523 



Allied to Trise,nopogon ^ but with the teeth very peculiar, unlike those 

 of any other goby known to us. 



Type of gen ns. — Ban ulin a ^ fim hriiden s. 



22. RANULINA FIMBRIIDENS Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 3 in length to base of caudal; depth Of. Eye 10^ in head 

 measured obliquel}" across top of head from union of premaxillaries to 

 tip of opercle; snout 3; maxillary If; interorbital space 5. Dorsal 

 VlI-17; anal IT; scales 40. 



Head very much depressed; its depth about a third of its length; as 

 viewed from above, its outline forms a semicircle from the posterior 

 end of one maxillary to the posterior end of the other. Lower jaw 

 slightly projecting; the maxillary reaching 1^ diameters of the eye 

 past eye. Teeth rather long, slender and sharp, set in two rows in 

 jaws and rather widely spaced. The teeth of inner row smaller and 

 curved inward, the outer row set on the edge of the jaw and directed 

 obliquely outward, sometimes nearly horizontal, and forming a con- 

 spicuous fringe around front of head. Entire lower part of head 



Fig. 3.— Ranulina fimbkiidens. 



thickly covered with fine tentacles especiall}' numerous over a large 

 area medially; rows of them follow the edge of mandible and upward 

 on edge of preopercle; some of them on edge of preopercle continued 

 backward on lower part of cheek behind maxillary; a row on each 

 branchiostegal ray. A few short papilla on upper part of snout. A 

 slight ridge on supraorbital region turning al)ruptly outward a short 

 distance behind eye; interorbital space shallow, concave. 



Scales of moderate size, smooth and rather thin. Cheeks, opercles, 

 and nape scaled. 



Pectoral broad and rounded, reaching past front of anal, its base 

 o}>lique following contour of opercle. Distance from base of last 

 dorsal spine to first dorsal ra}' a little greater than width of interorbita 

 space. Longest dorsal spines. Si in head, a little shorter than longest 

 soft rays. Ventrals connected, broadl}^ rounded, not adnate to belly. 

 Anal ending slightly posterior to dorsal; caudal rounded, its length 

 equal to that of ventral, If in head. 



Color in spirits: scales broadlv outlined with dusky points on pos- 

 terior margins; top of head dusky and slightly mottled; lower parts 



