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colorless; faint dusky lines obliquely across dorsal rays; broader and 

 fainter ones cross pectoral rays; ventrals and anal colorless. A con- 

 spicuous dark spot at base of caudal behind which are three lunate 

 dark bands across caudal rays. 



Man}" specimens were obtained. 



TyjK.—Q^i. No. 55633, U.S.N.M., is 110 mm. in length; cotypes 

 are No. 9882, Stanford Universit3^ 



23. TRIDENTIGER BIFASCIATUS Steindachner. 



A single specimen agreeing very well with specimens from Japan. 



24. TiENIOIDES ABBOTTI Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 5| in length to base of caudal; depth 2 in head; maxillary 2^; 

 interorbital space h\. Dorsal, VI, 17; anal 11. 



Mouth very oblique, forming an angle of about 45 degrees. Lower 

 jaw bluntly rounded, no bony knob at symphj'sis, or no barbels present. 

 Small sharp teeth in a single row in jaws, outside of which are 2 or 3 

 long sharp canines on each side, which shut outside of the jaws. Eyes 

 reduced, appearing as small inconspicuous dark dots. 



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Fig. 4. — T^nioides abbotti. 



No scales apparent. Pectorals long and pointed, nine-tenths of 

 length of head in the type, a little longer than head in the cotype; 

 their tips reach a considerable distance past tips of ventrals. Ven- 

 trals adnate to belly at anterior third of their length; thev are inserted 

 somewhat anterior to base of pectorals and their length is contained 

 li times in head. Origin of dorsal at the beginning of the anterior 

 fourth of the length of body from base of caudal to tip of snout. 

 Dorsal not enveloped in thick skin, the spines not differentiated from 

 soft rays. Caudal long and pointed, continuous with dorsal and anal. 



Color inspirits flesh color, purplish on head, slightly dusky on back; 

 top of head and front part of mandible dusky; tins colorless. 



Two specimens taken, the largest 90 mm. in length. 



Ty2?e.—C?ii. No. 55631, U.S.N.M; cotypes No. 9881, Stanford 

 University. 



This species differs from all others of its genus in having much 

 longer pectorals and in having more tin ra3's than any other species 

 without barbels on the mandible. 



