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Family TETRAODONTID^. 



PUFFERS, 

 105. SPHEROIDES VERMICULARIS (Temminck and Schlegel). 



Yamagawa, June 14, one specimen, 275 mm. long. 



106. SPHEROIDES NIPHOBLES Jordan and Snyder. 



Kochi, May 11, one specimen, 110 mm. long. Back dark green, the 

 spots pale yellow in life. 



Family CANTHIGASTERID^E. 



SHARP-NOSED PUFFERS. 



107. CANTHIGASTER RIVULATUS (Temminck and Schlegel). 



FUGU. 



Susaki, May S, one specimen, 30 mm. long; not known to the fish- 

 ermen. Yamagawa, June 14, one specimen, 108 mm. long; common; 

 average size 75 mm. 



Family SCORP^NID^. 



SCORPION FISHES. 



108. SEBASTICHTHYS OBLONGUS (Giinther). 

 GARA. 



Hamashima, March 10, 1902, one specimen, 82 mm. long; from 

 Hamashima Fishery Station. Scales in lateral line 50 +. 



109. SEBASTICUS ALBOFASCIATUS (Lacepede). 



Kochi, May 10, one specimen, 167 mm. long. 



no. HELICOLENUS DACTYLOPTERUS (de la Roche). 



HOGO. 



Kagoshima, June 16, two specimens, 127 and 135 mm. long; from 

 a depth of about 80 fathoms; plentiful. 



III. SCORP>^NA ONARIA Jordan and Snyder. 



Urado, May 10, one specimen, 128 mm. long; mottled red and 

 brown; anal with blood-red spots. 



112. SCORP.^NOPSIS KAGOSHIMANA (Steindachner and Dbderlein). 



OKOZE. 



Kagoshima, June 11 and 16, four specimens, 115 to 180 mm. long; 

 abundant at a depth of 2 to 3 fathoms. In all these specimens the 

 pectoral extends far beyond the ventrals, but only in the three smaller 

 specimens (115 to 140 mm.) does the pectoral extend as far as the 

 second anal spine; in the largest specimen the tip of the pectoral is 



