NO. 1489. JAPANESE FISHES— SMITH AND POPE. 483 



considerably .short of the tirst anal spine. It appears improbable that 

 the distinction between S. hKjosJdinaiia and aS". clrrhom can be 

 maintained. 



113. PTEROIS LUNULATA Temminck and Schlegel. 

 OKOZE. 



Kochi and ITrado, ]May Id and 11, two specimens, So and 105 mm. 

 long. 



114. APISTUS EVOLANS Jordan and Starks. 



Kagoshima. June 13, two specimens, loo and 125 mm. long. 



115. DECTERIAS PUSILLUS ( Temminck and Schlegel). 



Siisaki, May S, one specimen, 52 mm. long; Kagoshima, June 13, 

 one specimen, 56 mm. long. 



116. EROSA EROSA (Langsdorff ). 

 YUWAOKOZE. 



Kagoshima, flune 10, one specimen, 125 mm. long; from a depth of 

 2 to 3 fathoms; plentiful. 



117. INIMICUS JAPONICUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Yamagawa, June 11^, two specimens, 165 and 180 mm. long. 



118. PARACENTROPOGON RUBRIPINNIS ( Temminck and Schlegel). 



Mear Yamagawa, June Ki, three specimens, 51 t-o 62 mm. long; 

 shore. 



LYSODERMUS Sniith and Pope, new genus ( Scorpaenidas). 



' Body oblong, compressed, covered with a soft, lax skin, in which min- 

 ute rudimentary scales are embedded; head very rough with spines and 

 ridges; 2 preorl)ital spines, 5 preopercular spines (the upper longest), 

 2 concealed opercular spines; a short slit behind last gill-arch; gill- 

 rakers short and few; gill-membranes united to isthmus; lips papillose; 

 lower jaw with fleshy tentacles; dorsal tin single, beginning behind 

 head and consisting of T stiti' spines and numerous soft rays; anal 

 tin with 2 concealed spines; caudal margin slightly convex; all but 

 tips of dorsal, anal, and caudal fins invested with skin; pectorals with 

 lower ra}^ free and long; ventrals joined to abdomen by a thick fold 

 of skin. 



This genus differs from J/mou,^, which it rather closely resembles, 

 in having but T dorsal spines, in the origin of the tin well behind head 

 and axil of pectorals, in the presence of minute embedded scales, in 

 the rudimentar}" anal spines, and in various other characters. 



T(/jje of (jenux. — Lij.s(jd>'i'iitus sdtsumce. 

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