NO. 1489. 



JAPANESE FISHES— SMITH AND POPE. 



497 



lower one .slightly in advance; interoii)ital ridge ))eginning as an ele- 

 vated ridg-e at the middle of the anterior margin of the lower eye, 

 continued ])ackward and upward along kjwer marg-in of the upper eye 

 to the anterior end of lateral line; nostrils short and tubular, close 

 together in angle formed l)y the union of anterior margins of orbit; 

 mouth small, straight. ol)lique; maxillary reaching a little past front 

 of lower eye; a curved bony preopercular ridge; posterior end of 

 mandil)h' forming a salient angle; teeth very tine and sharp, on ])lind 

 side of jaws; gill-rakers few, triangular, minute, and widely separated, 

 5 or on lower limb of arch and rudimentary ones on upper; dorsal 

 fin ])eginning opposite anterior margin of upper eye, the first two rays 

 separated from the rest of the fin by a space equal to the diameter of 

 these rays, the first 0.66 length of second; longest dorsal rays contained 

 1.33 times in head; pectoral of eyed side sharp-pointed, as long as 

 longest dorsal ray>^ and 0.33 longer than that of blind side: caudal 



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Fi<;. 12.— Lambdupsetta kitahar.k. (From the type.) 



broadly rounded, its median rays scaled; ventrals separate, the sinis- 

 tral one of 6 long rays, upon the median ventral line, the dextralcon- 

 sisting of 7 rays, pushed upon blind side, its base but half length of 

 that of its fellow; anal fin similar to the dorsal; lateral line well 

 developed, with a short, strong, angular arch above pectoral and con- 

 tinuing to the base of the caudal and upon the middle ra3\s of the tin; 

 scales of lateral line smooth and with a deep emargination, the tube 

 straight and extending nearlv across the entire s>cale; scales of body 

 smooth, cycloid, and ver}" deciduous on both sides. 



Color in alcohol greenish yellow, the blind side with a decidedly 

 greenish hue; pectoral and ventral fins of blind side colorless, all other 

 fins blackish. 



A single specimen, 137 mm. long, from Kagoshima, collected June 

 16, 1903, by H. M. Smith. 



Type.— C^t. No. 55612, U.S.N.M. 



