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240. Areliscus hoUandi sp. nov. (Plate IX, fig. 3.) "Ushinoshita." 

 Type No. 4369, 365 mm. Fusan, Korea. 



Eyes and color on left side; three lateral lines on the eyed side, one on the 

 blind; no fringe on Hps; gill-rakers obsolete; D. 128; A. 100; caudal 8 to 10; 

 scales in lateral line from above gill-opening to base of caudal 112; scales above 

 middle of upper lateral line 7; between upper and median lines 18-19, between 

 median and lower 19-20, below lower line 7-8; series between lower eye and 

 gill-opening 21-22. 



Body very long, slender, lanceolate; mouth small; no rostral hook (in our 

 specimen); maxillary extending beyond lower eye; villiform teeth on blind side 

 of jaws; eye small, 12 in head, equal to interorbital space; nostrils two, one 

 between eyes, the other near mouth before lower eye; scales of both sides 

 strongly ctenoid, except on the upper part of head on blind side, where they are 

 embedded; fins not scaled. 



Measurements in hundredths of body length: Head 18; depth 26; snout 

 from upper eye 6.5; lower eye to gill-opening 10. 



Color white on blind side, dull olive-brown on eyed side; no markings; fins 

 similar to body color; posteriorly dark on eyed side. 



Described from the type 365 mm. long, taken at Fusan, Korea, by Dr. 

 Jordan. It is named for Dr. William J. Holland. It is No. 4369a in the 

 Catalog of the Carnegie Museum. 



The accompanying figure is not absolutely accurate in respect to dorsal 

 and anal fin-rays, which are correctly counted above. 



241. Areliscus abbreviatus (Gray). "Shitabarame." 



Description of a specimen 360 mm. long from Fusan, Korea. (No. 4358a.) 

 Color on left side; D. 114; A. 90; caudal 10; scales from above gill-opening 

 to caudal 118; above middle of upper lateral line 9 or 10; between upper and 

 middle lines 22; between median and lower line 20; below lower line 9 or 10; 

 about 24 series of scales between lower eye and upper part of gill-opening. 

 Body very long, lanceolate; posterior two-thirds tapering gradually; lateral 

 lines three on eyed side; fins not scaled; mouth small, rostral hook well devel- 

 oped, ending in advance of lower eye; eyes small, 13 in head, equal to inter- 

 orbital, upper slightly in advance of lower; nostrils prominent, one between 

 eyes, the other near cleft of mouth in front of lower eye; maxillary extending 

 beyond lower eye; no fringe or cirrhi on lips. Measurements in hundredths of 

 body length: Head 23; depth 27; snout from upper eye 8; lower eye to gill- 

 opening 12. Scales of eyed side roughly ctenoid, those of blind side cycloid or 



