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edge of orbit, and ending shortly before the premaxillaries; lower edge of snout not as 

 deep, but longer; siphonate part of snout noticeably deeper than the diameter of 

 eye; upper edge of snout serrate anteriorly and posteriorly (contrasting with *S. cy- 

 anopterus) (PI. XLI, fig. 1), the supra-orbital ridges, which fuse to form dorsal edge 

 of snout, likewise serrated; upper and posterior edges of orbit very coarsely and 

 noticeably serrate, or roughened. 



Distance from anterior border of eye to first dorsal spine greater than length 

 of snout; height of dorsal spine 3.66 in body-length; tip of spinous dorsal extending 

 to centre of base of second dorsal; distance between dorsal insertions 4.33 in body- 

 length; height of second dorsal equal to diameter of eye; caudal peduncle from last 

 anal ray to middle caudal rays short, 4.75 in head, length of caudal rays slightly 

 greater than that of head; anal similar to soft dorsal; ventrals not adnate to belly, 

 reaching middle of anal base. 



Color somewhat similar to that of S. cyanopterus; body with small brown spots; 

 pectorals with somewhat larger ones; caudal with numerous elongate, irregular, 

 large spots, the biggest half diameter of eye in length; dorsal with two elongate black 

 spots on membranes between first three rays at mid-height, remainder of fin spotted, 

 as is caudal. 



The measurements in hundredths of body-length of the type of Solenostomus 

 poegniusave as follows:— Head, .45; snout, .30; eye, .05; maxillary, .06; bodj^-depth at 

 base of ventrals, .22; length of caudal peduncle from last anal to middle caudal rays, 

 .095; depth of snout at middle, .10; height of first dorsal, .26; of second, .05; length 

 of ventral fin, .26; of caudal, .48; distance between tip of snout and first dorsal, 

 .62; between eye and first dorsal, .28; between insertion of dorsal fins, .22. Those 

 of S. cyanopterus (Bleeker), in so far as they differ, are: depth at ventral bases, 

 .19; length of caudal peduncle, .08; depth of snout, .06; length of ventral, .33; of 

 caudal, .34; distance eye to first dorsal, .25; between dorsal insertions, .26. 



This species differs from the Japanese specimen of Solenostomus cyanopterus 

 (Bleeker) cited by Jordan and Snyder in the much deeper snout; form of the dorsal 

 edge of the snout; the serrated ridges of head; the shorter snout as compared to the 

 distance from the first dorsal spine to the anterior border of the eye; longer caudal; 

 slightly greater depth; and shorter ventral. It is probable that the depth of the 

 snout is not a sexual mark, as the male described by Tanaka as *S. leptosomus has 

 the slenderest snout of any as yet described, save that of the female of S. paradoxus. 

 (Plate XLI, fig. 2) . Franz has recently declared the two latter species synonymous, 

 comparing his own specimen from Dzushi. This is not impossible. The position 

 of the dorsal bases, and their ray-length may be sexual marks, as they must be, if 



