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From S. steindachneri it differs in the scaled mandibles and tip of snout, and 

 the dentition. A series of measurements taken of the type and of our specimens in 

 hundredths of body-length are here given, as the type is very fragile and liable to 

 destruction. The measurements of the type are included in parentheses : 



Head without mandible .37 (.39) ; depth .31 (.31) ; eye .095-. 11 (.105) ; maxiUary 

 length .175 (.175); snout .09-.095 (.09); mandible .20 (.21); pectoral .27 (.28) 

 ventral rays .19; ventral spine .11-12 (.14); fourth dorsal spine .105-.112 (.135); 

 third anal spine .10 (.14); interorbital space .08-.085 (.083); pores in lateral line 

 31-33; least depth of caudal peduncle .08-.09 (.085); D. XIII., 14; A. III., 8. 



Pectoral reaching to vent or to anal insertion; ventrals not reaching vent by 

 two-thirds of eye or more; caudal emarginate; longest dorsal rays 2.5 in head, 

 without mandible; longest anal rays 2.33. 



Spines on head very small, merely the sharp tip of each projecting above the 

 skin, save those of the parietals, which have a low naked ridge. Scales ctenoid, 

 present on whole of body, including tip of snout, maxillaries, mandibles, and basal 

 half of soft vertical fins. Spinous dorsal set in a narrow naked space, no scales on 

 its base, about seven or eight scales between lateral line and edge of naked area. 

 Scales above lateral line about 75; only 31-33 with pores. ' Gill-rakers 9+20. 



Color in alcohol uniform, apparently red in life, a dark blotch on opercular 

 flap; caudal a trifle dusky, and traces of a black margin on spinous dorsal. Peri- 

 toneum and lining of gill-cavity black. 



The specimens show a variation in the lengths of fins and spines according to 

 their relative size, the larger specimens having the shorter fins. 



In the original description of the type it was not mentioned that the teeth 

 in the upper jaw form a villiform band posteriorly. 



235. Sebastodes inermis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Osaka, No. 6264a. 



We do not find any permanent differences by which Sebastodes giintheri Jordan 

 & Starks (Mem. Carn. Mus., Vol. VI, fig. 43, p. 49) can be separated from S. 

 inermis. 



236. Sebastodes tokionis Jordan & Starks. (See Fig. 40, p. 272). 

 Misaki, No. 6198a-d. 



237. Sebastodes joyneri (Gunther). (Plate XXXII, fig. 2). 

 Tsushima Straits; Osaka Market, No. 6037a-g; Miyako. 



This species is rather common in Southern Japan. Our specimens are like 

 those called *S. joyneri by Jordan & Starks. But they differ considerably in color 



