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Body subcylindrical, deep, and relatively shorter than in Chelidonichthys kumii; 

 snout with two low lobes, each with four very short spines or serrations; maxillary 

 reaching to anterior border of orbit. Two prominent preocular spines, and one 

 blunt postocular present; a prominent transverse furrow behind the latter. Nuchal 

 region rough. 



Dorsal inserted between tips of nuchal spines; third spine 2 in head; third ray 

 2.66; first anal rays 3.33 in head; pectoral 1.9 in body length, reaching to base of 

 last ray; ventrals extending to fifth anal ray; upper pectoral appendage 3.33 in 

 body. 



Scales minute, imbricate, but partially imbedded, those of lateral line slightly 

 enlarged; shields along dorsals twenty-five in number, their edges smooth through- 

 out, spinous projections well-marked and sharp. 



Color of alcoholic specimens dark, without silvery reflections; an indefinite 

 dark space between orbit and corner of mouth, also on lower edge of opercle; two 

 dark spots below spinous dorsal opposite third and tenth scutes and one on lateral 

 line, one opposite sixteenth dorsal scute, and at end of dorsal, an indefinite one 

 below each on lateral fine. Spinous dorsal black on distal half; soft dorsal colorless; 

 pectorals black inside; ventrals tipped with dark; caudal dusky at tip; anal clear. 



This species differs from Chelidonichthys kumu in its larger scales, larger eye, 

 larger head, and extent of pectoral. Its scales are much smaller than those of 

 Lepidotrigla. From L. japonica, which it resembles, it may be easily distinguished 

 by the scales, by the lesser depth of the postocular furrow, and shorter nasal pro- 

 cesses. 



280. Lepidotrigla alata (Houttuyn). 

 Misaki, No. 6099a. 



281. Lepidotrigla guntheri Hilgendorf. 

 Misaki, No. 6242a-b; Osaka, 6379a-e. 



282. Lepidotrigla strauchii Steindachner. 



Lepidotrigla microptera Jordan & Richardson, not of Glinther, which is a 

 Chinese species. 



Osaka, from Matsushima Bay, No. 6328a-b; Sendai, No. 6305a; Sagami Bay; 

 Misaki, No. 6434a-e. 



Spinous dorsal blotch present in young. 



283. Lepidotrigla japonica (Bleeker). (See Fig. 53^ p. 284). 

 Misaki, No. 6270a-l. 



