BOTHIN.E 259 



of head ; teeth in narrow bands, confined to blind side of jaws. 5 or 6 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 100 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 103 ; first two rays 

 detached from remainder of fin ; none of the rays prolonged. Anal 76. Pectoral of 

 ocular side about f length of head. Caudal rounded. Greenish yellow ; median 

 fins blackish towards their margins. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 55612. 



Distribution. — Japan. 



The type (137 mm.), from Kagoshima, is the only specimen known. 



8. L.EOPS LANCEOLATA, Franz. 



LiEOps lanceolata, Franz, 1910, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Suppl. iv, Abh. i, p. 62, pi. viii, fig. 60 ; 



Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlviii, p. 460 ; Jordan and Hubbs, 1925, Mem. Carnegie 



Mus., X, p. 295. 

 Laoptichthys fragtlis, Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlviii, p. 460, pi. xx\'i, lig. 4. 



Depth of body 3 to 3J in the length, length of head 5J to 6. Upper profile of head 

 and body more or less convex above and behind eyes. Diameter of eye 2f to 3f in 

 length of head ; lower eye very Uttle in advance of upper, which touches edge of head. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye or beyond, length 3 f to 3? in that of 

 head ; teeth apparently in narrow bands, confined to blind side of jaws. 6 to 8 



