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tremity of maxillary exposed; teeth none, except a single series of 

 minute ones along the extremity of upper lip; upper lip rather fleshy; 

 lower pre-orbital edge finely denticulate; isthmus narrow, elongate, 

 slightly constricted at middle, lanceolate; nostrils close together, ante- 

 rior nostril a simple pore with slight cutaneous rim; posterior nostril 

 much larger than the former, widely opened. 



Scales moderate, in an even longitudinal series, mostly uniform; 

 head scaly, smaller scales below, large scales extend forward on snout, 

 though not quite to its edge; a scaly pointed flap along the spinous 

 dorsal base; pectoral fin with no scaly flap; axillary scaly ventral 

 flap two in the fin. sharply pointed; a broad scaly flap between ventral 

 bases; soft dorsal, anal, and caudal covered with minute scales. 



Origin of spinous dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of 

 caudal, first and second spine subequal in length; soft dorsal inserted 

 midway between origin of spinous dorsal and base of caudal ; origin 

 of anal two scales before that of the soft dorsal, much nearer caudal 

 base than the ventral origin ; caudal fin deeply forked, upper lobe 

 somewhat longer than the lower ; pectoral rather short, inserted above 

 the middle of the body; ventral inserted about opposite last third in 

 pectoral, not reaching half way to vent. 



Color in alcohol bluish gray above, whitish below, silvery; spinous 

 dorsal dusky; soft dorsal, anal, and caudal uniformly dusted with 

 dusky specks, edge of the latter somewhat darker; pectoral more or 

 less dusky; ventral whitish; body with no distinct dark stripes along 

 each row of scales. 



Total length 275 mm. 



Type: Described from a specimen from Bako, Pescadores Islands, 

 collected by M. Oshima on June 5, 1920, and now in the Carnegie 

 Museum, Cat. of Fishes, No. 8285. 



Habitat: Our specimens came from Pescadores Islands and Toko, 

 a small town in the southernmost part of Formosa. 



Remarks: The present species is very closely allied to Liza smithi 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, differing from it in having ten scales 

 in a transverse series instead of eleven to twelve. 



