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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); maxillary 
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 
31-83; least depth of caudal peduncle .08-.09 (.085); D. XIII., 14; A. IIL, 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 etenoid, 
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. 
Seales 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 giinthert 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 (Giinther). (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 
