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63. TRIDENTIGER OBSCURUS (Schlegel). 

 GtMisan. 



64. TRIDENTIGER BIFASCIATUS ( Steindachner). 



Fusan and Chonmlpo. 



Tho lonoitiidliiul stripes are not conspicnous. 



Family PLEURONKCTID.F]. 



65. PLEURONICHTHYS CORNUTUS ( Schlegel). 



Koroa. 



56. PLATICHTHYS STELLATUS (Pallas). 



Gonsan. 



67. KAREIUS BICOLORATUS (Basilewsky). 



Pleuronecfcs ftnitife)- Steixdachxer. 

 Gensan. 



Family PTEROPSAKID.E. 



68. PARAPERCIS SNYDERI Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Dorsal v-21; anal IT: scales -iO; transverse oblicjue rows 3+10. 

 Head 3f in length; depth 4^, Eye 3^ in head; snout 3^; interorbital 

 space 9i; maxillary 2^: heioht of caudal peduncle '2j. 



Body moderately elongate, a little compressed, head pointed as deep 

 as wide; the anterior profile descends in a regular curve from dorsal 

 to tip of snout. Jaws even, or the lower very slightly projecting. 

 Teeth tine, set in a rather broad band on each jaw. the outer series 

 enlarged. Small sharp teeth in narrow bands on vomer and palatines. 

 Maxillary reaching to below front of pupil. Interorbital space narrow 

 and Hat. its width two-tifths of eye. Opercle with two spines on its 

 posterior edge, the upper one larger than the lower, these on one or 

 l)oth sides may be divided at the tips irregularly into '2 or 3 points. 

 Gill-rakers short 3+9 on first arch. Pseudobranchiti large. 



Scales everywhere roughly ctenoid; the spinulos very numerous on 

 each scale and close set. Cheek closely covered with 4 longitudinal 

 rows of large scales; about three-fourths as large as those on the body. 

 Lateral line arched for the greater part of its length; the arch slightly 

 greater than the curve of the back. 



Distance from tip of snout to first dorsal spine equal to distance 

 from tip of snout to pectoral base; distance from first dor.sal spine to 

 first dorsal ray (Mjual to distance fi'om tip of snout to middle of eye. 

 Third dorsal spine the longest, contained three times in head. The 

 membrane of the last dorsal spine is slightly connected to base of first 

 ray. The last doi'sal rays when depressed reach to base of caudal rays. 



