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Habitat. — :Southern Japan, north to Tokyo. 



Head 3^ in length; depth 1,\, B. 7, D IV, 29, A III, 13, scales 62, 

 Ej^e 3| in head, snovit (obliquely measured) 2|. Anterior profile very 

 irregular, the snout and interorbital region very prominent; preor- 

 bital very deep. Gill rakers very short and thick, 4 + 16. Dorsal 

 spines stout, graduated, the third about half the fourth, which is a 

 little shorter than head and a little more than half the first soft ray, 

 which is i to i longer than head; soft rays progressively shortened, 

 the outer edge of the fin slightly convex. Caudal lunate; anal spines 

 stout, the second very strong, a little shorter than third, both nuich 

 shorter than the soft rays; pectoral and ventral each about as long 

 as head. 



Color olive, with six blackish cross bands about as wide as the inter- 

 spaces, the first at the nape reaching to the eye; the second including 

 first three dorsal spines, base of pectoral, and whole of ventral fin; the 

 third and widest just before vent; the fourth involving base of anal 

 spines; the fifth curved along base of soft dorsal and anal; the fourth 

 narrow, on caudal peduncle. Fins, except ventral and base of pectoral, 

 pale. 



This species reaches a length of about 20 inches. It is known as 

 Tegudai, " Snouty Porgy." We have one large specimen, from the 

 market of Yokohama, taken outside the heads, about Awa. It agrees 

 well with Steindachner's account, condensed above. 



{acutus^ sharp; rostrum^ snout.) 



3. QUINQUARIUS, new genus. 



Pentaceros Cuvier and Valenciennes, Poiss., 1829, III, p. 30 (capensis). (Not 

 of Schultze, 17(30, a genus of Starfishes). 



Body oblong, compressed, pointed anteriorly, the profile not ver}" 

 irregular; dorsal fin with 11 or 12 spines, and 12 to 14 soft rays, the 

 base of the spinous dorsal much longer than that of the soft part; 

 dorsal spines strong, the third longest, the last one a little lower than 

 the soft rays. Anal spines five, the second longest, the last one lower 

 than the soft raj^s, which are about 9 in number; caudal lunate; pec- 

 torals and ventrals long. Scales moderate, firm. Cheeks scaly, bones 

 of head rugose. No teeth on vomer or palatines. Eye large. 



{(pdnqiie., five, from the number of anal spines.) 



Ty2ye of genus. — Quinquarius japonicus. 



