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hh. Nasal prominences less developed, pointed or not, the notch between them shal- 

 low and the distance between their outer tips little more than the interorbital 

 distance, if any. 

 c. Upper detached pectoral ray falling short of tip of ventral Vjy a distance about 

 equal to diameter of eye; dorsal VIII or IX-15 to 17; anal 15 to 17; scales 

 more than 60; a dark blotch between fourth and seventh spines of dorsal 



fm miaoptera, 14 



cc. Upper detached pectoral ray reaching almost or quite to tip of ventral; spinous 



dorsal without a dark blotch. 



d. Second dorsal spine much elongated, its length 1^ times that of third spine, 



and its anterior edge strongly serrate nearly to tip; dorsal VII-16; anal 16; 



scales 61; spinous dorsal without permanent blotch; though there may be 



some specks present guntheri, 15 



dd. Second dorsal spine but very little longer than third, its anterior edge 

 smooth or very weakly serrate; dorsal VIII-15; anal 15; scales 56; no 



dorsal blotch abyssalis, 16 



aa. Pectorals very long, reaching nearly to end of dorsal; dorsal VIII-15; anal 15; 

 scales 55; no dorsal blotch japonica, 17 



13. LEPIDOTRIGLA ALATA (Houttuyn). 

 KANAGASHIRA, Metal Head. 



Trigla alata Houttuyn, Verhandl. Hollandsch. Maatsch. Weetensch., Haarlem, 

 XX, Deel 2, 1782, p. 320 (ca.), (Nagasaki). 



Trigla biirgeri Temminck and Schlegel, Faun. Japon., Pise, p. 35, pi. xiv, figs. 

 1 and 2 (Nagasaki). — Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846, p. 218 

 (coasts of China and Japan).— Gunther, Cat. Fishes, II, 1860, p. 198 (Jap- 

 anese and Chinese seas). — ^Bleeker, Niewe Nalez. Ichth. Japan, 1857, p. 73 

 (Nagasaki); Enum. Poiss. du Japon, 1879, p. 13 (Nagasaki; Shimoda).— 

 Nystrom, Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl., 13, IV, No. 4, 1887, p. 21 (Nagasaki).— 

 Steindachner and Doderlein, Fische Japan's, 1887, IV, p. 261 (Tokyo; 

 Nagasaki).— IsHiKAWA, Cat. Fishes Imp. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 47 (Nagasaki). 



Lepidotrigla alata Jordan and Starks, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902, p. 

 596 (shores of southern Japan). 



Habitat. — South Japan, and north to Tokyo; China. 



Head 3.2 to 3.5; depth 4 to 4.3; D. IX-16 or 17; A. 16; scales 63; 

 eye 3.2 to 3.3; snout 2.1 to 2.2; maxillary 2.5; interorbital space 3 to 

 3.25; second dorsal spine 1.8 to 2; pectoral 1; ventral 1.2. 



Snout with two long, pointed, divergent processes, the distance 

 between their apices nearly or quite twice the diameter of the pupil, 

 and the depth of the emargination equal to or greater than the width 

 of the pupil; interorbital space concave; pre- and postocular spines 

 obsolete; an extremely small postocular cross groove; nuchal spine 

 short; opercular spine barely crossing gill-opening, humeral spine 

 quite long and sharp, reaching the vertical from the sixth dorsal 

 spine; second and third dorsal spines subequal, both shorter than in 

 other Japanese Lepidotriglse; pectoral reaching vertical from third 

 ray of soft dorsal; upper pectoral appendage reaching about to tip of 

 ventral; dorsal scutes rather small, ending in sharp points. 



Color in life clear red, with pale edgings; "brick red * * *; 

 belly, anal, and membranes of ventrals whitish; pectorals greenish 

 yellow with reddish borders." (Schlegel.) "Pectorals for the most 



