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its margin slightly sinuate rather than dentate, but with one or two 

 firm, spinous teeth of small size. Opercle with two sharp, spinous 

 points, the upper smallest. 



Dorsals deeply divided, but not separated; spines rather weak, 

 fourth highest, 2f in head, the others graduated, the eighth 8^ in 

 head, last 4; base of spinous dorsal 3| in body; dorsal rays equal 

 in length, 2^ in head, soft dorsal base 5^ in body; anal spines grad- 

 uated, slender, last 3^ in head; first and second rays longest, 2§ in 

 head, last 4|. Pectorals not falcate, fourth to seventh nearly of 

 equal length, the tip barely reacliing anus, length 3^ in body. Ventrals 

 inserted almost directly beneath pectoral base, short, extending one- 

 half way to anus. Caudal only slightly emarginate. 



Lateral line parallel with dorsal profile of body, its tubes large, 

 broad. 



Scales on body parallel to lateral line above it, and to body axis 

 below, those on body large and thin, finely ctenoid. Top of head 

 posterior to center of eyes and temporal region thickly covered with 

 very small scales. Preorbital below eyes, maxillary, cheeks and 

 mandible scaled; scales on opercle largest, and those on mandible 

 similar to those on dorsal surface of head. Bases of dorsals, anals, 

 and ventrals scaleless. Pectorals with few scales only. Caudal 

 scaled on basal half. 



Color in life bright crimson. Color of an old alcoholic specimen 

 uniform yellowish brown, bases of scales showing deeper. Slight 

 margining of black on dorsals and caudal. Gill cavity, mouth, and 

 peritoneum black. 



This species is known from the deeper waters about Tokyo. Of 

 our specimens, the largest, described above, is 33J cm. in length. 



The species was first named AntJiias herycoides by Hilgendorf , and 

 afterwards described and very well figured as Etelis herycoides by 

 Steindachner. 



Later a young example was made the type of a genus, Doderleinia, 

 by Steindachner. This specimen was 5^ cm. in length. As usual 

 with young fish of this type, the preopercle was more strongly serrate 

 than in the adult, and the head appeared to be perhaps scaleless. 

 Steindachner speaks of the second anal spine as ^'kaum langer als 

 der dritte." In our specimen the second is two- thirds the length of 

 the third. Doderleinia orientalis differs in no other way from the 

 young of Anthias herycoides. 



The species has been unfortunate in its generic denominations. 

 The name Doderleinia, given to the young, has clear priority over the 

 later names. Acanthoceplialus , suggested by Doderlein, is preoccu- 

 pied. The name Eteliscus was given by Jordan and Snyder, on 

 account of the fin formula (D. XIV, I, 10), erroneously given by 

 Steindachner to his Etelis herycoides. This formula is clearly a slip 



