NO. IfiSS. XEW FfSHESI FROM JAPAN— SNYDER. 599 



S lateral keels, each of those of the upper lateral row on both body 

 and tail ^Yith a weak posterior spine; facets of rings weakly sculp- 

 tured between the keels. Egg-pouch extending over 13.5 body rings, 

 the keels on either side of pouch markedly elevated. 



Dorsal located on 7.5 rings, 2 of which belong with the tail. Cau- 

 dal fin obtusely pointed, about half as long as snout. Anal minute. 

 Pectoral about 1.5 times as long as diameter of orbit. 



Color in spirits, light brown; 2 distinct dark stripes on occiput, 

 which converge and join on back above pectoral fin and pass in a broken 

 line to caudal ; side of head with a broad, dark stripe passing through 

 eye; a row of large spots along lower edge of jaw and on opercle; 

 sides of body with a line of small spots on upper row of plates and 

 a line of sharply defined ocelli on each of the three rows of plates 

 beloM-; tail with small, elongate, dark spots, one on each ring facet; 

 caudal dusky, with a light border. 



This description is of a male specimen, 03 mm. long, collected at 

 Naha, Okinawa. 



Type.— C'At. Xo. 62946, U.S.N.M. 



A female, also from Xaha, has 21 rings in the caudal. The keels 

 of the rings are stronger and the surfaces between are more promi- 

 nenth' sculptured. There are 29 dorsal rays. The color is less bril- 

 liant than that of the male, the ocelli being replaced by small spots. 



A female, 39 mm. long, from Tanegashima has 22 caudal rings. 



The color is very dark, except for 7 or 8 large, light spots passing 

 over the back like saddles. 



Gotype. — Cat. No. 21133, Stanford University collection. 



Family APOGOXICHTHYID^. 



APOGONICHTHYS NAF^, new species. 



Head, 2.7 in length to base of caudal; depth, 2.9; depth caudal 

 peduncle, 5.7; eye, 3.2 in head; snout, 5.5; width interorbital space. 4; 

 D. VII-I-10 ; A. II-9 ; scales in lateral series, 23 ; between origin 

 of anal and spinous dorsal, 8. 



Head very large; snout pointed; jaws equal; eye large, the diam- 

 eter greater than length of snout ; maxillary extending beyond eye, its 

 length almost equal to half that of head. Teeth of jaws in narrow 

 bands; no canines; large teeth on vomer, none on palatines. Edge of 

 preopercle, smooth. Border of preopercle with a row of 6 large 

 scales; scales of opercle, large. Lateral line ending beneath origin of 

 soft dorsal ; a few scattered pores along middle of caudal peduncle. 



First dorsal spine, minute; the second not quite half the length of 

 third ; third and fourth longest, about 2.2 in head. Anterior rays of 

 soft dorsal longest, 1.9 in head. First spine of anal minute, the fol- 

 lowing one very small; longest rays somewhat shorter than those of 



