NO. 1CS8. XEW Fh^HEt^ FROM JAPAN— S\YDER. 603 



a conspicuous yellow area extending from near eye backward to a 

 vertical through base of sixth dorsal spine, narrow anteriorly, where 

 it is connected with the orbit by two slender stripes, rapidly broaden- 

 ing as it extends backward and downward behind and beneath the 

 pectoral fin; dorsal fins Avith 2 broad, yellow, median stripes which 

 are united anteriorly; anal with a broad, j^ellowish green stripe nar- 

 rowly separated from base of fin ; caudal with light stripes between 

 the raj's; larger j^art of pectoral yellowish, the upper edge and the 

 base green ; ventrals 3"ellow, edged with green. 



Type.— Cat Xo. G2950, U.S.X.M. 



Two specimens from the market at Naha. One, the type, measures 

 300 mm. in lengih. The second, cotype, No. 21136, Stanford Uni- 

 versity collection, is somewhat smaller and a little more brightly 

 colored, the pattern remaining the same. The pectoral of this speci- 

 men is somewhat more rounded than that of the type. 



Named for Hon. George M. Bowers, United States Commissioner 

 of Fisheries. 



CALLYODON CEDEMA, new species. 



Head, 2.8 in the length to base of caudal ; depth, 2.5 ; depth caudal 

 peduncle, 2.4 , in head; eye, 7; snout, 2.1; interorbital space, 3.1; 

 D. IX — 10; A. IV — 9; scales in lateral series, 22; betw^een bases of 

 dorsal and anal, 7.5. 



Body deep and heavy; occiput and nape w^ith a great hump which 

 is angidar in front and more rounded above, rising abruptly from a 

 point over anterior margin of orbit. Lips thin, covering only basal 

 portion of teeth ; the upper double for about half its w^idth ; points of 

 teeth distinct along cutting edge of jaws only; 2 conical teeth on 

 proximal part of upj)er jaw. 



Cheeks with 2 rows of scales, the preoj^ercular margin naked; 7 

 scales in the lower row, 10 in the upper ; posterior part of upper row 

 extending dorsally behind the eye; anterior and upper edge of oc- 

 cipital elevation naked ; 3 row-s of scales anterior to the dorsal fin. 

 Membrane along edge of spinous dorsal thickened ; length of longest 

 spines, 3.5 in head ; soft dorsal equal in height to spinous portion, the 

 posterior raj^s somewhat lengthened. Anal equal in height to soft 

 dorsal, the posterior rays considerably elongated and somewhat fal- 

 cate, about 2 in head : tips of both dorsal and anal reaching caudal 

 when depressed. Caudal slightlj^ convex, 1.4 in head. Pectoral 

 l^ointed, the tip, when depressed, reaching a vertical through anal 

 opening. Ventrals pointed, the outer edges greatly thickened, 1.5 

 in head. 



Color in spirits deep brown, the dorsal, anal, and pectoral narrowly 

 edged with green ; teeth, deep green. 



One specimen, measuring 450 mm. long, from the market at Naha. 



Type.— Cat. No. 62951, U.S.N. M. ' 



