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Kuro Shiwo of Japan, one specimen known; taken oil' Misaki in a 
net used to sweep for J/y.sv'.s, by Professor Mitsukuri. Its colors iji 
life are singularly delicate. 
{I [(ma., a flower, the name of Professor Mitsukuri's daughter. ) 
2. ASTERROPTERYX Ruppell. 
yls/f)T0^9i!myj- RtippELL, Atlas, Kei.se in Nonl Afrika, 1S2S, p. 13S (ftt't)tij»tvflnlv>i). 
Priolepis EiiRENBERG flde Bleekcr. 
Ili/pselrniriff Gill, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, p. 270 {ryprinoides). 
Body short, deep, compressed, covered with large, nearl}^ smooth 
scales; eyes moderate; mouth moderate, the teeth medium, uniserial; 
chin prominent; no teeth on vomer; no spines on preopercle; dorsals 
separate, the first of six spines, the second like the anal short and high. 
Ventrals separate, close together, each I, 5. Gill openings moderate. 
Species rather numerous in the East Indian region, one of them 
ranging north to plapan. 
(affryjp, star: Trrepv^. tin.) 
2. ASTERROPTERYX ABAX Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 4 in length: depth if: depth of caudal peduncle 6|-; e3'e 3f in 
head; snout 4|; D. VI-11: A. 9; P. IH; scales in lateral series 28; 
in transverse series S. 
Body rather short, greatly compressed; caudal peduncle very deep. 
Head large; snout short; ])hintly rounded. Mouth oblique. Maxil- 
lary reaching a perpendicular through posterior edge of orbit. Lips 
ASTKRKIIITKRVX ABAX. 
thick. Anterior nostril with a high tube. Jaws without barbels, 
r^yes high in head, direct(^d almost lateralh'; interorbital space very 
narrow. Cheeks fleshy, though not nnich pufled out. Mouth well 
furnished with strong teeth; upper jaw with 2 series; an outer row of 
small canines, wideh^ spaced; an inner, narrow band of minute, simple 
teeth; lower jaw with ?> sei-ies: the (uiter and inncM- of hii"g(> canines; 
