N0.1211. aonioiD FISHES of japan— jonnAX and sxydfr. 
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.slightly curved; widel}^ spaced; a narrow hand 'of villifonn teeth 
between the canines. No teeth on vomer. Gill opening' not extending 
far foi'ward; the isthmus l)road. No papillse on inner edge of shoulder 
girdle. Gill-rakers much reduced in size. 
Head naked: large pores on interorbital space and l)ehind eyes; a 
space anterior to dorsal and extending backward a short distance along 
its base, and the region anterior to pectoral and ventral tins naked; 
other parts of the bod}^ with large, smooth scales. Anal papilla? con- 
spicuous; its distal end fringed. 
Fins markedly prominent; dorsals close together; the tirst spine 
elongate; when depressed reaching a little beyond insertion of soft 
dorsal; the latter, when depressed, reaching past base of caudal. Anal 
inserted below l)ase of second or third dorsal ray; when depressed not 
reaching so far posteriorly as does the dorsal. Caudal large, rounded. 
Pectoral pointed; its upper edge without filamentous rays. Ventrals 
separated at base b}' a space about equal to half the diameter of eye; 
sharply pointed; the inner ray much longer than the others. 
Color in spirits, light olive; each scale with a dark border; head 
with black spots, a large prominent one on each side of nape; a median 
one posterior to these; 2 distinct spots immediately anterior to base of 
pectoral; rays of dorsals and caudal with small black spots; a vertical 
I'OAV of elongate spots on base of caudal; anal, pectorals, and ventrals 
with considerable dusk}^ color. 
Other specimens were lighter in color, the distinctive markings 
being more or less plainly represented. 
TyjM\- — No. 6445, Leland Stanford Junior University Museum. 
Locality, Misaki, Sagami, Japan. 
(a/:iixS, a checker-board.) 
ifcasiirrmciitfi of Aslcrroptrri/.r (thci.r. 
Lcnfrth in millimotcrs 
Dt'ptli expn-sscd in hundredtlis of lunpth. 
Dc'i)t h ( if ciiudal peduncle 
LeiiKth of head 
Length of snout 
Leiifitli of maxillary 
Width of interorbital space 
Diameter of orbit 
Distiiiice from snout to spinous dorsal 
Distance from snout to soft dorsal 
Heislit of lousiest dorsal spines 
HeiKht of loim'est d( irsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal lin 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal ]ieil\nicle 
Length of cati<lal fin 
Length of pectoral tin 
Length of ^•entral fin 
Number of dorsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Number of anal rays 
Number of pectoral rays 
Numlicr of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series 
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32 
30 
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16 
16 
16 
25 
26 
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36 
52 
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52 
26 
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21 
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55 
57 
60 
22 
21 
20 
25 
27 
26 
28 
25 
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24 
24 
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6 
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11 
11 
11 
9 
9 
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