NO. 1244. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 
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pattern being" pre.served however. A large male .specimen has a 
series of narrow, bright, transverse lateral bands on the sides. The 
soft dorsal is distinctlv edged with whitt. Occasionally in males the 
anterior spines of the lirst dorsal have very long- filaments extending 
al)ove the margin of the tin. 
The species is generally common in the bays of Hondo. Our many 
specimens are from ]Matsushima. Aomori. Tokyo. Tsuriiga, Enoshima, 
and the Tone Kiver. near Tokyo. 
{Lac. lactis. milk: />ei^, foot.) 
Measirrenie)its of Abatna laetipei^. 
Length in millimeters 
Depth expressed in hundredths of length 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length of head 
Length of snout 
Widtli of interorbital space 
Diameter of orbit 
Iiistance from snout to spinous dorsal 
Distance from snout to soft dorsal 
Height of longest dorsal spine 
Height of longc-t dorsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal fin 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal peduncle 
Length of caudal fin 
Length of pectoral fin 
Length of ventral fin 
Number of dorsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
N umber of anal rays 
Number of pectoral rays 
Number of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series 
Locality, Tsuruga, 
66 
56 
48 
22i 
21 
21 
% 
10 
10 
26 
27+ 
28 
10 
11 
11 
2 
9 
2 
5 
6 
6 
U 
35 
36 
55 
55 
57 
15 
15 
15 
16 
15+ 
16 
60 
58 
59 
IB 
14 
16 
'22 
22 
23 
25 
26 
25 
28 
24 
25 
22 
27 
25 
8 
H 
8 
11 
12 
11 
10 
11 
11 
IS 
18 
18 
35 
35 
35 
9 
9 
9 
19- ABOMA TSUSHIMiE Jordan and Snyder. 
AlxDiia is((shiiii!i Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Xat. Miis., XXIII, ] 901. p. 759, 
Sasuna, Tstishima. Japan. 
Head 3^ in length: depth of: depth of caudal peduncle 2^ in head; 
eye 4; snout 3^: maxillary 2|; D. Vin-12: A. 11: P. IT; scales in 
lateral series 33. in transverse series 9. 
Body not notal>ly elongate: gradually diminishing in size from the 
region of pectoral tins l)ackward. Head as wide as body. ])ut less deep. 
Snout verv blunt: rounded when viewed from al)ove: truncate when 
seen from the side. 
Eyes high in head: directed obliquely upward: interor1)ital space 
very narrow. Jaws subequal. the lower slightly included. ]SIouth 
rather small; the cleft somewhat oblique. Lips large. ]\Iaxillary, 
except the tip of the distal end. concealed; extending to a vertical 
through anterior edge of orbit. Space ])etwfeen orbit and maxillary 
about equal to longitudinal diameter of eye. Tongue broad: rounded 
anteriorly; its free edge narrow. Teeth simple; in narrow bands on 
jaws; outer ones largest, slender, sharp, slightly curved; the ones on 
sides of lower jaw enlarged, though not notably so, there being no 
strong canines. Gill opening not extending far forward; the width of 
