8(> 
PROCEEDTNOS OF THE NA 770.V.1 L yfU^EVM. 
MfiixiirciiieiilK of ( 'luthtiniux iJnl'iclnxjiKitlii 
Length in millimeters 
Depth expressed in hundredths of length . 
Depth (if eaudal pedunele 
Length (if head 
Lengtli (if sniiut 
Widtli (if intenirliital space 
Diameter (if orbit 
Distance from snont to spinovis dorsal. . 
Distance from snout to soft dorsal 
Height of longest dorsal spines 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal fln 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal jieduncje 
Length of caudal fin 
Length of pectoral fin 
Length of ventral fin 
NumVjer of dorsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Number of anal rays 
Number of pectoral rays . . 
Number of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series... 
r>a 
46 
51 
58 
46 
48 
48 
86 
86 
36 
16 
17* 
18 
19 
22 
19 
17 
19 
18 
18 
10 
11 
lU 
11 
11 
12 
10 
13 
lU 
12 
29 
81 
30 
29 
80 
80 
81 
82 
31 
81 
9i 
10 
10 
10 
lU 
9 
10 
10 
10 
10 
;i 
4 
4 
8A 
8* 
4 
4 
3^ 
4 
4 
5 
fii 
5 
5 
6 
6 
6i 
7 
9 
7 
•10 
41 
41 
41 
43 
42 
42 
42 
421 
41 
(iO 
59' 
(iO 
60 
60 
(>0 
60 
60 
60 
61 
181 
\U 
11 
12 
14 
14 
14 
18 
13 
14 
14 
15 
13 
14 
17 
14 
151 
16 
14 
15 
63 
62 
64 
64 
(i2 
65 
68 
62 
60 
59 
lli 
18 
18 
12 
14 
13 
14 
15 
141 
14 
22 
22 
21 
24 
24 
21 
24 
25 
241 
25 
22 
23 
22 
21 
24 
22 
25 
24 
22 
23 
19 
22 
21 
20 
22 
22 
23 
22 
21 
22 
Vlk 
12 
121 
11 
12 
10 
12 
14 
13 
14 
(i 
6 
6 
6 
6 
(; 
1 
6 
6 
6 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
10 
11 
11 
11 
10 
10 
10 
10 
9 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
20 
20 
20 
19 
20 
20 
20 
19 
20 
21 
58 
68 
5fl 
59 
62 
59 
65 
60 
56 
5fi 
19 
19' 
18 
17 
18 
18 
17 
19 
17 
17 
32. CHASMIAS MISAKIUS Jordan and Snyder. 
Chd.vnldf! iiii.'tdl-iii^: JoRD.YN aiid SxYDER, Proo. U. 8. Nat. ]Mns., XXIII, IHOl, 
p. 761, pi. xxxvi, ^Nliyaki, Tsushima, Nagasaki. 
Head 3|^ in body; depth 4|; depth of eaudal peduiude 2^ hi head; 
length of «nout 2|; maxillary If; D. VI-11; A. 10; P. 21; scales in 
lateral series SO, in transviM'se series 2<S. 
Body thickset, the caudal ptHluncle deep; head very broad, depressed, 
wider posteriori}" than the body; snout, viewed from above, broadly 
rounded Ey(\s small, directed ol)liquely; interorbital space markedly 
wide, the distance between the eyes equal to the length of the snout. 
Mouth extremely large, horizontal; lower jaw included l)y the upper, 
the wide upper lips hanging down over the lower; upper lip with a 
fringed interior border next the teeth. Maxillary extending posteri- 
orly to a vertical through a point midway between eye and edge of 
opercular flap; covered for the greater part of the length. Tongue very 
broad, slightly notched. Teeth villiform, none of them enlarged, in 
bands which extend backward a little less than half the length of mouth; 
pharyngeal teeth bristle-like. Gill opening not large; the lower edge 
an eye's diameter below base of pectoral; the width of isthmus slightly 
greater than depth of caudal peduncle. Gill-rakers on tirst arch )-> + 1<», 
short and slender, the length of longest less than diameter of pupil. 
No protu))erances on inner (Mlge of shoulder girdle. Lower jaw with- 
out barbels. Anterior nostril with a conspicuous short tube, widened 
at its opening. 
Head naked; the skin thick, not much wrinkled nor folded; preor- 
bital with a tleshy ilap which extends forward and downward below 
nostrils. A conspicuous line of port^s extends from a point above and 
posterior to i\\o nostrils forward and tluMi downward along upper edge 
of preorbital ilap, wherc^ it divid(>s, oiu^ hranch running backward below 
the eye and (•ur\'ing upward Ix^hind it, the other l)aekward toward i]\o 
