NO. 1244. GOBlOli) FlhiJtlES OF JAJ'AA—.fOJWAX AND SNYDER. 
97 
but not oxtendinof far forward. No papilla? on inner edo-e of .shoulder 
girdle, (iill-raker.s long and very sltMider, 8 + 8 on first arch. No 
barbels on jaw. 
Head naked; body, except part of nape, region anterior to peetorals, 
and breast covered with linel}' ctenoid scales, the rough edge of which 
is easily effaced; a triangular patch of small round scales extending 
forward on nape. The scales are easih' displaced, n(^arly all of our 
specimens having them entirely removed. 
Sj)ines of doi-sal long; slender, tilanuMitous at ti])s, when depressed 
reat'hing insei'tioii t)f soft dorsal: i-avs somewhat shorter than the 
Fig. 20.— SiTRUG.\ fundicol.\. 
spines. 
.-|........ Anal inserted below third or fourth dorsal ray; (extending 
posteriorly as far as the dor.sal, l)()th reaching base of caudal. Pectorals 
rounded; the upper edge without tilanients. Caudal pointed. Ventrals 
long, free posteriorly. 
Color dusky above; darker on snout; H or T indelinite dusky spots 
on sides; tins duskv. 
Type No. 4!>7-l4, U. S. N. M. Co-type No. (M^O, Leland Stanford 
eJunior University Museum, dredged at a depth of 05 fathoms, station 
8745, off Sagami. I)y the United States Fish Commission steamer 
We have examined very many specimens from Siiruga Bay, Mats i- 
shima, Owai-i Ray. and from the coast of Sagami. All are from sandy 
bottom at a depth of 40 to SO fathoms. 
{VhikIk.s, bottom; colo, inhal)it.) 
Proc. N. M. vol. xxiv — 01 7 ' 
