NO. 1214. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 99 
part of pupil. Tono-ue l)i"oad, truncate, with but a uai'row free 
margin. Tooth simplo, small, in narrow hands on l)oth jaws. Ante- 
rior nostrils with low rims. No barl)ols. Gill o})enings not extending 
far forward: the isthnuis broad, it.s width al)out o([ual to li times 
diameter of eye. Inner edge of shoulder girdU» with a narrow ridge, 
but no ])apilhe. (rill-rakoi's on first arch 8 + H, short, rather thick. 
Head with scales on upper parts of opercles and cheeks, and on 
occiput; those on cheeks small, round, difficult to detect. Body com 
ph^tely covered with large ctenoid scales, except on nape and breast, 
whore the}^ are small and c^'cloid; those of breast minute. 
Dorsals separate, the spines slender. Avhen depressed reaching inser- 
tion of second dorsal. Anal inserted below base of third or fourth 
dorsal rays, when depressed reaching posteriori}^ about as far as the 
dorsal, both touching base of caudal. Pectorals and t-audal i)ointed or 
acutely rounded; upper edge of the former without tilauients. Ven- 
trals large; free posteriorly. 
Color light yellowish olive; dusky above; sides with 5 ver}" indis- 
tinct spots; snout rather darker than body. Dorsals with dusky 
spots arranged in oblique rows; upper two-thirds of caudal with 
zigzag dusky bands; the lower third of lin plain dusky; pectorals 
with a little dark color at base; ventrals and anal with Kon\c dark 
color. In some specimens the ventrals and anal have scarcely a trace 
of dark color, Avhile in others they are dusky, often approaching 
black. The latter condition is found to obtain usually in the males, 
although males with light fins and females with dark ones have been 
o})served. 
Descri})ed from specimens collected at Wakanoui-a, Kii. 
One of the most abundant fishes of Japan, reaching a length of 200 
to 250 millimeters, and abounding in all sluggish rivers and estuaries. 
We have numerous rei)resentatives from Hakodate, Onomichi, 
Kurume, Nagasaki. Wakanoura, Misaki, Matsushima, Aomori, Tokyo, 
Tsuruga, Enoshima, Niigata. and the Yodo Kiver, near Osaka. 
(7•'^//"/^s■, yellow; inanus^ hand.) 
