N0.1J41. aOBIOII) FISHES or JAPAX—.TOliDAX AND SNYDER. 101 
broad, tho anterior odjie com-avc. Tooth on jaws in 2 rows; the outer 
ones enlarood; the iimor ones minute; a stronii' canino on oacli side of 
lower jaw curving ])ackward. (lill opiMiing extendino- above to upper 
edge of l)ase of pectoral; the width of isthmus ec^ual to diameter of 
eye. No projection on iiuier edoo of shoulder oiixUo. (Till-rakers on 
first arch 2 + 11; slender; the hMigtli of the longest a))out ecjual to 
diameter of pupil. Cheeks with 4 rows of elevated nuu-ous pores; the 
first just below the eye; the tiiird. branched posteriorly, joining the 
fourth and curving upward around the anterior edges of the first and 
second; a double row along the lower and posterior edges of preop;>rcle, 
extending forward on lowoi- jaw; 2 rows on opercle; one extending 
downwai'd, and the other l)ackward from its upper anterior angle; a 
row running })ackward from eye. above opercle to upper edge of gill 
opening; a conspicuous pore above and l)etween the nostrils; rows of 
niiiuite pores on upper part of snout. 
Head, except snout, lower jaw. throat, and opercle, except its upper 
part, with cycloid scales. Body with rather small, finely ctenoid scales. 
Dorsal fins separate; the spines not elongate; the longest contained 
twice in head; rays a little shorter than spines. Anal inserted below 
third or fourth dorsal ray; the depressed fin extending as far poste- 
riorly as does the dorsal, })oth falling far short of base of caudal. 
Caudal acutely rounded. l^'ctorals pointed; reaching a \ crtical 
through insertion of soft dorsal; the upper edge with 1 or .'> slender 
filauKMits, Ventrals free posteriorly; extending to a point as far 
before vent as the insertion of anal is behind. 
Color in spirits soiled wdiite; upper parts with dark spots and reticu- 
lations; sides with 7 or 8 dark spots, indistinct anteriorly, better 
defined posteriorly; the last of the series at base of caudal fin. ^'ery 
prominent; a small spot on upper part of base of pectoral; ?> poorlj^ 
defined, oblique lines on sides of head, the posterior one on opercle; 
the anterior one running forward and downward from eye. Spinous 
dorsal with a dark spot near ends of last two spines; with 8 longitudinal 
rows of dark spots; soft dorstd with -t longitudinal rows of dark spots; 
anal edged with dusky; upper part of caudal with veitical, wavy, 
dark ])ands; pectorals and ventrals suffused with dusky. In life bluish 
olive; the lateral spots rather l)right 1>rick red with darker centers. 
Described from Type No. 6157, Leland Stanford Junior [University 
Museum. Locality, Misaki, Sagami, Japan. 
Specimens from Nagasaki are much lighter in color, though ])re- 
serving in an indefinite way the general markings of the typ(\ The 
spinous dorsals have 2 dark spots, one situated anteriorly, the other 
posteriorly. 
We have many specimens from ^Nlisaki. Wakanoura, and Nagasaki. 
It is one of the commonest species found in the clear Avaters of the 
})ays; never in the rivers. 
{Rhssu1u.s^ reddish.) 
