NO. 1211. (JOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 108 
22. PARACHyETURlCHTHYS Sleeker. 
l'((r(ic}i;ihn'lchlln/!< Blkkkeh, Arcliives Neerl., 1.S74, [>. ;->25 (/>o///7«'m(«.s). 
Body moderately elongate, cov^ered with rather large, ctenoid scales; 
head rounded in profile, not depressed above, the e3'es close tog-ether; 
cheeks scaly; mouth modei-ate, obli((ue. the chin not very prominent; 
teeth moderate, simple; chin with many small barbels on each side along 
the ramus of the lower jaw; dorsal tins short, the rays about Vl-11. 
Caudal i)ointed with a black ocellus at base al)ove; pectorals pointed, 
without silk-like raj's; ventrals united, not adnate to the belly. 
Isthmus broad, the gill openings not continued forward l>elow. 
One species, in the Japanese and Indian seas.- 
[Tcapa, near; ClKdurichflnix.) 
42. PARACH.ETURICHTHYS POLYNEMUS Bleeker. 
f'hsrtHrifliniiispnhiiiiiiKi Bi.eekku, Wrli. Batav. (ienootf^., XXV, Japan, p. 44, fisr. 4, 
Nagasaki. 
nobius polynema Guxthek, C!at. Fisli., Ill, 18<)1, ]>. 46, China, Madras. 
Head 4^ in length; depth 5|; depth of caudal peduncle '^ in head; 
eye Hi; snout 3|; maxillary 2f ; D. VI-11: A. 10; P. 22; scales in lateral 
series 28, in transverse series H. 
Body elongate, somewhat compressed; caudal peduncle deep, nuich 
compressed. Head broader than bod}^, but a little less deep. Snout 
Ijlunt. Eye large, the upper edge projecting slightly above dorsal 
contour of head; interorbital area concave; the space between the 
eves equal to their vertical diameter. Mouth oblique; jaws equal. 
Maxillary entirely concealed, extending posteriori}- to a vertical 
through center of pupil. Tongue rather narrow, rounded anteriorly. 
Teeth simple, in narrow bands on both jaws, the outer ones slightly 
enlarged; no canines. Gill opening not extending far forward; width 
of isthmus equal to diameter of e}^. Inner edge of shoulder girdle 
without papilla?. Gill-rakers 3 + 10, rather short and blunt. Anterior 
nostril with a low tube. Lower jaw with a row of slender ))ar])els 
along under sides of rami; branchiostegal region with barbels. 
Cheeks, occiput, interorbital space, and posterior part of snout 
with cvcloid scales. Bod}- everywhere covered with large scales, 
those on nape and anterior under parts cycloid, the others tinely 
ctenoid. 
Dorsal fins separate; the spinous dorsal when depressed not reaching 
insertion of soft dorsal; the rays longer posteriorly. Anal inserted 
below- base of second or third dorsal ray; its rays when depressed 
reaching as far posteriorly as do those of the dorsal, both touching 
bases of caudal rays. Caudal pointed. Pectoral pointed, its upper 
edge without filaments. Ventrals rather short; free posteriorly. 
Bodv with considerable duskv color, a little lighter ])elow than 
