NO. 1211. aoBJOJD FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAX AND SXYDETL 105 
h. T)oTsal ravp VIII-17; scales 39-15; color soiled olive without distinct inarkini;;s; 
■ first <li irsal without distimit black .si)ot licrdnniinK. 44 
/*//. Dorsal ray.s VIII-15; scales 3o-10; color olivaceus; a large ])lac,k ocellus on 
spinous dorsal - sciistius. 45 
43. CH2ETURICHTHYS STIGMATIAS Richar Ison. 
('Iiiiliiriclilhi/x >ftli/iii<itii(s Rr(iiAKi)sox,Voy. Sulphur, 1S44, j>. 55, locality uut'crtaiu — • 
JoKD.AX an(i SxYDKK, VnHU U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1901, p. 764, Tsushima. 
(rohiiis .sllginalids (JtTXTnER, Cat. Fish., Ill, 1861, jt. 78, from Eichardson's ty])('. 
Head H^ in Iciig-th; dopth T; depth of caudal peduncle 41 in head; 
eye -if; snout ?>i: niiixillaiy '2: D. VlII-!>2: A. lt>; P. 24; scales in 
lateral series al)out 57, in ti"ansv(M-sc series al)oat 14. 
Body elono-jite i)osteriorly, the dorsal and ventral contours sloping- 
gradually to the caudal peduncle, which is narrow and conipi-ess(^d. 
Head large; Avider than body; the width equal to distance fi'oiii tip of 
snout to posterior border of eye. 
Eves high in head; ()l)long: directed obliquely upward, nioi-e of the 
oyo being visible when viewed from above than when seen from the 
side. Interorbital space slighty concave. Mouth large; ol)li(|ue; 
lower jaw projecting somewhat beyond the upper; li})s thin; maxillary 
(extending to a perpendicular throitgh middle of pupil; entirely con- 
ceided beneath a pendulous dermal fold of the su])orbital. Tongue 
broad; concave anteriorly. Teeth in 2 rows on each jaw; slender, 
pointed and curved; those in outer row stronger and fang-like, dill 
oi)ening (extending far forward, the isthmus narrow. Three large 
papilla' on inner edg-e of shoidder girdle. Gill rakers on iirst arch 
3 + 11; long and slender. Lower jaw with 3 barbels on each side, the 
distance l)etween them equal to the diameter of the orbit; anterior 
barbel shorter and thicker than the others. 
Occiput, opercles. and preopercles with small, round, smooth scales, 
scarcely or not at all imbricated. Body with cycloid scales, small near 
the head, growing larger posteriorly. 
Dorsal fins sepai'ate; the first (! spines evenly spaced, the others 
farther apart. When depressed the tin does not extend to insertion 
of soft dorsal. Dorsal rays growing higher from Itefore l)a('kward; 
when depressed, reaching l)ase of upper caudal rays. Anal inserted 
beh)W l)ase of third dorsal ray; the rays not reaching- so far postei-iorly 
when depressed as do those of the dorsal. Caudal long, pointed, with 
short accessory rays above and l)elow (hence the name *' (Jluvturich- 
t/il/-'<^'); short dorsal and ventral ra^s of the fin g-rowing far forwai'd on 
the caudal peduncle. Pectorals pointed, extending to vent. Y(Mitrals 
free from body posteriorly, extending to a point below base of seventh 
dorsal spine. 
Body without distinctive color markings. Spinous dorsal Avith a large 
black spot on its posterior border. Soft dorsal, caudal, and pectorals 
