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th()s(^ of the out(M" toav slio-htly onlarg'ed, oxteiidiji"' farther l)ack on 
jaw than do those of iniiei' row; no canines. Gill opening' extending 
far forward; the isthmus narrow. No protuberances on inner edge of 
shoulder girdle. Gill-rakers on tirst arch 4 + 18, very long and slen- 
der. 7Vnterior nostril with a low rim. Lower jaw with 3 slender 
hiU'lx'ls on each side of inner edge. 
Head with scales on opercles, preopercles, and on nape; other parts 
naked. Body with large cycloid scales. 
Dorsal tins separate; spines slender; the tilamentous tips projecting 
slightly l»eyoiid the meml)rane; the fin when folded just touching 
insertion of second dorsal; posterior rays of anal longest; reaching, 
when depressed, a little beyond bases of lirst upper caudal rays. Anal 
inserted below l)ase of third or fourth dorsal ray; posterior rays much 
lonwr than the anterior ones; reaching almost as far backward when 
depressed as do those of the dorsal, ('audal pointed. Pectoi-al with- 
out free filaments on its upper edge; pointed posteriorly. V(»ritrals 
long; free posteriorly. 
Fh;. '12. — <'!r.KTrKicnTH Ys sciisTirs. 
Color in spii-its yellowish white; sides with T) oi- (5 very indistinct 
dusky spots, thi^ most post(M-ior of which is near base of anal; dorsal 
surface of ])ody and upp(M- part of head with a little dusky color. 
Spinous dorsal with a broad ])la(lv blotch on posterior part; the dark 
area preceded by H or ?> rows of white spots; anterior part of fin 
duskv; soft dorsal dusky; with 2 narrow longitudinal light ])ands. 
Airal with 5 or (> \'ertical zigzag dusky bands about equal in width to 
their light interspaces. Anal dusky. Pectorals and vcMitrals without 
light color. 
TyP^ No, r)158, Leland Stanford Jiuiior University ]\Iuscum. 
Locality, Hakodate, Hokkaido. 
This species differs from C //«w;?«r//?c.s- in having fewer dorsal and 
anal I'avs and larger scales. It is lighter in color, has a conspicuous 
black spot on spinous dorsal, and is smaller in, size. Some of our 
spcH-iuuMis were obtained offshore at a depth of 11 to 18 fathoms. 
We have the species from Tsuiuga. Owari liay, Aomori, Tokyo, 
