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short distance be^'oiid eye; lower jaw with 2 rows of harbels, which 
extend upward along edge of preopercle; opercle with a few scattered 
barbels. A conspicuous Hap covering a pore near posterior edge of 
eye. Anterior nostrils with tubes. 
Head naked. Body with rather large ctenoid scales; l)reast anterior 
to ventrals naked. 
Dorsals separate; the spines Avhen depressed not reaching insertion 
of soft dorsal; rays higher than the spines, not touching base of caudal 
when depressed. Anal inserted below base of third or fourth dorsal 
ray; the depressed raj's reaching as far posteriori}' as do those of the 
dorsal. C'audal acuteh' rounded. Pectoral pointed; the upper edge 
with 1 or i:i filamentous rays. Ventrals free from l)ody posteriorly. 
Color in spirits light olive, with 4 or 5 broad, indistinctly outlined, 
vertical, dusky bars on body; a transverse bar on nape; anterior part 
of head dusky. Spinous dorsal with 2 broad, blackish, oblicpie bands; 
soft dorsal dusky, with longitudinal rows of indistinct dusky spots; 
caudal very dark, ^vith light spots in vertical rows; pectorals some- 
what lighter, though similarly marked; anal dusky; ventrals white. 
Here described from 3 specimens from the bay of Tokyo, the only 
definite locality yet known for the species, the earlier specimens being 
from uncertain collections. Giinther states that it is ''probably from 
China,'' while Steindachner assigns it to "Celebes or the Philippines." 
{Barbatus, bearded.) 
Meatfiiri'iiicnU nf 7)-i;ni(>j><iijnii hdrlniliix. 
Leiistli in millimeters 
Depth e.xpressed in hundredths of leiiffth. 
Deptli of CiUidal pedunele 
Length ( if head 
Lengtli of snout 
Widtli of interorbital spaee 
Diameter of orbit 
Distaneo from snout to siiinousdcrsal 
Distance from snout to soft dorsal 
Height of longest dorsal spines 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal lin 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal jiedunele 
Length of caudal tin , 
Lengtli of pectoral tin 
IjCngth of \entral tin 
Numlicr of dcu'sal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Numljer of anal rays 
Number of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series .. . 
sy 
98 
65 
•27 
25 
22 
14 
14 
14 
33 
36 
?2 
9^ 
101 
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6 
7 
7 
5 


42 
42 
11 
(i2 
61 
61 
13.1 
14 
14 
16 
loi 
17 
67 
66 
63 
15i 
15i 
15;- 
2U 
22 
23 
2U 
23 
21 
26i 
25 
25 
21 i 
21 
20 
6 
6 
6 
11 
11 
12 
10 
10 
11 
30 
33 
33 
14 
15 
15 
26. TRIDENTIGER Gill. 
Trklcidujcr (iii.b, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1858, Dec. (o/;.sYvrr».s'). 
Trvvmrphoriis Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1859, ]i. 17 {IrlijoiiucejilKihis; 
name preoccupied by Truviiopliorus Rudolpiii, a genus of wuruis). 
Triimophorlchihys Gi-Li., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 195 {trigonoccjtli(this). 
Trijisms Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1900, p. 372 {ioturux) . 
Body robust, little compressed, covered with moderate or rather 
large ctenoid scalt\s; head ))road. little d<^pressed above, the e3^es well 
