NO. 1244. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 119 
We have specimens from Tok^^o Bay and from Nagasaki, the tirst 
named 3'oung', types of T. lotiirus. 
{B/\ two; fasciatui^^ banded.) 
27. ASTRABE Jordan and Snyder, new genus. 
AMralic, new genus [lactisella). 
I>ody thick-set; caudal peduncle deep. Teeth in both jaws simple; 
no canines; no teeth on vomer. Gill opening's not extending far for- 
ward; the isthnuis broad; 2 low, papillas-like elevations on inner edge 
of shoulder girdle. Head naked; the skin conspicuously wrinkled 
and folded; body with small embedded scales on posterior parts, extend- 
ing on sides almost to base of pectoral; other parts naked. Dorsals 
separate; 3 spines, 11 rays. Anal with 10 rays. Spines and rays of 
the 3 fins enveloped in thick skin. Upper rays of pectoral simple, 
free at tips. Ventral rays 1, 5; the fins united; free from the body 
posteriorly. Color black, conspicuousl}^ marked with white. A single 
species from the rock pools of Japan. Its relations are evidently with 
L((cio(/o7}i(fs, Vlarlger being intermediate. 
{a a r pa jit] ^ a saddle.) 
51. ASTRABE LACTISELLA Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 3 in length; depth li; D. IH-11; A. 10; P. 21. 
Body short, robust; depth of caudal peduncle 2^ in head. Head 
depressed, broad posteriorly, its width equal to depth of Iwdy. Snout 
1 in head, broadly rounded when viewed from above. Nostrils with 
high rims. Eyes small, perfect; iuterorbital space 3 in head. Jaws 
subequal, the lower slightl\^ projecting; maxillary not greatly pro- 
longed, extending to a vertical through posterior edge of orbit. Lips 
pendulous. Teeth on both jaws simple; no canines; no teeth on A'omer. 
Gill opening extending upward as far as does the base of the pectoral, 
not running far forward below; the isthmus wide. Inner edge of 
shoulder girdle with 2 small elevations. 
Skin thick, considerabl}^ wrinkled and folded on head, a V-shaped 
ridge extending from the interorbital space toward the upper edge of 
gill openings; a low crest above the eye; a preorbital fold running 
downward parallel with the maxillary, a branch passing backward 
below the e3'e well on to the cheek; snout and interorbital area con- 
spicuously wrinkled; lower jaw with a low median fold, a larger one 
on either side, the anterior part of which is cut off, forming a small 
pendant flap; a third fold, the edge of which has bead-like elevations 
h'ing between the latter and the lower lip; branchiostegal area with 
small folds. 
Dorsal fins separate; the longest spine contained about 3 times 
in head; soft dorsal free from caudal; when depressed not quite reach- 
ing base of latter; the rays slighth' longer than the spines of first 
