NO. 1244. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYNER. 
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-;pinos. The bod}' is elongate, the head })road and flattened, and the 
skill with a few cycloid scales on the tail. BeloAV the eye are a few 
short iilanients or barbels. 
Ja|)an. 
(('/(O-i/.s. clear; (/err), to bear, from the white back.) 
52. CLARIGER COSMURUS Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 3^^ in length; depth Tt; depth of caudal peduncle 10; 63-6 7f 
in head; snout 5; D. III-12; A. 12; P. 18. 
Body not sloping- much from its deepest part toward caudal peduncle; 
cylindrical anteriorly; caudal peduncle greatl}^ compressed. Head 
elongate; broad; flat on top. Snout long; pointed; lower jaw project- 
ing. Maxillary extending beyond eye. Mouth almost horizontal. 
Tongue broad, notched anteriorly. Teeth simple, in narrow bands 
on both jaws; lower jaw with a small canine on each side. Eyes 
directed ()])lic|uely upward; the space between them about equal to 
their diameter. Gill openings not extending far forward. No papilUe 
/^ 
Fig. 27. — Clabiger cosmurus. 
on inner edge of shoulder girdle. No l)arbels on jaw. A row of 
slender barbels extending along suborbital area from snout to a point 
a little beyond eye. 
Head naked; a row of rather large, round, cycloid scales on median 
part of caudal peduncle. Dorsals separate, the first of 3 slender 
spines; soft dorsal with fleshy membrane. Anal inserted below first 
dorsal ray. Caudal round. Pectorals acutel}' rounded. Ventrals 
free posteriorly from bod}. 
Color white; a broad, chocolate-colored lateral band. Avith irregular 
borders, extending from tip of snout to base of caudal fin; the band 
narrow on snout, gradually widening to the posterior end; at base of 
caudal the white encroaches on the band from above and below, nearly 
dividing it. and causing it to spread out in a fan-shaped figure almost 
entirely covering the fin, the solid color broken up into dots and ver- 
tical bands on posterior part of fin. 
The species is known from a single specimen. 37 millimeters long, 
secured at Misaki. Sagami. Type 6161, Leland Stanford Junior Uni- 
versity Museum. 
(/cocT/zfca, to adorn; ovpa, tail.) 
