128 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Color in spirits bluish brown. 
Type No. 6515, Leland Stanford Junior University Museum, 
Wakanoura, Kii. 
Th(^ species is close to Tnjpauclien vagina of India, but the pectorals 
and A^entrals are much shorter than in the latter species.' According 
to Cuvier's description and Da3^'s figaire, the naked area on front of 
trunk in nmch smaller, and the lio-ure shows a more elongate mouth 
and head. 
Inland sea of Japan in sandy bays. AVe have specimens from 
Wakanoura, Owari Bay, and Kobe. 
{Waka-iio-^ira, bay of Waka, or romantic song.) 
33. TyENIOIDES Lacepede. 
Ta'tiioidex Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1798, p. 580 (IwrrincDwianui;). 
Amhlyopas Cuvier and Valenx'iennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XII, 1837, p. 157 {herr- 
mannianus). 
Odontamblyopus Bleeker, Archives Neerl., IX, 1874, g. 330 {riibicundus) . 
Body elongate, compressed, eel-shaped, naked or with very rudi- 
mentary scales. Head ol^long quadrilateral, flatfish above. Mouth 
almost vertical, the lower jaw prominent, thick, its cleft directed 
upward; maxilhiry not produced backward; tongue not notched. 
Teeth slender, in a band, the outer ones, especiall}" below, very long 
and curved. Eyes minute, hidden. Gill openings confined to. the 
sides; the isthnms l)road. Dorsal fin very long-, the anterior part of 
5 or 6 slender, wide-set spines, more or less distinct; the soft dorsal of 
30 to 50 rays; soft dorsal and anal continuous with the slender, pointed 
caudal; pectoral fins short; ventral fins long, I, 5, completely united, 
not adnate to the belly; no pseudobranchiaj. Vertebrie 11 + IT = 28. 
Estuaries of Japan, China, and southward; several species known. 
Distinguished from the American genus Gohioides by the nuich larger 
num))er of dorsal and anal rays. (D. VI, 16 in Gohloides.) 
(raivia-^ ril)bon; fr^^'og, resemblance.) 
57. T/ENIOIDES LACEPEDEI (Schlegel). 
Avihliiojfiia laeepedei Schlegel, Fauna .Taponica, Poiss., 1848, p. 146, pi. lxxv, fig. 2. 
Bay of Onuira, near Nagasaki. 
Head 7i in length; depth IT; depth of caudal peduncle 4 in head; 
maxillary 8; D. YI, 46; A. 41:. 
. Body extremely elongate, compressed. Head long, rounded ante- 
riorly. Mouth almost vertical, the lower jaw projecting ))eyond the 
upper. Maxillary concealed, not extending far back. Eyes small; 
covered by the skin. Teeth in 2 series; an inner narrow l)and of villi- 
form teeth, and an outer row of large, loosely attached, fang-like teeth. 
Tongue rounded anteriorly. Gill opening restricted to the sides; the 
isthnms broad. No jrapilhv on injier edge of shoulder girdle. Gill- 
