NO. 12C1. JAPANESE PEDICULA TE FISHES— JORDA N AND SINDO. 
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irregular rows, each with a prominence in center, surmounted by a 
posteriorly-pointed spine. Gills, 2, 
Color, gra}", with a brownish patch with small dark dots around 
region of axil; suborbital region reticulated with brown streaks; a 
dark band crossing near end of caudal and pectoral fins and base of 
caudal fin; anal fin dark; heWy dusky. Skin on dorsal side of abdominal 
region and ventral side of head, thin and rather loose. 
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Fig. 7. — Malthopsis tiarella. 
Coast of Japan, in rather deep water; described from a specimen li 
inches long from Suruga Ba^. near Numazu, dredged by the United 
States Fish Commission steamer Alhatross. This specimen is in the 
United States National Museum. No. 49801, U.S.N. M. 
(Name, a diminutive of tiara ^ a miter.) 
Measurements of Malthopsis tiarella. 
Rays, D. 7: A. 3: P. 10; C. 6. 
Length in millimeters 
Head in hundredths of length, measured to gill opening 
Supraoral .spine, from anterior edge of eye 
Diameter of eye 
Interorbital sjtace 
Width of mouth 
Height of groove 
Width of groove 
Snout to posterior angle of opercle 
Depth of head at vertical line over eye 
Snout to dorsal tin 
Snout to anal fin 
Width of body at axil 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length of caudal fin 
Length of pectoral fin 
Snout to angle of wrist 
Length of ventral fin 
Length of tail 
Vent to anal fin 
