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conspicuous on the upper edge; ventralsdusk}"; pectorals without dark 
color except at base. 
Coasts of Japan, very common in sand}' bays from Tokyo south- 
ward. Our many specimens from Tokyo, Awa, Misaki, Onomichi, 
Kolje, Wakanoura, Tsuruga, Surug-a Bay, Sagami Bay, Ow^ari Bay, 
and Nagasaki. 
{Sex., six; fasclatd, band.) 
5. NEOPERCIS MULTIFASCIATA (Doderlein). 
OKIGISU (OFF SHORE KISUGO); AKATORA-HAZE (RED TIGER-GOBY). 
Parapcrch nudtifasciata Doderlein, Fische Japans., Ill, 1884, p. 190, ph vi, 
figs. 2, 2a; Bay of Tokyo. — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1900, 
p. 369; Tokyo. 
Percis muUifasrkdu Nystrom, Svensk. Vet. Ak., 1887, p. 28; Nagasaki. 
Head 3f in length, depth -if; depth of caudal peduncle 2f in head; 
eye 3i; snout 3; interorbital space S; pectoral 41 in length; ventral 
4f ; caudal 5i; D. V, 23; A. 20; scales in lateral line 60; in transverse 
series 25; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 5. 
In shape, this species resembles JV. sexfasciata. Quickly recognized 
differences are the steeper anterior profile, the projecting lower jaw, 
and the deeper caudal peduncle. 
The species differ widel}'^ in color. In JV. multifasciata there are B 
broad, dusky, vertical bands on upper half of body, each band bordered 
before and behind by a narrow bar of dark brown, the border of the 
posterior band forming a large round blotch on upper half of base of 
caudal. Upper half of caudal and posterior part of soft dorsal with 
narrow, dusky, vertical bars, the other fins plain. In large specimens 
the central, dusk}^ color of the vertical bands of body becomes ver}- 
indistinct, the dark borders remaining prominent. Both species are 
red or brownish red in life. 
Coast of Japan from Tokyo to Nagasaki. The specimens described 
were taken in Tokyo Bay. Others were dredged in Owari Ba}', in 
Sagami Bay off* Enoshima and in Suruga Bay off Enoura, by the 
U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. 
{Mult'us, many; fasciatus, banded.) 
6. NEOPERCIS AURANTIACA (Doderlein). 
AKA-GISU (RED KISUGO). 
Pdraperch aurdiitiaca Doderlein, Fische Japans, III, 1884, p. 191, pi. iii, figs. 
2, 2a; Tokyo. 
Head 41 in total length; depth 6i to 7i; eye 3 to 3i in head; D. V- 
23; A. 21; scales in lateral line 57 to 60. 
Snout somewhat shorter than diameter of eye; lower jaw slightly 
projecting; maxillary extending to a vertical through anterior part 
of pupil. Opercle with a single, sharp spine. Dorsals continuous, 
