NO. 1263. J A PA NESE TRA CHIN DID FISHES— JORD A N A ND SN I 'DER. 495 
Two specimens, one, the type, No. 6542, Leland Stanford Junior 
University Museum, the other in U. S. National Museum, were 
obtained from the fishennen's boats at Wakanoura, Kii. They measure 
about 80 millimeters in lenoth. 
(Named for Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, ichthylogist of theU. S. 
Fish Commission.) 
16. STALIX Jordan and Snyder, new genus. 
Staliv Jordan and Snyder, new genus {histrio). 
This g-enus is allied to Gjiat/ti/pops, from which it is mainl}' distin- 
guished by the form of the anterior spines of the dorsal tin, which are 
Y-shaped, transversely forked, as described below. The head is short 
and blunt, and the maxillarv relatively very short, about half length 
of head. The single known species is Japanese. 
(ffrdXiS, a forked stick.) 
26. STALIX HISTRIO Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 3| in length; depth 4; depth of caudal peduncle 2i in head; 
eye 3|; snout 7; interorbital space 11; D. XI, 9; A. II, 11; scales in 
lateral series 48; in transverse series 19. 
Body rather elongate, compressed, the dorsal contour not elevated; 
head a little broader and about as deep as body. Eye very large, placed 
in anterior part of head, directed obliquely forward, the upper rim 
Fig. 7. — Stalix histrio. 
projecting above contour of head; interorbital space narrow, concave. 
Snout blunt, rounded, jaws subequal, the lower slightl}" shorter than 
the upper. Mouth horizontal, the maxillary extending far beyond 
orbit, its length about If in head, truncate posteriorly, a small sup- 
plemental bone on the upper edge. Teeth on the jaws in narrow- 
bands anteriorly, the bands narrowing and becoming a single row 
posteriorly; no teeth on vomer or palatians. Gill-rakers on first arch 
8+10, ver3" long and slender; pseudobranchiffi present. 
Bod}^ with medium-sized, thin, cycloid, loosely attached scales; a 
small naked area on nape and on breast and belly, the head naked, 
