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long, the one from Kushiro, presented by Mr. Nozawa, naturalist of 
the Hokkaido Museum at Sapporo, the other from Aomori. The 
specimen from Kushiro has 67 scales in the lateral series and 12 anal 
rays. The species is probabl}" less abundant in Japan than Jfesojjus 
olidtcs. 
8. ARGENTINA (Artedi) Linnaeus. 
Argentina (Artedi) Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1758, p. 315 {spJtyrxna). 
/Sf'ius Reinhardt, Bemferkinger Skandinavisk Icththyol., 1833, p. 11 (.s/7?/,s). 
Acantholepis Kroyer, Danmarks Fiske, III, 1846-49, p. 98 (sllus). 
Body oblong-, covered with rather large cycloid scales, which are 
more or less rough with spinous points. Mouth small, the maxillaries 
ver}^ short, not reaching to the eye; eye very large. Jaws toothless; 
an arched series of minute teeth on the head of the vomer and on the 
forepart of the palatine; tongue with a series of small curved teeth 
on each side. Dorsal fin short, in advance of the ventrals; caudal fin 
deeply forked. Eggs small. Pyloric cseca present. Branchiostegals 
6. Fishes of deep or cold waters, never entering fresh streams. 
(Latin argentum, silver.) 
14. ARGENTINA KAGOSHIMyE Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 3i in length; depth 7i; depth of caudal peduncle 4^ in head; 
eyed^\ snout 3; interobital space 4; maxillary 5f; D. 9; A. 10; P. 15. 
Body elongate, somewhat compressed, the caudal peduncle short. 
Head very long, as wide and deep as body, flat above. Snout 
Fig. 5.— Argentina kagoshim.k. 
pointed, jaws equal, maxillar}^ not reaching over halfway to e^'^e, 
mouth small. No teeth on jaws, a small patch of minute teeth on 
anterior end of vomer, a few large curved teeth near tip of tongue. 
Eye very large, the diameter about equal to length of snout, inter- 
orbital space broad, slighth^ concave in the middle. Pseudobranchia? 
well developed; gill-rakers on first arch reduced to a few mere eleva- 
tions. Body covered with large, loosely imbedded, smooth scales. 
The two specimens at hand are so poorly preserved that the number 
of scales can not be told, nor can the shape or measurements of the fins 
be given. Dorsal inserted anterior to ventrals, the latter innuediately 
below the last ra}' of the former. Anal inserted a distance from base 
