NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 609 
scales in lateral series 27; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 4; 
between lateral line and insertion of anal 9. 
Dorsal outline straight from snout to insertion of dorsal fin, consider- 
ably arched in some specimens; base of soft dorsal descending abruptl}' 
to caudal peduncle, ventral outline pretty evenly curved between snout 
and caudal peduncle; interorbital space broad, flat, or slightl}^ convex. 
Snout blunt, shorter than diameter of eye, jaw'S equal, mouth almost 
vertical, the maxilliar}' not reaching anterior edge of orbit. Teeth in a 
single row on each jaw, compressed and rather blunt. Pseudobranchise 
prominent; gill-rakers on first arch 8 + 17, long and slender. Edges 
of preopercle and preorbital entire. Head and body covered with 
large ctenoid scales, the snout naked; small scales extending on bases 
of dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. Lateral line incomplete, ending below 
middle of soft dorsal. Fifth and sixth dorsal spines highest, con- 
tained If times in head; middle rays of soft dorsal highest, about 
equal to length of head. Second anal spine very strong, its length 
If in head; longest rays 1^. Caudal deeply notched, the upper lobe 
longest, 2f in length of head and body. Pectorals 3 in length, rather 
falcate. Ventrals extending to insertion of anal, the first ra}'^ fila- 
mentous. Color, light olive, w^ith a silvery reflection. Body with 5 
distinct brownish black vertical bands, broad above, in the middle 
ones pointed below; the first band extends from occiput to origin of 
dorsal, ending below in a conspicuous dark spot at upper part of base 
of pectoral; the second band extends downward from bases of fourth 
to seventh spines and disappears before the belly is reached; the third 
has its origin at bases of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth spines and 
extends to origin of anal; the fourth extends between anterior part of 
soft dorsal and posterior part of anal; the fifth, not so distinct as the 
others, crosses the caudal peduncle. Head dusky, very dark on inter- 
orbital area. Membranes of spinous dorsal and basal part of soft 
dorsal dusky; the color of the dark bands extends upward on the fins; 
caudal dusky near the margin and at base; the other fins with a little 
dusky color. 
Here described from a specimen 50 millimeters long from Misaki. 
An individual 185 millimeters long from Formosa measures as follows: 
Head 3^ in length; depth 2; depth of caudal peduncle 1^, 6^; eye 3i 
in head; snout 3i; interorbital space 3; D. XHI, 13; A. II, 12; scales 
■J-26-10. 
This species, everywhere abundant throughout the Indian region, is 
common in the rock pools of Yogashima, Enoshima, and elsewhere 
about Misaki and Shimoda. Many young specimens were taken. 
Similar adult examples from Formosa have been examined. Among 
these we find none wath the caudal lobes each marked with a dusky 
stripe as described in the form called ca'Jestlnus. For this reason we 
have hesitated to place codestinus in the synonymy of saxatiJis. It is 
probable, as Bleeker has noted, that this species, rather than the 
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