624 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vouxxiv. 
Ihiymirria aurigaria Bleeker, Aot. Soc. Sci. Indo. Nederl., I, Amboyna, 1865, 
p. 53.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 121; Canton.— Karoli, Prodr. 
Pise. Asia, Orient, 1882, p. 28; Canton, Nagasaki. 
Crenilahruii rubellio Richardson, Voyage of the Hulphur, Fishes, 1844, p. 93, pi. 
XLV, fig. 3; Canton, younger male. 
?? Dayrmcria amhomensw Bleeker, Act. .Soc. Sci. Indo. Nederl., 1, 1856, Amboyna, 
p. 53; Amboyna (female) ; Atlas Ichth., p. 78, pi. xxiii, tig. 7; Amboyna. 
Cre.nilabrus spUogaster Bleeker, Japan, p. 416; Verh. Bat. Gens., XXVI, Nalez, 
Japan, 1852, p. 113, pi. viii, lig. 2; Nagasaki, female. 
Diiymncria spUogaster Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo. Ned., Amboyna, I, 1856, p. 
54._Gdnther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 122, after Bleeker.— Karoli, Prodr. 
Pise. Asia, Orient, 1882, p. 28; Yokohama.— Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 
29; Boshu, Sagami. 
Duyriurrkt japonira Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo. Ned., Amboyna, I, 1856, p. 53; 
Nagasaki, after Schlegel (male). — Steindachner and Doderlein, Fische 
Japans, IV, 1887, p. 17; Tokyo. — Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 1801, 
p. 87; Yokohama. 
Head 3^ in length; depth 2^; depth of caudal peduncle 6|; eye 5^ 
in head; snout 2^; interorbital space 3^. Dorsal rays IX, 11; Anal 
rays III, 9; scales in lateral series 22; between lateral line and inser- 
tion of dorsal 2; between lateral line and insertion of anal 6; scales on 
cheek in 2 rows. 
Body rather short, compressed, elevated; a slight depression in con- 
tour above eye; head large, snout bluntly pointed, the jaws equal; 
interorbital area decidedly convex. Teeth in a single series laterally, 
a double series on anterior part of jaws; inner series with the teeth 
coalesced at base, the tips separate on sides of jaws; a canine in poste- 
rior part of upper jaw; outer series of 4 widely separated canines in 
each jaw, those above widely separated; below, closely apposed. 
Pseudobranchiffi large; gill-rakers on first arch very short and stumpy. 
Preopercle iinely serrated posteriorly, a small flap on the angle. 
Scales large; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal there is one 
large scale and a much smaller, triangular one; interorl>ital space, 
snout, chin, and a narrow area along edge of preopercle naked. 
Lateral line abruptly bent downward below base of dorsal lin; in some 
specimens rather evenly curved, or occasionally incomplete, and one 
or two scales below the soft dorsal without pores. Membrane of 
spinous dorsal not deeply incised between the spines, the thickened 
portion around each spine extending upward beyond the tip, forming 
in the male a long filament on the first and second spines, its height 
equal to length of head; the longest rays If in head. Second spine 4 
in head, longest ray li. Caudal rounded, lyV in head. Pectorals 
rounded, 1| in head. Ventrals extending to vent. 
Described from a male specimen about 200 millimeters long, col- 
lected in Tokyo. 
Color of male in alcohol, brownish, scales edged with light color; 
cheeks and opercles with narrow light-colored reticulations; dorsal 
