NEW FISHES FROM JAPAN— JORDAN AND SEALE. 145 



related to the Chinese Rhodean oceUatus, and both seem to belong to 

 the European genus, Mhodeus. 



Ty2)e.—C'At. No. 53412, IJ.S.N.M. 



Cotypex; — No. 9258, Stanford University. 



SAYONARA Jordan and Seale, new genus. 



The genus Sayonani is related to AntJilas, and may l)e thus char- 

 acterized: 



Body robust, covered with ciliated scales; lateral line complete, 

 running high, its tubules simple; maxillary and jaws scaly; no supple- 

 mental maxillary; no teeth on pterygoids or tongue; preopercle ser- 

 rated, without plectroid spines; gill-rakers short; dorsal notched, the 

 spines ten, all low, tirst and last short; no tilamentous rays; pectorals 

 long, unsjniimetrical, the rays branched; yentrals slightl}^ before pec- 

 torals; caudal fin convex. 



Type. — Say o?) an/ mtsumiv. 



SAYONARA SATSUM.<E Jordan and Seale, new species. 



Head, 2.30 in length (to base of caudal); depth, 2.80; eye, 4.80 in 

 head; snout, 4; D. X, 15; A. Ill, T; scales, 33. 



Body rather short, not greatly compressed; depth of caudal pedun- 



FlG. 3.— SAYONARA SATSl'M.i;. 



cle 2.1H) in head; mouth large, the maxillary extending to below pos- 

 terior margin of eye, its distal breadth 1.50 in ej^e; minute teeth on 

 jaws, vomer, palatines, none on pterygoids or tongue; upper jaw 

 with four enlarged teeth; gill-rakers .shorfand blunt, 7 + 10, the five 

 outermost, above and below, rudimentary; maxillary, lower jaw, and 

 forehead scaly; no supplemental maxillary bone; preopercle and 

 lower margin of interopercle and preopercle evenh^ serrated; no 

 plectroid spines on preopercle; opercle with three short, flat spines, 

 scalers large, ciliated, equidistant, the middle one largest, lateral line 

 complete, running high; tubules short, simple. Soft rays scaly at base, 

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