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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIOSAL MVSEUM. 



vol,. XXX. 



Front of spiiiou.s dorsal slightly in advance of pectorals, the spines 

 low; the thiid slii^iitly loni^est, 3.7;'), in head; the fourth and Hfth 

 similar, the others gradually shorter to the tenth, the higher eleventh 

 heinj^ a soft ray; soft dorsal hig'he/, ine longest ray, 2.10 in head; 

 base of soft dorsal, 1.75 in head; longest anal ray, 2.30 in head, its base, 

 1.25 in tlic longest ray; second anal spine the longest and strongest, 

 slightly greater than length of snout; pe(;t()ral very long, unsynnuetri- 

 cal, its lower rays extending to middle of anal, 1.2(» in head; the rays 

 branched; origin of ventrals slightly before upper axil of pectorals, 

 theii" tip reaching n(>arly to vent, their length, 1.7o in head; caudal 

 rounded, l.«>0 in head. 



Color, evidently bright icd in life. In spirits, yellowish white, 

 with about three very indistiiu-t wiiitish longitudinal stripes on side; 

 tins pale, unmarked. 



One specimen, r».25 inches long. No. t>251> Stanford University, was 

 taken at Yamagawa. in th(^ ])rovince (>f Satsuma, near Kagoshima, by 

 Dr. Kakichi Mitsukuri, by whom it was })resented to Stanford 

 University. 



STELGISTRUM MORORANE Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, 2.75 in length (without, caudal); depth. 1; (\vc, 3.5<> in head; 

 D. 1X-L(5; A. 11; scales 3S; a row of about 2S modified toothed scales 

 along base of dorsals. 



Head large; snout pointed, e(|ual to eye; mouth rather huge, the 



FK;. 1.— STKI.CISTKI'.M MoltoltANK. 



nia.xillary extending to below ])osterior third of eye; jaws even; bands 

 ot" minute teeth on jaws and \()mer, none on i)alatines; preopercle 

 with 1 r.ithei' small spines, the iipi)ei' and longest curved upward, the 

 second dii'cH-ted backward, the others downward and forward; opercle 

 roughened but unarmed; four large pores on under jaw; gill-rakers 

 reduced to blunt, pi'ickly processes. 7 on lower limb; nmcous pores 

 about eye large and distinct: head i-oughened with small pi'ickles. 



