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riWCEEDl^UfS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CALLIONYMUS KITAHARiE Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, 8.55 in length (without caudal); depth, \)\ aye,, 2.50 in head; 

 D. IV-9; A. 9; .snout, 8 in head. 



Preopeiruhir spine with four curved hooks on upper side, and a 

 spin(> turned downward and forward at l)ase; distance from tij) to tip 

 of preopercidar spines (Mjual to hMii^th of head; depth of head ecpial 

 to diameter of orbit; h«^ad pointed anteriorly; mouth small, with small 

 teeth; gill-opening- a small aperture at upper edge of opercle. 



Dorsal spines low, the first or longest scarcely greater than eye, the 





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Fig. 6.— CALLIONYMUS KITAIIAR.K. 



tin triangular in form, the othei- spines gradually shortened; pectoral 

 1.40 in head; ventrals, 1.50 in head; caudal pointed, 1.10 in head. 



Color, in s])irits, uniform slaty brown, a shade paler on nuchal 

 region; tins colored like the body. 



A single specimen. No. 1>2«)1. Stanford University, 1.50 inches long, 

 was taken in the luu'bor of Nagasaki. It resembles ('a//i(>)ii///i>/.s hf/i- 

 iteguri, but seems to l)e distinct. It is named for Mr. T. Kitahara, of ; 

 the Imperial Bureau of Fisheries. 



