NO. 1462. FISHES FROM SOUTHERN JAPAN— JORDAN AND STARKS. 697 



The dark lateral spots of the male are absent in our specimens of the 

 female. 



This species may be known by its short, thick, compressed body and 

 by the coloration of the male. Eight specimens were collected at 

 Tanegashima, in length from 57 to 70 mm. Five of them are males. 



The type is 70 mm. long and is numbered 53271, U. S. N. M. A 

 cotype is No. 935S, Stanford University. The species is named for 

 j\Ir. Shigeho Tanaka, of the Imperial University of Tokyo. 



Family ATHERINID^E. 



ATHERINA MORRISI Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head, 4 in length to base of caudal; depth, -ih;. Eye, 2f in head; 

 snout, 3i; iuterorbital space, 2|; maxillary, 2^; dorsal, VI-1, 10; anal, 

 I, 11; scales, -45. 



Jaws equal; the maxillary reaching to below middle of eye. Teeth 

 in narrow bands; narrower on lower jaw than upper. The teeth on 

 palatine in a very narrow band not continuous with that of vomer. 



ATHERINA MORRIST. 



Eye very large, equal to postorbital part of head. Gill rakers long 

 and slender, the longest | of diameter of eye, 20 on lower limb of arch. 



Scales with entire, but slightly uneven edges, feeling a little rough 

 to the touch. Seven transverse series of scales below spinous dorsal; 

 18 scales in the median row on back between spinous dorsal and 

 occiput; 8 between basis of dorsals. 



Origin of spinous dorsal midway between base of caudal and middle 

 of eye; distance from front of first dorsal to front of second con- 

 tained li in head. Pectoral sharply pointed, its longest ra}" 1\ in head, 

 its tip reaching to above beginning of posterior third of ventral. 

 Insertion of ventrals midwa}^ between front of anal and middle of eye; 

 tips of ventrals reach | of distance from their bases to front of anal. 

 Length of base of anal equal to distance from base of last anal ray to 

 base of lower rudimental caudal ra3^s. Vent just posterior to tips of 

 ventrals. 



Color dusky above with dark points, silvery below. A wide lateral 

 band bordered above with a narrow lead-colored stripe. Lateral band 

 entirely covering third row of scales below spinous dorsal and extend- 

 ing across lower angles of second row; its lower edge extends down 



