no. 1836. NEW FISHES FROM JAPAN— SNYDER. 533 



The interorbital space is convex; the snout rather pointed; sub- 

 orbital area narrow, the width contained about 2.2 times in longi- 

 tudinal diameter of eye, the ventral edge with a deep and rather abrupt 

 concavity near end of maxillary; the concavity together with the 

 convex posterior edge giving the suborbital a distinctive form. Edge 

 of preopercle smooth except for some very minute denticulations 

 at its upper edge. Maxillary extending to anterior edge of pupil. 

 Teeth of upper jaw villiform; an enlarged outer row with three or 

 four canines on either side anteriorly; lower jaw with two rows of 

 comparatively strong teeth anteriorly, a single row of enlarged teeth 

 along the sides. Gillrakers short and stubby, 4-9 on the first arch. 

 Opercle with three rows of scales. 



Dorsal spines high, rather slender and acute, the membrane not 

 incised between their tips; last three spines longest, about 2.4 in 

 head ; anterior rays equal in height to the preceding spines, the pos- 

 terior ones somewhat longer. Second anal spine intermediate in 

 height between the first and third, 7.5 in head; last ray 2.3 in head. 

 Lower lobe of caudal pointed, 1 .3 in head ; upper lobe falcate, a little 

 over twice as long as lower; edge of caudal deeply emarginate. Ven- 

 trals reaching origin of anal. Pectorals acutely pointed, equal in 

 length to ventrals. 



In life the body was bright silvery with a pinkish tinge and pearly 

 reflections; a narrow lemon-yellow stripe extends from upper edge 

 of axil to middle of caudal peduncle, a faint brassy stripe along base 

 of dorsal, a wide red stripe above lateral line, lateral line bordered by 

 a light stripe with pearly reflections, below winch is a brassy stripe 

 narrowly bordered by dark pink; head pinkish, the snout purple; 

 chin, throat, breast, belly, and lower surface of tail bright lemon 

 yellow; dorsal translucent, the edge yellowish orange; vermicula- 

 tions of lemon on membrane of fin; caudal bright pink, the filamen- 

 tous rays yellow, becoming orange toward tip, upper edge of fin 

 orange; anal and ventrals translucent; pectorals pink. 



In spirits the body is rather reddish above, plain silvery below, 

 all the bright tints having disappeared and no indication of the stripes 

 remaining. 



Type. — Cat. No. 68232, U.S.N.M., a specimen 280 mm. long includ- 

 ing the caudal filament. Locality Kagoshima, Japan. 



Two smaller examples, one of which has been placed in the Stan- 

 ford University collection, cotype No. 214201, are like the type 

 except that the ventrals are slightly shorter. 



The stomach of each specimen is everted, indicating that it was 

 taken in rather deep water. 



