no. 1.836. NEW FISHES FROM JAPAN— SNYDER. 537 



rows of spines and the parietal ridges. Length of maxillary three 

 times as great as width of interorbital space, reaching well beyond a 

 vertical through posterior edge of orbit. Jaws even, the lower one 

 without a prominent symphyses! knob. Teeth very fine; in broad 

 patches on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Gillrakers 7 — 14; short and 

 rather broad; all but two on the upper arch and four or five on the 

 lower being little more than mere rounded knobs. 



Fifth dorsal spine highest, its length contained a little less than 

 two times in head; the spines from the third to the seventh but little 

 shorter; longest rays about 2.2 in the head, reaching base of caudal 

 when depressed. Second anal spine slightly higher than third and 

 considerably stronger, its length contained three times in head; 

 longest rays 1.8. Pectoral rays 18, half of which are simple; de- 

 pressed fin reaching a vertical through anal opening. Ventral spines 

 3 in head; rays 13; fin pointed, not reaching anus. Caudal obtusely 

 rounded, 1.6 in head. 



Body with scales that are weakly ctenoid, a thick epidermal cov- 

 ering causing them to appear smooth; about 15 oblique series above 

 lateral line and 45 below; many small supplemental scales, often 10 

 or more covering the base of a single large scale. Head crowded 

 with small, weakly ctenoid scales which ar3 also supplied with sup- 

 plemental scales. Snout and region anterior to preopercular spines, 

 preorbital, maxillaries, mandible, chin, throat, and branchiostegal 

 region naked. Spinous dorsal naked. Other fins with minute scales 

 that extend almost out to the tips of the rays. 



Color in spirits deep, dark brown, obscurely mottled; traces of a 

 light band extending along back beneath the dorsal fin. Perito- 

 neum inside of mouth and gill chamber light. 



One specimen* type, Cat. No. 68236, U.S.N.M., about 290 mm. 

 long, from Hakodate, Japan. 



Family COTTID^. 



COTTUS NOZAWjE, new species. 



Coitus nozawse, is distinguished from other Japanese species of the 

 genus by the following combination of characters: Three preopercular 

 spines, naked palatines, four ventral rays, and a very short maxillary 

 which reaches to anterior border of eye and not beyond anterior 

 border of pupil. 



Head 3.2 in length to base of caudal; depth 4.5; depth caudal 

 peduncle 3.2 in head; snout 3.2; eye 3.6; interorbital space 7; maxil- 

 lary 2.7; D. VIII, 17; A. 13; P. 15; pores in lateral line about 30. 



Body moderately robust, the head short, snout blunt; interorbital 

 area and occiput convex; maxillary not quite reaching pupil; anterior 

 nostril with a low tube, the posterior one with a scarcely evident rim; 



