no. 1836. NEW FISHES FROM JAPAN— SNYDER. 549 



apposed, short, rather stubby, though incisor-like, the cutting edges 

 somewhat granular and brown in color. Gillrakers 48, very short, 

 pointed, and widely spaced. Bones of blind side of head very 

 cavernous, four large pits in the preopercle being very distinct. 



Dorsal inserted on the median line, the first ray rising from a point 

 directly above middle of pupil; highest rays contained about 1.9 

 times in the head. Anal spine minute, concealed beneath the skin; 

 longest anal rays 2 in head. Caudal obtusely rounded, somewhat 

 shorter than head. Pectoral rays 11, the fourth and fifth from above 

 longest, 1.3 in head. Pectoral of blind side 2.5 in head. Ventrals 

 3 and 3.6 in head, respectively. 



Lateral line almost straight, the anterior part with a slight eleva- 

 tion. 



Scales small, cycloid, well imbricated, covering the preopercular 

 margin and the interorbital area, but not intruding on the skin of the 

 eyes; extending outward to near the tips of the rays of the unpaired 

 fins; basal parts of rays of unpaired fins scaly; snout naked on the 

 right side, almost entirely scaled on the blind side. 



Color in spirits deep brown, the dorsal, anal, and caudal somewhat 

 darker along their edges; pectoral of eyed side broadly bordered 

 with blackish. 



Described from the type, Cat. No. 68246, U.S.N.M., a specimen 350 

 mm. long from the market at Otaru, Hokkaido. This specimen was 

 secured through the courtesy of Mr. Shigeho Sasa, for whom the 

 species is named. Two other examples were secured from a mass of 

 partly decayed fishes at Mororan. One is large, dark colored, and 

 similar to the type. The other is much smaller and very light in 

 color, except for the dark edges of the fins. In these the dorsal has 

 85-84 rays; anal 74-77 rays; pores in lateral line 112-106. One of 

 the Mororan specimens is retained in the Stanford University collec- 

 tion as cotype No. 21431. 



