On Fishes from the Inland Sea of Japan. 17 



II. — On a Collection of Fishes from the Inland Sea of 

 Japan made by Mr. R. Gordon Smith. By C. Tate 

 Regan, B.A. 



[Plates II. & III.] 



The British Museum has recently received from Mr. R. 

 Gordon Sn)ith a hirge series of fishes collected by liim in the 

 Inland Sea of Japan, containing examples of thirteen species 

 which appear to be new to science. 



In the following list I have included the new species, with 

 some which appear to be new to the Japanese fauna and 

 others which it seems useful to notice or to redescribe. 



1 . Clujyea zunasi, Bleek. 



Glinther places this species in the section with toothless 

 palate, but although the palate appears to lack teeth in the 

 typical example preserved in the British j\Iuseum, several 

 specimens collected by Mr. Gordon Smith have small teeth 

 on the palate, as stated by Bleeker in his description of tho 

 species. 



2. Ophichthys intermediuSj sp. n. 



Depth of body 2f in the length of head, which is 3i in the 

 length of the trunk or 10| in the total length of the fish. 

 Length of tail If that of head and trunk. Diameter of eye 

 If in the snout, which is 5^ in the length of head. Teeth 

 pointed, in a single series in each jaw. Pectoral a little more 

 than ^ the length of head. Origin of dorsal above anterior 

 ^ of pectoral. Upper part of the body brown, with some 

 yellow blotches or irregular bands ; lower part of the body 

 yellowish. Dorsal with alternate light grey and blackish 

 blotches and with a blackish edge; anal grey, black-edged; 

 pectoral blackish. 



A single specimen, 910 mm. in total length. 



The genus Microdonophis, distinguished from Ophichthys 

 by having the origin of the dorsal in front of the base of the 

 pectoral instead of behind it, seems hardly worth recogni- 

 tion. The species described above approaches more nearly to 

 Microdonophis in respect of this character than to most species 

 of Ophiclithys. 



3. Belone ayinulata, Cuv. & Vai. 



Previously recorded from China and various Indo-Pacific 

 localities. 



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