444 Dr. A. Giinther on new Fishes from Japan. 



the longest ; it commences above the middle of the pectoral, 

 and terminates above the middle of the anal. Also the anal 

 rays are short, the anterior being the longest. The caudal 

 fin is deeply forked, densely covered with scales. The pecto- 

 rals are more, the ventrals less than half as long as the head. 

 Ventrals inserted midway between the anal and the head. 



Ujiper parts brownish, shining silvery ; lower parts silvery, 

 minutely dotted with brown. 



Off Inosima. 



Salmo macrostoma. 

 B. 12. D. 13. A. 14. L. lat. ca. 130. 



This fish is distinguished by its remarkably pointed snout, 

 the upper jaw being rather the longer, and by its wide oblique 

 mouth. The narrow and slightly curved maxillary extending 

 considerably behind the hind margin of the orbit. The head 

 is small, only one fourth of the total length without caudal. 

 Eye small, nearly one seventh of the length of the head. 

 Teeth rather small ; one pair on the head of the vomer is 

 followed by three or four other small teeth, arranged in a 

 series. Prseoperculum crescent-shaped, without lower limb. 

 Body rather deep ; its depth being equal to the length of the 

 head. There are sixteen or seventeen scales in a series ob- 

 liquely descending from behind the adipose fin to the lateral 

 line. Dorsal fin but little higher than long. Caudal fin deeply 

 emarginate. Silvery; with nine parr-marks along the lateral 

 line, and with several round spots above and below them on 

 the sides. 



Yokohama market. 



Aulopus japoniciis. 

 D. 15. A. 9. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 4i/6. 



The length of the head is contained thrice and one fourth 

 in the total without caudal. The diameter of the eye equals 

 the length of the snout, and is contained thrice and two thirds 

 in the length of the head. Interorbital space concave, one half 

 of the width of the eye. Maxillary extending to behind 

 the middle of the eye. Body irregularly marbled with 

 blackish. 



Market of Yokohama. 



Halosaurus affinis. 



Snout much produced, but less so than in Halosaurus rostra- 

 tus, its pra^qral portion being scarcely one half of its length. 

 Eye of moderate size, one third of the postocular portion of 



