Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1831 



g. 8EBASTODES MITZUKURII, Cramer new species. 



Head 2|; depth 3. D. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 7; lateral line 42 (pores). Nasal, postocular, 

 tympanic, and parietal spine present, all rudimentary. Orbit equaling iuterorbital space, 

 5 in head, 1 in snout. Maxillary reaching beyond posterior rim of orbit. Teeth on jaws 

 in broad bands. Inferior border of preorbital very slightly lobed. Lower preopercular 

 spines nearly obsolete. Head scaly; maxillary and mandible naked. Pores on lower jaw 

 but little developed. Fourth to seventh dorsal spines longest; second anal spine longer 

 and stronger than third- pectoral rounded; caudal slightly concave. The following 

 measurements are taken with the head as standard: Width of head 2; fourth dorsal 

 spine 2 ; penultimate 5 ; last dorsal spine 4 ; second anal spine 3, third 3| ; dorsal rays 2 ; 

 pectoral 1 ; ventrals 1^ ; base of pectoral 4^ ; ventrals reaching to vent, pectorals beyond. 

 Body dark brown; 5 dark bands radiating backward from eye; lower part of head 

 pale with brown spots. Single individual. Tokio. Length 12 inches. (Steiudachner & 

 Doderlein.) Steindachner has called this a doubtful variety of S oblongus, Giinther; but 

 it seems to bo distinct. The difficulty of comparison is increased by discrepancies 

 between Giinther's description and figure. 



tiebastex oblongus (Var?), STEINDACHNER & DODERLEIN, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 204, 

 1884, Tokio. 



h. SEBASTODES TACZAXOWSKII (Steindachner). 



Head 3 ; depth a little more than 3 . D. XIII or XIV, 13 or 14 ; A. Ill, 7 ; P. 16 ; lateral line 

 46 (pores). Head as in S. inermis, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Supraocular region -and occiput 

 without externally visible spines or ridges. Nasal and preocular spines present, weak. 

 Spinous dorsal low, with evenly curved margin ; sixth dorsal spine highest, equal to dis- 

 tance from posterior margin of orbit to tip of upper opercular spine. Basal third of 

 spinous dorsal and more than basal half of soft dorsal and anal scaled. Pectoral 3| in 

 body. Orbit 3J; iuterorbital space 5; snout (to tip of slightly projecting chin) 3; great- 

 est width of head 2 in head. Teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines, small, sharp. Trun- 

 cate end of maxillary reaching nearly to posterior rim of orbit. Preopercle with 5 spines, 

 second and third longest, nearly equal, the points directed upward and backward, the 

 lowest very short; angle of preopercle rounded; opercle with 2 sharp spines, the upper 

 longer. Anterior dorsal rays highest, little longer than longest spine; caudal nearly 

 truncate, almost entirely scaled; second anal spine longer and stronger than third, 

 slightly curved, a little shorter than caudal; first ventral ray longest, f of head, the 

 spine as long as highest dorsal spine. Brownish violet, gradually paler toward belly; 

 without or with indistinct patches of darker shades on body and longitudinal bands 

 behind eye; fins blackish; caudal white edged. Length 6 inches. Northern Japan. 

 (Steindachner.) 



Dr. Jordan and Dr. Gilbert have the following notes on a specimen 16 cm. long, from 

 Shana Bay, Iturup Island (one of the Kurils). The specimen agrees well with Stein - 

 dachner's description of the types, which came from northern Japan: 



Color warm brown above and on sides, paler brown below; obscure shadings of darker 

 brown on upper part of sides; many scales with basal or central area darker; opercles 

 with a dusky shade; no dark streaks on head; fins brown, all except the pectorals and 

 caudal becoming distinctly black on distal portion; lining of buccal and gill cavities 

 white, but with a narrow dark streak along each side of floor of mouth anteriorly ; peri- 

 toneum brownish black, uniform!} 7 and densely pigmented. Crown and occiput evenly 

 convex, without spines or ridges. Nasal spines low and strong. A rather wide, low pre- 

 ocular ridge, ending in a strong depressed spine; supraocular ridge nearly obsolete, 

 without spine, its posterior portion evenly scaled over. Preorbital sinuate anteriorly, 

 without spines; preopercular spines short and strong flattened, the second and third 

 the largest, directed backward, the fifth represented by a slightly projecting lobe; oper- 

 cular spines similar to those on preopercle, the lower the largest. Gill rakers long and 

 slender, 10-f-27, the longest half the orbital. diameter. Head 3f in length; depth 2 T V 

 Least depth caudal peduncle 3 in head. Eye 3J in head; interorbital space 4&; snout 4; 

 maxillary 2. D. XII, 1, 14; A. HI, 7. Pectorals with 16 rays, of which the lower 7 are 



