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so characteristic of Occa verrucosa and 0. dodecaedron; breast covered with 

 polygonal plates, a series elevated to form a median ridge, the marginal 

 plates also prominent; prepectoral area wide, with 4 prominent plates, 

 fix- uppermost bearing a short spine posteriorly; in the dorsal series of 

 plates, 10 lie in advance of first dorsal, 11 between origins of first and 

 second dorsals, 9 or 10 along base of second dorsal, 6 to 9 between second 

 dorsal and the point of confluence of the dorsal series, and 5 to 7 between 

 the latter point and base of caudal; total number of plates in dorsal 

 series 43 to 45, in 6 specimens examined. Pectorals long and narrow, 1| in 

 head; dorsal with 8 (rarely 9) spines and 8 soft rays; anal with 13 (rarely 

 14) rays; pectoral with 14. rays. Color dusky above, marked with small 

 black spots and lines; white below, growing dusky posteriorly; caudal 

 blackish; ventrals white; anal white, with the last rays dusky; dorsals 

 and pectorals with the rays finely dotted with black. North Pacific, 

 recorded from Saghalien, Gulf of Aniva, Petropaulski, and the Kuril 

 Islands, (rostratus, pertaining to the rostrum or snoiit; "not because it 

 has a beak, but because its head and snout are more contracted than in 

 the others/ 7 ) 



Agonus rostratus, TILESIUS, Mem. Acad. Petersb., iv, 1810, pi. 14, Saghalien, Gulf of 



Aniva. (Coll. Tilesius.) 

 Phalangistes fusiformis, PALLAS, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat., in, 116, 1811, Saghalien, Gulf of 



Aniva; Kuril Islands. (Coll. Steller & Merk.) 

 Agonus rostratus, GUNTHER, Cat., n, 214, 1860. 



Aspidophorus rostratus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. "Nat. Poiss., iv, 212, 1829. 

 Brachyopsis rostratus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 726, 1883 ; JORDAN, Cat. Fishes N. 



A., 113, 1885. 



2405. BRACHYOPSIS SEGALIENSIS (Tilesius). 



D.VII,8; A. 12; C. 10; P. 14; V. I, 2. Form resembling Brachyopsis 

 rostratus, but the tail shorter ; body depressed ; eye behind middle of head ; 

 2 spines on suborbital, and some others about eyes ; dorsals contiguous ; 

 anal longer than second dorsal; pectorals large; no barbels under throat; 

 gill membranes and barbels at chin undescribed, probably as in Brachy- 

 opsis rostratus. Yellowish brown; fins with black bands. Length 7 

 inches. Island of Saghalien. (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) Not seen by 

 recent writers. (Name from Saghalien.) 



Syngnathus segaliensis, TILESIUS, Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. de Moscow, n, 216, pi. 14 1810 Bay of 



Patience, Saghalien. (Coll.Krusenstern.) 

 Siphagonus segalicn*i, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitrage, v, 140, and Sitzb. der k. Acad.der 



Wiss.,Lxxiv.,1876; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 723 1883 



^ENcn^ CUVIER & VA - 



LENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 214, 1829. 



Phalangisteslcevigatus, PALLAS, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat., in, 116, 1811. 



765- PALLASINA,* Cramer. 

 Pallasina, CRAMER, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 815 (bariata). 



antJZ.l f ffTf** r *P*08toma; body slender, depressed; 4-hedral 

 >rly, 8-hedral under dorsals; 6-hedral on peduncle; snout produced 





