574 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.41. 



and Snyder, Check List, Ann. Zool. Jap., vol. 3, pts. 2 and 3, 1901, p. 79 (Yoko- 

 hama).— KisHiNoaYE, Journ. Fish. Bur. Tokyo, vol. 10, No. 3, 1901, p. 36, 

 • pis. 2, 5, and 7, fig. 3 (Japan, Kiusiu, southern coast of Shikoku, northwestern 

 and northeastern coasts of Hondo, China, Korea). 



Habitat. — Coasts of Japan and China. 



Description of five specimens from Tokyo and one from Mat- 

 sushima, 160 to 247 mm. in length: 



Head 3^ in body length, depth 2J; eye 4 in head; preorbital 

 depth 4; interorbital Avidth 3 to 3|; maxiUary 2^; snout 2f; 

 D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 9; scales in longitudinal series 58 to 64; in 

 transverse series between insertions of dorsal and anal 7/15 or 16; 

 giU-rakers 7 or 8 + 11 or 12. 



Profile of head and occiput rising steeply in a strong curve ; inter- 

 orbital space much arched, more so than in Pagrosomus major; 

 occiput usually prominent, depth of preorbital contained 1^ in its 

 length, its depth less than that of P. major; maxillary ending under 

 anterior margin of eye. Width of preopercle greater than that of 

 scaled portion of cheek, or at least equal. Posterior nostril oval, 

 its distance from the eye contained 4 times in the latter's length. 

 Vomer with several conical teeth. Teeth in upper jaw in two rows 

 of molars posteriorly, the inner larger but replaced anteriorly by a 

 band of granular teeth, outer teeth larger and more conical anteriorly ; 

 a set of two canines on a side in front. Teeth in lower jaw similar 

 save that the inner row is larger posteriorly, and three canines are 

 present on a side. 



Dorsal spines flexible, the third and fourth somewhat filamentous. 

 Second spine 5 in head, three-quarters of eye diameter in length; 

 third spine over half length of head ; fourth slightly less ; fifth 2-J- to 

 2^ in head. Anal spines equal, 3| in head. Pectoral longer than 

 head by about half eye, the lowermost rays half as long, being slightly 

 produced. Ventrals 1^ in head. Caudal forked. 



Scales as in Pagrosomus major, 7 rows on cheek, 4 rows on inter- 

 opercle. 



Color in life (after Kishinouye) in general resembling that of 

 Pagrosomus major, but much brighter. Posterior margin of pre- 

 operculum dark red. Iris partly brown, partly silver white. 



The males and females of tliis species, according to Kishinouye, 

 differ in the profile of the head: "In the male the occipital crest is 

 rectangular, so that the forehead is very prominent. In the female, 

 on the other hand, the occipital crest is triangular and the forehead 

 is beautifully arched." He writes that these fish grow to a length 

 of half a meter. 



From Pagrosomus major this species may be distinguished by the 

 teeth on the vomer, the cavernous frontals, the anterior hyperostosis 

 of the supraoccipital crest, the lack of the same in the first spurious 

 interneural, and by the filamentous second and third dorsal spines. 



