496 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.48. 



SYMPHURUS ORIENTALIS (Bleeker). 



Aphoristia orientalis Bleeker, Emim. Poiss. Connus du Japon, 1879, p. 31, pi. 2, 



fig. 1. Japan. 

 Symphurus orientalis Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1906, 



p. 243. 



One specimen, 57 mm. long, from Albatross station 5072, in Suruga 

 Gulf, depth 148 to 284 fathoms. 



Dorsal, 93; anal, 81; caudal, 14; ventral, 4; 85 scales between 

 upper angle of branchial aperture and caudal base, 34 in a series 

 between first anal ray and dorsal fin; diameter of upper eye 7 in 

 head. 



This appears to be the second time this species has been recorded. 



