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species (Pseudogobio zezera), the first described by a Japanese naturalist. 

 Otaki's notes on the Pleur omet idee of Japan (1897), Kitahara's paper 

 ou the ScombridcB of Japan (1897), illustrated by photographs and Ishi- 

 KAWA and Matsuuha's Preliminary Catalogue of the fishes in the Im- 

 perial Museum of Tokyo are also valuable contributions to the 

 knowledge of the Japanese fauna. The list of fishes from Japan in 

 the museum of Stanford University, now in press by the present 

 writers contains a number of species not previously described. 



The material used in the present paper includes, beside all the 

 published literature on Japanese fishes, the following collections, all in 

 the museum of Lelaud Stanford Jr. University at Palo Alto, California, 

 duplicates being in the United States National Museum at Washington. 



1. A collection of Marine Fishes from Yokohama and the Bay of 

 Tokyo, obtained in 1895 and 1896, by Keinosuke Otaki, a graduate of 

 Stanford University, now teacher in the Imperial Military Academy in 

 Tokyo. This collection was made through the interest of Mr. Timothy 

 Hopkins of Menlo Park, California. 



'2. A collection of the fishes of Lake Biwa made in 1896, by 

 Professor Otaki. 



3. A collection of fishes from the Kuvile Islands (mostly from 

 Iturup and Ushishir) made by the United States Fish Commission 

 steamer Albatross, under the direction of Lieut. Commander Jefferson" 

 F. Moser, U. S. Navy. 



4. A collection made by the Albatross in the harbor of Hakodate. 



5. A collection made by the Albatross in the harbor of Yokohama 

 and Tokyo. 



G. A collection of Cyprinidœ, Gobiidœ, etc., from Lake Biwa, 

 received from Dr. C. Ishikawa, of the Imperial Museum at Tokyo. 



7. A collection of Gobiidœ from about Tokyo received from Dr. 

 K. Kishinouye of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau. 



In the list as given below, a star (*) after a locality indicates that 

 specimens from it are included in the collections named. We have 



