FISHES FROM MISAKI. 



IQ 



Dorsal spines 14 or 15 in number. Body dark, pale beneath; 

 each scale much darker at edge ; edge of opercle, margin of branchi- 

 ostcgal membrane and base of pectoral blackish. 



Family Aplodactylidae. 



4. Goniistius ZOnatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Seven specimens. The largest is 8 cm. long without caudal. 



Nine oblique bands are constantly present and form a charac- 

 teristic feature of the species. Of the specimens about 5 cm. long 

 without caudal, some have a dark edge on soft dorsal, while in 

 others the same is absent. The sixth to eighth bands are continued 

 into soft dorsal. In all the specimens, the posteriormost parts of the 

 spinous dorsal, into which the fifth dark band of the body is 

 continued, have a blackish patch. 



Family Labridee. 



5. Thalassemia cupido (Schlegel) 



Fifteen specimens. The largest is 10 cm. long without caudal. 



6. Halichceres tremebundus Jordan & Snyder. 



Four specimens. The largest is 4.7 cm. long without caudal. 

 D. IX, 1 I ; A. Ill, 10. Fores in lateral line 26 in number. 



Family Scorpeenidae. 



7. Sebastichthys elegans (Steindachner & Uöderlein). 

 Four specimens. The largest is 8 cm. long without caudal. 

 D. XIII, 12 or 13. A. Ill, 6. 



8. Sebastichthys mitsukurii (Cramer) 



Two specimens. The largest is 6 cm. long without caudal. 



