On a Small Collection of Tide-Pool Fishes from 

 Misaki, with Descriptions of 

 Two New Species. 



BY 



Nhigeho Tanaka, Rigakushi. 



Zoological Institute, Science College, Imperial University of Tokyo. 



In the beginning of May, 1908, I had occasions of collecting 

 some small fishes in rock-pools in the vicinity of Misaki. I have tried 

 both (chloride of lime and carbolic acid for poisoning the rock-pools, 

 but the method was not without drawback. The poisoned fishes sank 

 down to the bottom of water, so that they, especially the smaller 

 ones could be picked up only with much difficulty. Morever, chloride 

 of lime, w ith its strong ordour and the skin-attacking property, makes 

 itself very disagreeable to the collector. In this respect carbolic 

 acid is more preferable. However, I have after all preferred the 

 bucketing out of water w ith the help of a few people. 



As the outcome of my efforts, I have obtained numerous 

 specimens representing 26 species. Two of the species are apparently 

 new to science, which I vili propose to call Aspasma misakia and 

 ZoarcJiias ncglectus. 



Family Syngnathidae. 

 1. Hippocampus japonicus Kaup. 



Two specimens, male and female, of almost equal length 

 and both captured from the same hole. Length of head 1.4 

 in centimetres. 



D. 13. A. 3. 



The number of rays in dorsal is less than that given by Jordan 



