583 
Congrellu s meekl JORDAN and SNYDER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
vol. 23, 1900, p. 347, pi. 11. Bay of iokyo, Japan. 
Depth 10 to 14 1/2; head 5 l/2 to 6, width 2 3/4 to 2 4/5, 
length 1 to 1 l/lO to dorsal origin, 2 2/3 to 3 to anal origin. 
Snout 5 l/3 to 6 in head; eye 5 to 7, subequal with snout or in¬ 
terorbital; mouth cleft reaches hind pupil edge, length 3 to 3 
l/3 in head; teeth conic, uniform, minute, in narrow bands in 
jaws and continuous patch of vomerine; interorbital 5 to 8, near¬ 
ly level. Gill opening long as snout. 
Dorsal origin about over pectoral origin; caudal short, about 
half length of pupil; pectoral 2 l/2 to 3, elongate. 
Largely brownish above, paler below, more or less whitish on 
lower surface of head and belly. Iris golden, with dusky ring. 
Dorsal and anal pale or whitish basally, edges broadly blackish, 
especially posteriorly. Caudal whitish. Pectoral variable pale 
or with upper and terminal portion blackish. 
Natal, Ceylon, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, China, 
Japan, Korea, Formosa, Polynesia. 
2 examples. A. N. S. p. Wakanoura, Japan. Stanford University. 
Length. 
1 example. -A. N. P. Tokyo, ^apan# Stanford University. Length. 
