1696 
Lateral line incomplete, ends behind middle of anal fin. 
* 
D. 9 or 10, inserted slightly nearer anal origin than 
ventral origin also slightly nearer pectoral tip than caudal 
base; adipose fin small, inserted before last anal ray; A. 42 
to 49; caudal forked, rudimentary rays reach anal base; pect¬ 
oral rays 10 to 12; ventral 9 or 10, origin nearer hind nost¬ 
ril than caudal base* 
Translucent, back somewhat darker, sides of snout black¬ 
ish. Small black spot directly in front of eye and rather 
faint one immediately below. Opercles externally bright 
silvery, internally blackish. Median line of abdomen black¬ 
ish with median narrpw whitish space backward from vertical 
through pectoral tip. Caudal peduncle washed with blackish 
and silvery, extended forward to middle of anal. Peritoneum 
black. Fins largely translucent, slightly dusky. Caudal and 
anal slightly blackish, front part of anal black punctate at 
base. Ventral similar* basally. 
a • 
*. 
Leng.th without caudal 190 mm. (Tanaka.) 
. * 
Japan. Closely related to Paralepi s intermedius . 
