972 . 
Hymenooe|)halus ffajayraceu g Jordan and Gilbert 
Hymenocephalus pepyraceus Jordan and Gilbert . Bull. U. S, Fish Comm., 
vol. 22, p. 614, fig* , 1902 (Aug. 1904) (type locality : Sagami 
Bay. Japan). —Jordan, Tanaka, Snyder, Journ. College Sci., vol* 
g * - ■■" as— 11 '■ — gar . .- 
33, p. 412 (fig. 382 copied), 1913 (compiled). . ^Gilbert and Hubbs, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, p. 145, 1916 (reference); Bull, U. 
0 
S. Nat. Mus., No. 100, vol. 1, p. (521) 539, 540, 1920 (reference). 
Depth 7 l/5j head 6 2/5, width 2. Snout 3 3/4 in head; eye 
4, 1 l/4 across snout, 1 l/8 in interorbitalj preoral profile verti¬ 
cal, length 3 4/5 in head; maxillary reaches l/2 in eye, length from 
front end 2 in head; mandibular barbel minute, l/6 of eye; teeth min¬ 
ute, in narrow villiform bands, of 3 or 4 irregular series; interor¬ 
bital 3 l/8? in head, concave. Gill rakers 4+14 low clavate 
spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/2 of gill filaments, which l/4 
of eye. 
Scales most all fallen and pockets indistinct, so squamation 
) 
not made out; 2? above lateral line. 
D. II , 9__114?, second simple ray slender, entire, length 1 
1/2 in head; interdorsal space 2 l/4?; A. 117, fin height 3 in head; 
Pectoral rays I, 15, fin 1 4/5 in head; ventral rays I, 10, fin 1 l/8, 
first ray ending in filament. 
