996 . 
Depth 6 l/5 to 7 l/2; head 5 to 5 l/2, width 1 4/5 to 2. 
Snout to eye 2 3/5 to 3 2/3 in head; eye 2 3/4 to 4 1 / 4 , greater 
than snout to 1 l/4 in snout, 1 l/5 in interorbitalj orbit 3 4/5 
in head, 1 in snout, slightly greater to 1 in interorbital; maxil¬ 
lary reaches eye center, length from front end 2 l/8 to 2 1/4 in 
head; mandibular barbel 1 to 1 l/3 in orbit; teeth in villiform 
bands in jaws, of 4 to 6 irregular series; interorbitnl 3 1/4 to 3 
4/5 in head, low, nearly level forward. Gill rakers 2 +13, low 
spinescent tubercles, l/2 of gill filaments, which 3 l/2 in eye. 
Scales 123 in lateral line to end of broken tail; 8 above, 
18? below, 23 predorsal forward opposite hind edge of orbit. Scales 
with 5 radiating rows of short wide set spines apically, none extend¬ 
ing beyond hind edge of scale; circuli moderate, complete. 
D* II , 10.__J.15?, second simple ray pungent, with row of 
fine inconspicuous antrorse serrae along front edge, length 1 l/4 
to 1 2/5 in head; interdorsal space 1 3/5 to 2; A. 122, fin height 
. 
4; pectoral rays I, 19, fin 1 4/5 to 2 l/5 in head; ventral rays I, 
7, fin 2 l/2 to 2 7/8 in head. 
Brown, with silvery white tints, especially on sides of 
head and gill opening dusky to neutral black, also belly and chest. 
Iris silvery white. Inside mouth white. Gill opening blackish 
inside. Fins all more or less pale brown. 
*• 
Japan. A. fragile species, the preserved specimens rarely 
with much squamation and the fins usually damaged. The sides usually 
burnished with silvery to silvery gray* 
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