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Aulopus japonicus Giinther 
Aulopus Japonicus GUNTHER, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 
1> p"t• 6, 1880, p. 72. Marheti of Yokohama. «*“• FRANZ, 
Abh. Kdn. Bayer. Akad. Wise., vol. 4, Suppl. Band 
1, 1910, p. 21 (Yokohama and Sagaml Bays). 
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Depth 4 2/5 to 4 3/4; head 2 9/10 to 3 1/3, width 1 7/8 
! 
to 2. Snout 3 3/5 to 3 4/5 in head from snout tip; eye 3 1/5 
to 3 3/4, greater than snout in young to subequal in male, 
greater than bony Interorbital; premaxillary reaches 1/2 to 3/5 
in eye, expansion 1 4/5 to 2 in eye, length 2 to 2 1/5 in head 
from snout tip; interorbital 4 1/4 to 5, low, concave. Gill 
rakers 8 or 9 ^ 14 to 16, lanceolate, equal gill filaments or 
2 1/3 in eye. 
Scales 42 or 43 in lateral line to caudal base; 5 above, 
4 below, 10 or 11 predorsal, 3 rows on cheek. Caudal largely 
covered with fine scales. Scales with 89 or 90 basal radiatiig 
circuit, not extended apically; 46 rather strong triangular 
apical points. 
