1419 . 
Synaptura quagga (not Kaup ) Rutter . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 
1897, p. 90 (Swatow). 
Synaptura smith! Regan , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 11, p. 57, 
pi. 6, fig. 1, 1903 (type locality t Inland Sea of Japan). 
Depth 2 7/8 to 3; head 5 3/5 to 6, width 2 4/5 to 3. Snout end 
to lower orbit 4 to 4 l/5 in head; lower orbit 5 to 5 l/5, 1 l/5 to 1 l/4 
in snout; orbits opposite or upper l/5 in advance; maxillary reaches 2/5 
to l/2 in lower orbit, length to snout tip 3 in head; nasal tube short, 
less than pupil; scaly interorbital 1 1/2 in lower orbit, concave. Gill 
rakers 6 or 7 short feeble rudiments; gill filaments equal lower orbit. 
Scales 102 to 108 in lateral line from above gill opening to 
caudal base and 8 to 10 more on latter (10 more forward to dorsal inter¬ 
section); 26 or 27 above, 41 to 43 below. Scales all ctenoid. Scales 
with 4 or 5 basal radiating striae; 7 or 8 long slender and somewhat diver¬ 
gent apical denticles; circuli fine, continuous. Lateral line on both sides. 
D. 80 to 82, fin height 1 3/5 to 1 2/3 in head; A. 66 or 67, fin 
height 1 7/8 to 2; caudal 1, rounded behind; pectoral 1 l/3 to 1 2/5; ventral 
2 1/3 to 2 2/5. 
Right side cream buff to vinaceous buff, with 11 pairs of darker 
brown transverse bands, pairs variable in width, pale interspaces never 
quite so wide as dark bands and narrow separating pale line dividing bands 
of each pair* On fins bands all bent posteriorly. White ringed blackish 
brown ocellus on caudal base. 
Orbits gray. Left side whitish, vertical fins all dark, especially 
terminally, cross bands obscurely showing through. Right pectoral blackish, 
left greatly shorter and whitish. 
