687 
jj c r 
- 
-JV 
o 4 / 0 J 
/ j 4 
/ < H- 
/; Proc. U.S. N vol. 42, 1912, p. 416 (Tokyo). - JORDAN and 
//- v ' u< rs ^ 
_ : 
r^vTTf 1 e • 
Jit " 
i, Mara. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, Seot, -1-914, p. 258, pi. 
, 1 1 4 ..#|4 / * 
42, fig. 1 (Sendai^-.’ : - TANAKA, Fishes of Japan, vol. 10, Nov.-1916, p 
'* Js?r‘ ,v * e t= , , 
177, pi. 48, 187, pi. 49, fig. 189-190 (Tokyo). A 
> jraf’ '* /A 
Nibea mitsukurj^jpJORDAN and HUBBS, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, 
June 27, J§fe6, p. 243 (Toba, Shizuoka, Choski). 
-4e*- 
Depth 
10 to 3 ^/ 4 ; head 3 V 4 to 3V 3 , width 2. Snout 3^/3 to 
2 ■ 3 
SV 6 in head; eye 6 '^^ ftiiaa^.1 ; A to 1 / 3 in snout, l 6 /5 to 1 V 4 in interor 
bital; maxillary reaches Vg in eye, a: 
1 l^/g to r/c in eye, length 
2 /3 to 2 /g in head; mouth terminally inferiSp^ with 6 pores at chin; narrow 
bands of villiform teeth in jaws, outer upper.;Jjpr slightly enlarged though 
. 1 
hardly canine like, lower with slightly enl&r^d single row of teeth post- 
rt 
erionly; interorbital 3 V 3 to 3 / , broadl^^jnvex; 4 or 5 distinct denticles 
along preopercle edge around angle; preoj§|ltal depth from eye to maxillary 
-jjijplptk 
1/ j.. ->3/ -- 1 0 -'16 or 17, lanceolate, 1^/3 in 
r /9 to I 7 , in eye. Gill rakers 8 oj§ 
C* t- 
gill filaments, which equals eye. 0 m- 
Scales 47 to 50 in 1 at,™ 
| line to caudal base and 15 to 17 over 
caudal; 8 above, 11 below, 2 3 o^»4 predorsal to occiput and 16 to 21 more 
forward to snout end; 12 princf^H rows of scales across cheek; soft dorsal 
with single row of basal sc&les, 4 |||al also with low sheath; caudal finely 
scaled basally. Scales 19 to 21 basa; 
ting striae; 42 or 43 small apio 
al denticles, with 0 to 2 transverse series of 
elements; circuli 
moderate 
D. X, I, 27, I or 28, I, third spine l*/g iifhead, first ray 2 2 /, 
" ®" “ : JP 
to 2 Va> A. II, 7 , I, second spine 2 V 3 to 2Vc» f0 s t rsy 1 V 3 to l 9 /]n; 
1 / 2 ✓ | / 
caudal l A /2 to 1 / 3 , cuneate; least-depth of cap,|tS'i peduncle 3/0; pectoral 
. "Wv- ' 
i 1 / to 1 V 5 ; ventral 1^/5 to 1 ^/ 3 . 
