times depth of body. Length of head 3'/, dia- 
meter of eye, and 31A times length of snout. 
Body elongated, sub-eylindrical, head moderately 
large, with strongly eurved profile above anterior 
margin of eye. Snout short, and pointed. Mouth 
sub-terminal, oblique; jaws sub-equal, with small 
teeth, of which outer ones are larger; vomer and 
pılatines with villiform teeth. Maxillary entirely 
concealed by pre-orbital, reaching vertically through 
anterior margin of pupil. Pre-operele smooth, 
rounded; opercle with a slender spine above. 
Dorsal spines short, rather slender, still; caudal 
broadly rounded. Scales ctenoid, Reddish-yellow ; 
10 crogs-bands, arranged in pairs more or less, 
abruptly fading out immediately below lateral line ; 
a faint similar band between each pair of the 
bands; blackish irregular blotch on base of caudal. 
A small fish of southern Japan, measuring 150 
mm, in length, 
Callionymus altivelis Temminck & Schlegel 
** Aka-numeri * 
PL. XLVIII, Ale. 5. x1 
D. IV, 8; A. 7. 
Length of body 4 times that of head, and 6 
times depth of body. Length of head 4 times 
diameter of eye, and 2'/, length of snout. Body 
elongated, depressed, with sub-horizontal parallel 
upper and lower outlines. Pre-opereular spine with 
a single large hook above; first dorsal opposite 
the gill opening; anal beginning below the first 
third of the soft dorsal; pectoral rounded ; eaudal 
long, strongly rounded. Body entirely scaleless, 
Briek-red; the back marbled with pale brown. 
Generally speaking, it is a deep-sea fish, 
Ammodytes personatus Girard 
“ Tkanago ’* 
PL. XLVIII, fig. 6. x1 
D. 54; A. 90; latera! folds 153. 
Length of body 4 '/s times that of head, and 11 
times depth of body. Length of head 5 times 
diameter of eye, and 3'/, times length of snout. 
Body elongated, and lanceolated, the skin having 
many transverse folds running obliquely down- 
wards, the small eyeloid seales mostly in oblique 
eross series between them. Maxillary extending 
to front of orbit. Dorsal inserted over postertor 
third of pectoral, longest dorsal ray about half 
depth of body. Caudal emarginated. Colour of 
body brownish, much lighter below. This fish ate 
tains to a length of 200 mm. It is a popular 
food-fish, and is alsa devoured by other fishes. 
Neopercis sexfasciata (Temminck & Schlegel) 
۶٩ Kurakake-gisu '' 
PL. XLVIII, fig. 1. x1 
D. V, 23; A. 19 to 20; seales 60 to 63. 
Length of body equal to 3 % times that of head, 
and 6 times the depth of body; length of head 
equal to 3% tlmes that of snout and 3 / times 
diameter of eye. Body elongated, sub-eylindrieal ; 
caudal peduncle much compressed ; eye rather large, 
direeted obliquely upward; inter-orbital narrow, 
coneave; snout pointed at tip. Lower jaw a little 
longer than the upper; teeth in jaws in narrow 
bands; vomer and palatine toothed. Dorsal spine 
short and stiff. 
Oolour of body red in life, a pale lateral hand 
along and below lateralline ; four V-shaped brown 
markings on upper part of body ; a dark spot ou 
cheek ; another dark band extending from nape to 
base of pectoral; a dark blotch on base of peeto- 
ral; a black ocellus at upper base of caudal 
dorsal pale, with a narrow faint band near dorsal 
edge; anal pale, with dusky edge; upper part of 
caudal with about five undulating cross bands. It 
reaches to more than 150 mm. in total length. 
This species ig very common in sandy bays from 
Tokyo to Nagasaki, Not so important as food. 
Callionymus vallenciennesi Temminck & Schlegel 
t Nodokusari ” 
PL. XLVIII, fig. 2. male, fig. 3. female, 1 
D. IV, 9; A. ۰ 
Length of body 3 ½ times that of head, and 11 
times depth of body. Length of head 5 times di- 
ameter of eye, 2 ½ times length of snout. Body 
elongated and compressed. Head also compressed ; 
snout rather long and blunt, Eyes close together, 
on top of head, directed upwards. Mouth small, 
inferior, the jaws suh-equal; maxillary not reach- 
ing the eye. Teeth in jaws in villiform bands, 
Lower lip thick, Pre-opercular spine with 4 large 
teeth turned upwards, and a short spine projecting 
from its base forward. Dorsal spines slender, sub- 
equal in length, some of them sometimes filament- 
ous; caudal long, bluntly pointed, Colour of body 
brownish, much lighter below. The male has a 
free margin of spinous dark-brown dorsal, whilst 
the female has a large ocellated spot on the pos- 
terior part of that fin. 
Neopercis multifasciata (Dölerlein) 
“+ Oki-Loragisu '" 
PL. XLVIIT, fig. 4. x1 
D. V, 23; A. 1, 19; scales 60. 
Length of body 2 times that of head, and 5 !/; 
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