446 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. . the entire membrane; ventral spine minute, the rays united by membrane for about half their length, outer ray shorter than inner. 448 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxv. . indistinct, small dull dot)) odyalongitz base; caudalblack, the base and point white; pectoral slighth^ twilight}' onitsupperedge.
PETROSCIRTES Rtippel]
JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 451 similar; length of the highest bands 2f in the head; tail rounded; pectoral-like; length of the highest bands 2f in the head; tail rounded; pectoral rounded, membranes 4 or 5 of lower radii incised; the ventral rays are almost entirely connected to the membrane. Dorsal inserted butt, front raised; the first spine is the highest, containing 3i times the length; second spine about equal height, third much shorter, equal to the following, 6f in length; membranaetc third and fourth spines with a deep scallop notched between the succeeding spines and rays, the tips being free; rays equal in length to posterior spines; posterior anal rays longest, 1| in the head; like the small tip of the fleshy knob of each ray except the last three; membrane notched between ra3; caudal rounded,.
ASPIDONTUS Cuvier
453dusky, the other parts of tin with dim clouds; rays of anal with darkness, the other parts of tin with dim clouds; rays of anal with dark crossbands; caudal base dark, the rays crossed by dark lines near their bases.
ASPIDONTUS ELEGANS (Steindachner)
Body moderately elongated, compact; deep caudal peduncle; .. head as deep as bod}^; snout short, open; front profile sloping, rounded above eyes; mandibles subequal, slightly shorter than upper; mouth horizontal, the cleft extending to a vertical edge through the anterior edge of the pupil; jaws with a series of long, thin, narrow teeth, which are followed by a single canine on the sides, which are separated from the others by a small space; canines of lower jaw much longer than upper ones; no onvomer and palatine teeth; number of teeth in each jaw18 except canines; gill opening limited to small space above base of chest; gillrakerson first star reduced to 8 or 10 minute protuberance; without dumbbells on the head. 455 throatGlong-ate, insome places forming- reticulations, the interspaces throatGlong-ate, insomeplaces forming- reticulations, interspaces deadwhite; base of breast dead white with reticulate black spots, in some cases, olive-yellow with black spots on back of body; 3 or 4 dark ridges touching the anterior part of the base of the spinous spine, above which are several obscure, dark, oblique bars; back of dorsal with a few minute spots near margin; anal with a narrow white anterior lip, above which is a dark band; a row of l) spots absent along the basal front of the quill; others somehow duskv.
ASPIDONTUS DASSON Jordan and Snyder, new species
456 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxv. . scalloped lictween theraj'S,without their tops; the length of the highest ra3's2^. on top; upper and lower rays with short filaments; caudal stub, length 1^in head; thorax rounded, rays simple, head internal; length of abdomen equal to topectorials. 457 Body compressed, caudal peduncle especiall}' so; snout short, Body compressed, caudal peduncle especiall}' so; short snout, bhint; interorbital space narrow, convex; eyes directed somewhat. oblique}-; small mouth, thecleftextending- to the orbit apointhollowanterior edo-eof; lower jaw shorter than upper; lips with drooping rings in ))assets of canine teeth, that of the lower lip more pronounced; .. jaws with long, slender, narrow teeth, 26 in the upper part, 28 in the lower part, followed by a single canine on each side, which .. separated from them in the space of arrows, the lower canines are much longer than the upper ones, located on the upper tip; vomer and palatines toothless; gill opening confined to a narrow slit above base of thorax; pseudo-branch\? big; gillrakerson firstarch8or 10,very small.
ASPIDONTUS JAPONICUS Bleeker
SALARIAS Cuvier
SALARIAS CERAMENSIS Bleeker
Spinous and soft dorsal continuous, not separated by a level, the last ray united with the upper edge of the caudal membrane; spines with flexible tip, the highest containing 1^ times the head; rayshish larger than back, about 1^ on head; anal membrane cut between the rays, leaving their tips free, the longest containing 1^ times the head; .. caudalconvex; surrounded by the thorax, a little longer than the head, the tema-brane truncate between all the rays, the lower rays somewhat enlarged;.
SCARTICHTHYS Jordan and Evermann
Head and body bare; lateral line high on the trunk}^ incomplete, following the outline of the back to the tip])outside the opposite tip of the pectoral, where . itends. Head and body bare; lateral line complete, arched above pectoral, distinct filiform ridge anteriorly, divided into separate pores posteriorly.
AZUMA Jordan and Snyder
Dorsal inserted over a point halfway between occiput and gill opening, united posteriorly with tail; thespinesstiffand pik- gent, those near the middle of the fin contain about 2i times in the head;. 11 or 12 indistinct, broad, vertical bands on lower half of body}-,10 of which are above the anus and touch the bottom, forming distinct, black spots; caudal with 2 broad, vertical, black bands, interspaces and posterior border with white fin; cloudy black chest, white lip; black bellies, whiter blades;.
BRYOSTEMMA POLYACTOCEPHALUM (Pallas)
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ENEDRIAS NEBULOSUS (Schlegel)
GINPO (SILVER TAIL)
- PHOLIS (Gronow) Scopoli
- PHOLIS DOLICHOGASTER (Pallas)
- PHOLIS TACZANOWSKII ( Steindachner)
- GUNNELLOPS Bleeker
- GUNNELLOPS ROSEA (Pallas)
- ALECTRIAS Jordan and Evermann
Fig.H.—Enedim - rs. . teriorone 1in the head; anal with 2 stout spines, longer 3^in head; membrane slightly depressed between rays, connected to base of caudal, assy, ​​and dorsal; tail rounded, liinhead; thorax narrow, rounded, 2^at apex; ventrals very small, spine prominent, equal to length of first dorsal spine. dorsal inserted a])Ovel)ase of pectoral, composed of stout, curved spines, the longest or posterior ones contained about 4^ times on the head; feather membrane thick, not cut between spines; anal inserted under thirty-seventh dorsal spine, spines similar in shape and size to dorsal directly above; rays somewhat shorter than dorsal spines, membrane .. thick, not cut between rays; caudal rounded, 2 on head; bust encircled, 2 on head; ventralsminute, thespinesstrong-. The color of the earth, the yellow-g-ray life, the brilliant scarlet cheeks; .. base of back occupied by 10 or 11 elongated dark brown spots, which extend to tips of teats; these spots are divided into the median spot of the ground color, the areas of the ground color alternating with these mottled spots with small spots of ])ear, a large brown spot usually occupying a median position on the head ; .. the middle and lower part of the side occupied by vermiculation of brown lines. ground-colored, these interstices arranged in more or less distinct transverse bands, about 20 in number, reaching or about midventral, the posterior smoothing continuingJ.to teanalt; .. pectoral and caudal fins yellow, unmarked; a brown Ijlotch across the snout and tip of the mandible, followed by a narrow yellow stripe running down the front of the eye; Interorbital space crossed by broad black-margined barcafeta, which become much narrower below and cross eye and cheek; behind this broader yellow stripe margined behind with a narrow brown line.
476 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NA TIONAL MUSEUM
- EULOPHIAS Smith
- NEOZOARCES Steindachner
- NEOZOARCES PULCHER Steindachner
- ZOARCHIAS Jordan and Snyder
478 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. dorsal and anal mixed, consisting of 7 simple rays; pectoral fins short, sharp and narrow, less than half the length of the head. Body elongated, compressed, pointed behind the back and anus, united around the tail; dorsal rays very numerous, low, the spiny part lower and longer than the soft part, sharp, thin and sharp; well developed chest; no ventrals; mouth ver}^^ong, with numerous blunt, conical teeth in several rows on the jaws; similar teeth on vomer and palatines; a tentacle on the snout; gill- openings wide, gill-mcmln-ane united, free from isthmus;. scales small, imbricate; non-lateral line. Souls of color, yellowish-white, spotted and rounded with twilight; .. a series of about 17 dark, vertical bars on the upper fourth part of the body extending - to the tip of the feather, the bars shaped somewhat like an hourglass, the lateral borders black, the inner upper parts growing from behind, the borders appear as black lines; middle of the body}-witha . quadrangular lined spots with narrow bands extending down from the corners along the sides of the bell}-; after the anal opening, the rods are replaced by the net from which l) the missing lines pass from the anus; between the dark lateral spots, at regular intervals, are circular spaces of the color of the body; between dorsal and middle spotsisan indistinctlymottledarea; snout, interorbital space, and nape, each with a liroad, transyerse, twilight stripe; white area with road borders extending from tip of snout to end of ocular flap; the lower part of the head with a grid of lines closing 8 or 4 spaces; .. white throat; chin with 2 narrow transverse bars; thorax with narrow dusk}' band extending outwards from ba^e to near middle of tin.
KAZUNAGI (8 WARMING EEL)
DICTYOSOMA BURGERI Van der Hoeven
Jumper inserted at the back of the base of the chest, the spine rising - from the back longer, the longest 3 on the head; the longest roads2^; membrane .. of thick, fleshy tin, which hides the spine, uncut; analspina weak, rays becoming longer posteriorly, those near middle of fin .. measuring 3i on head; fin membrane thickened around the raj^s, cut between them, leaving the tips free; dorsal and anal joined with the tail, there is a small incision at their junction; chest rounded, 2 on head; ventrals sometimes represented, usually in small specimens, sometimes large, by pairs of small spines.
OPISTHOCENTRUS Kner
OPISTHOCENTRUS OCELLATUS (Tilesius)
GAZU
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OPISTHOCENTRUS ZONOPE Jordan and Snyder, new species
Bod}^ somewhat deeper than in 0. ocellatus; interorbital space wide and straight; jawsequal; maxilla short, barely reaching anterior margin of pupil; teeth small, blunt, widely spaced, in narrow bands on jaw, none on vomer or palate; gill-rakersonfirstarch13, small, thin, pointed; pseudobranchia? large; nostrils with tubes; no filaments on head; large muco-ostubeson's head; a dart on the lower jaw, on the posterior and anterior borders of the eye, and another extending from the upper edge of the gill opening; large pores between the eyes and also on the back of the head. Dorsal inserted above base of pectoral, joined to caudal posteriorl}^no notch separating them; membi'aneofffindthick in front, not notched along'^ margin: spines slender except last 12 or 15,. Fig. 21.—OPISTHOCENTRUSZONOPE. . which are strong, rigid, and curved, those near the middle are contained twice in the head; anal part inserted below nineteenth dorsal spine, light, weak and not sharp, fins near them in middle contained about 2 fin heads; fin not connected to caudal; the.
486 PROCEEDINGS OP THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 487
488 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
PHOLIDAPUS DYBOWSKII (Steindachner)
PHOLIDAPUS GREBNITZKII Bean and Bean
The pore at the beginning of the semicircular dark band around the occiput is continued backward by a series of 8 similar ones, ending near the upper anode of the gill opening. The gill membranes are generally united, but not joined by a isthmus... at the end of the head; tin is low and composed of spines, the longest and strongest in the posterior third being slightly longer than the eye. The distance of the opening from the tip of the muzzle contains the length of the head 2| times.
ERNOGRAMMUS Jordan and Evermann
A series of 10 or 11 pores beginning near the front of the chin on each side, extending backward and curving upward to the upper anterior margin of the operculum. The bottom of the chest is wide, and the fin is two-thirds longer than the head. Abdomen short, pear-shaped, with 6 slender pyloric tubes of unequal length, the longest about twice as long as the eye.
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ERNOGRAMMUS HEXAGRAMMUS (Schlegel)
491 Although described from near Nagasaki, we have not obtained any specimens. Although described from the vicinity of Nagasaki, we have not obtained any specimens from southern Japan.
ERNOGRAMMUS ENNEAGRAMMUS Kner
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- OZORTHE Jordan and Evermann
- OZORTHE DICTYOGRAMMUS (Herzenstein)
- STICH^^OPSIS Kner and Steindachner
- STICH^^US Reinhardt
- DINOGUNELLUS GRIGORJEWI (Herzenstein)
Bristles inserted, slightly leaning on the underside of breast, with stifi', sharp spines throughout, the middle ones the highest, 2f inwards; membrane not very thick, not incised between the spines, not connected with the caudal rays. Anally inserted below the twenty-first dorsal spine, the spine short and slender, the rays highest on the anterior third of fin, 2f in head; membrane incised between tips of rays, not connected with the tail rays. The ui)per of the strongly developed lateral lines begins at the upper edge of gill opening and extends to a point below the base of tenth or twelfth dorsal spine.
NAGAZUKA
LEPTOCLINUS MACULATUS (Fries)
Color 3" ellowish, irregularly marked with dark spots, a series of about six of these spots extending along the sides close to the base of the dorsal fin; a series of smaller spots extending along the center of the sides from the top of the pectoral muscle up to the caudal; dorsally irregularly covered with dark spots; caudal with -1 dark crossed bands; anal, ventral and pectoral fins solid yellowish.
LUMPENUS Reinhardt
LUMPENUS ANGUILLARIS (Pallas)
501 and up along the cheek and side of the head, joining the scales of the body; and up along the cheek and side of the head, joining the scales of the body; .. snout, top of head, chin, throat, operculum and space along- preperculum naked; bod}' covered with small scales; dorsaliind analnic membranes, caudal membranes with minute scales between 3^s. Dorsal inserted immediately above opening of kidney: spines strong, anteriorones short, about equal to diameter of ])ortum, posterior thinner, longer, 3^ in head; tiiin dorsal membrane, not connected with the tail. Thespines short, rather])lunt,therays longestonanterior thirds frequent, 2^at the top; membrane thin, with shallow incisions between the rays, not connected to the tail.
ANARHICHADID^
WOLF-FISHES
AnarchicJcas or Scanso?\ the climber; an ancient name ofAnarhiclias lupus;from dvappixdofxai^ toclimb or scraml)leup — the obvious allusion, the words being written with a single. A large drowned specimen of an AnarJucax is in the museum at Hakodate, from the village of Ainovi of Moml^etsu, province of Ibur, in. It is dark, with darker transverse bands; two rows of teeth on the vomer and palatines.
SUMMARY
Dorsal fin rather high, composed entirely of flexible spines, which are encased in skin; .. analfinlower; tail developed, free from dorsalanal; fins noven-tral; pectoral fins broad, set low; the presence of an air bladder; nopyloric ceca.
