A review of the ophidioid fishes of Japan

In the present paper the writers give descriptions of the fishes of Japan helonging to the Zom-cida^, OpJddiidx, 5rorf(^*, and related families, known as Ophidioidea. The material exammed is that collected bv Jordan and Snyder in 1900, with that belonging to the U. S National IVIuseum, together with certain specimens collected ])y the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Alhatross. The plates are drawn by Mr. William S. Atkinson.