2 NEW SOLDIERFISHES (BERYCIFORMES, HOLOCENTRIDAE, MYRIPRISTIS) FROM JAPAN

Two species of the holocentrid fish genus Myripristis are described as new from Japan, both with a single pair of tooth patches outside the gape at tip of lower jaw, the third anal spine longer than the fourth, and 28-29 lateral-line scales: M. kochiensis from Kashiwa-jima, Kochi Prefecture, previously misidentified as M. murdjan, is distinct in ha ving small scales in axil of pectoral fins, 32-36 gill rakers, interor bital space 4.45-5.1 in head, and lower jaw not strongly projecting wh en mouth closed; M, greenfieldi, from the Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands to Kochi Prefecture, previously misidentified as M. woodsi an d M. randalli, is distinct in lacking scales in the pectoral axil, hav ing 35-52 cteni on largest body scales, 43-47 gill rakers, and longest dorsal spine 2.0-2.25 in head.