Vol. XIX, pp. 29-34 February 26, 1906 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW BERMUDIAN FISHES. 

 BY TARLETON H. BEAN. 



The Bermuda Expedition of the Field Museum of Natural 

 History in 1905 obtained about 165 species of fishes of which 

 the following appear to be undescribed : 



Iridio meyeri. 



The type of the species is 4 inches long to caudal base. Collector's num- 

 ber 1101; Field Museum catalogue number 5496; locality, Nonsuch Id. 

 Named for Capt. W. E. Meyer, of St. George's. 



D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales, 3-27-9. 



Head 8j in total without caudal ; depth about 4 ; eye 5 and snout 3^ in 

 head. Anterior profile of head sti'ongly convex, mouth on level with 

 lower axil of pectoral. Opercular flap broad, its width and length equal, 

 45 in head. Two canines in the front of each jaw projecting almost 

 straight forward. 



Four rows of scales in front of dorsal, not meeting on median line ; scales 

 on nape rudimentary. Lateral line begins in fifth vertical row of scales, 

 curves upward to third row under eighth ray of soft dorsal, thence sharply 

 down to median line, its straight portion piercing 6 scales. Anal base as 

 long as head. Pectoral reaches to eighth scale of lateral line, not quite to 

 vent. Ventral equal to post-orbital part of head. 



Body in spirits: Dusky above, pale below. A brown band from snout con- 

 tinued behind eye to caudal ; an obscure, narrow, interrupted band below 

 this. A dark blotch on membrane between fifth and sixth dorsal spines 

 and one between sixth and seventh. A minute dark spot at base of last 

 dorsal ray. A small dark blotch on upper axil of pectoral. A narrow dusky 

 bar across interorbital space and two similar bands on nape. A narrow 

 white streak from angle of mouth to upper axil of pectoral ; a second 

 whitish streak from mandibular articulation across preopercle and sub- 

 opercle. Eleven narrow, interrujited, oblique, whitish streaks on pectoral 

 region extending back past anal origin. 



Iridio decoratus. 



Two type specimens. Cellector's number 545 ; Museum catalogue num- 

 ber 51 28; locality. Nonsuch Id., October 4, 1905. 

 D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 12; scales, 2-27-7. 



7— Pkoc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Voi- XIX, 1906. (20) 



