124 Bean — Description of Neiv Fishes of Bermuda. 



Parasphyr.enops gen. nov., Cheilodipteridse. 



Allied to Scombrops . 



Body elongate, covered with small, ctenoid scaler. Snout and top of 

 head naked. Opercles scaly. Nostrils double, the posterior the larger. 

 Operculum with two feeble, Hat spines, the upper one the larger. Teeth 

 in jaws uniserial, feeble, no canines, vomer and palate with a few weak 

 teeth. Margin of preopercle serrate, the serrations slightly stronger at 

 the angle. Eye large. Maxilla short,, little expanded, slipping under 

 the preorbital. Dorsals continuous, deeply notched, with 9 spines and 10 

 rays, the third spine high, the first and last two short. Anal base short, 

 the fin having 3 spines and 7 rays. Caudal forked. Ventrals under base 

 of pectorals, moderate, with 1 spine and 5 rays. Pectorals broad at base, 

 not elongate, with many rays. Branchiostegals 7. Gillrakers numerous, 

 long and slender, close set. Vertical tins scaleless. 



Parasphyraenops atrimanus sp. nov. 



Head3^; depth 5; eye %% in head. D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 7; V. I, 5; 

 P. 18 ; scales about 70. 



Mouth moderate, oblique, the maxilla extending to below middle of eye, 

 the lower jaw slightly projecting. Suborbital depth % diameter of eye. 



Third dorsal spine longest, % head, about equal to base of soft dorsal. 

 Pectoral about % head. Ventral }4 head, inserted under pectoral. Anal 

 spines graduated, the first very small, the third longest, 2% in head; 

 base of fin % head. 



A large black blotch on base of spinous dorsal extending upward a dis- 

 tance equal to long diameter of eye. A jet black spot behind base of 

 pectoral. General color, in spirits, brownish. 



An individual 4 inches long was taken from the stomach of a Bonito 

 {Seriola falcata) on Argus Bank, 43 fathoms, January 14, 1909, by L. L. 

 Mowbray. A second example, 3 1 4 inches long, was also obtained by 

 him on the same date and in the same way. The larger type is in the 

 IT. S. National Museum. No. 74, OS."). 



Anthias louisi sp. nov. 



An Anthtas belonging to the group containing formosus Boulenger. 



I). X, 15; A. Ill, 7; scales 4-35-15; pores 33. 



Head 3; depth 2%; eye 3 in head; snout 6 in head. The maxilla 

 reaches nearly to below middle of eye; the ventral nearly to vent; the 

 pectoral to the perpendicular through anal origin. 



First anal spine )4 e y e ; second anal spine % head ; longest anal ray 

 5 in total length without caudal. Caudal crescentic, none of its rays 

 much produced. No rays in any of the fins produced. 



Gillrakers 29, the longest % eye. 



A small black spot at base of 6th and 7th dorsal rays. 



Color in life rosy. 



A single individual, :\ l 4 inches long to base of caudal, was obtained by 



