78 THE SHORE FISHES. 



In this collection there are representatives of fifty-five families and two 

 hundred and twenty-seven species, of which the following are described as 

 new: — Raja aguja, Kuhlia nutabunda, Girella nebulosa, Eques fuscovittatus, 

 Gillelus rubellulus, and Enneapterygius corallicola. 



The description of a new blenny, Alticus margaritatus from Pago Pago, 

 Samoa is also included in the present report. 



Specimens representing one hundred and fifty species have been sent to 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology, all others including the types of the new 

 species, to the U. S. National Museum. 



The illustrations are from drawings by Miss Violet Dandridge. 



RAJIDAE. 



Raja aguja, sp. no v. 

 Plate 1, figs. 1-2. 



Type, No. 65641, U. S. N. M. (field No. 3161), a female 18| inches long 

 from Station 4653, near Aguja Point, Peru. 



Cotype, No. 1364, M. C. Z. (field No. 3162), a male \\\ inches long, from 

 same place. 



The greatest width of disc in its posterior half; angle of snout obtuse; 

 front margin of pectoral sinuous, convex opposite eye, concave posteriorly; 

 pectoral rounded posteriorly; ventral deeply notched; caudal fin small, distinct; 

 a narrow keel on posterior part of tail, becoming a mere ridge anteriorly; ante- 

 rior margin of spiracles, nasal and gill flaps fringed; a wide-set row of small 

 concealed spines on the median dorsal line; thirty-three low sharp spines along 

 median dorsal line of tail, beginning somewhat in advance of base of pectoral 

 and extending to first dorsal; a single spine between first and second dorsal; 

 basal half of pectoral without spinules, a very few scattered ones on posterior 

 outer half; an elongate wide-set patch along the anterior margin of pectoral; a 

 few on snout, these more numerous between the eyes; a few on shoulder; tip 

 of snout prickly; dorsal surface of tail with numerous sharp spinules; anterior 

 margin of pectoral, snout, and ventral surface thickly covered with minute 

 prickles; snout as far back as nostrils, around nostrils, and corner of mouth 

 posteriorly for a short distance, with less numerous finer prickles; region between 

 upper jaw and nostrils without prickles; a few minute prickles along base of 

 pectoral ; a few on posterior part of breast ; a small p atch on posterior margin of 

 each gill-slit; none on sides of abdomen except anteriorly at the sides; no 



