CHEILODIPTERIDAE. 103 



Color in spirits: — general color dark straw, with dusky punctulations on 

 edge of scales, back, and sides; these most numerous on nape and opercle and 

 along base of the dorsal; pectoral pale; soft dorsal, caudal, and anal punctulate 

 with black with broad blackish margins; ventral pale, with dusky terminal 

 margins. 



Amia doryssa Jordan & Seale. 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 245, fig. 39. 



One specimen l| inch long from Manga Reva, coral. 



This specimen has, head 2.61 in length; depth 2.83; eye 2.60 in head; 

 snout 4.72; interorbital 4.87; maxillary 1.71; 2nd dorsal spine 1.25; dorsal 

 VI-I, 10; anal II, 9; scales 2-25-6. 



Amia dovii (Gunther). 



Apogon dovii Gunther, Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, p. 371. Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. 

 Sci., 1904, 4, p. 88. 



Four specimens if to 2^ inches long from Perico Island, Panama Bay. 

 M. C. Z. 29423 (2 specimens). 



Amia atradorsata (Heller & Snodgrass). 



Snodgrass & Heller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1905, 6, p. 367. 



Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1903, 5, 192, pi. 3. 



One hundred and twenty specimens 2? to 3n inches long from Chatham 

 Island, shore. M. C. Z. 29417 (20 specimens). 



We have identified these specimens as A. atradorsata because of the pres- 

 ence of the black tip on soft dorsal; this character varies (in our specimens) 

 from very slightly dusky to jet black, and seems a slight, though the only appar- 

 ent, difference between it and A. atricauda. 



Two of the larger specimens had eggs and young Amias in their mouths, 

 one of them had "eyed" eggs and the other young fish. 



Amia retrosella Gill. 



Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, 1862, p. 251. 



Apogon retrosella Joudan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 1108. 



Many specimens, if to 3s from Acapuico, February 25, 1905. 

 Seventeen specimens, ill to 3| from Acapuico, February 28, 1905. M. C. Z. 

 29455 (10 specimens). 



