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The following color note was found with these specimens: — "Those with 

 crest, bars slate light green, belly white, lips and chin darker. Tip of anal rays 

 pale slate, membrane nearly black. In some, brown verniiculations over green 

 bars. Those without crest — similar to others, with dark brown spots on 

 caudal portion and dorsal and anal fin." 



These specimens bear out the conclusions of Giinther {loc. cil.) regarding 

 the sex of this species and the identity of S. edentulus and S. rivulatus. Eleven 

 of these are adult males 3ii to 4n inches long, possessing the color of S. rivulatus 

 and the crest on the head. 



Twenty-three of these, 2h to 4s inches long are adult females, of these 

 twenty are without a crest, or with a slight indication of cre^t, the remaining 

 three, which are the largest have a low but distinct crest. These conform in 

 color with S. edentulus. There are five young individuals Ij to Ig inches long, 

 which do not show any crest, and the coloration is not easily made out. All of 

 the above of both sexes in addition to the fringed cilia on the nostril and the 

 simple one above the eye, have one on each side of the nape close to the occiput. 



BROTULIDAE. 



Ogilbia ventralis (Gill). 



Jordan & Eveemann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 250.3. 

 Broxmophycis ventralis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1863, p. 253. 



Two specimens 2h and 3| inches long from Acapulco. M. C. Z. 29541 

 (1 specimen). 



The statement by Jordan and Evermann (loc. cit.) that the snout is 7 in 



head must be a mistake as Gill gives it as 5 and from an examination of his Types 



and of our specimens it is found to be 4? to 5, depending somewhat on the size 



of the specimen. 



Petrotyx hopkinsi Heller & Snodoka.ss. 



Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1903, 5, p. 222, pi. 18. 



One specimen 51 inches long from Chatham Island, shore. 



BATRACHOIDIDAE. 



Batrachoides pacific! (Gijnther). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 2314. 

 Batrachus pacifici GtJNTHER, Cat., 1861, 3, p. 173. 



Two examples, Nos. 3140, 3141, M. C. Z. 29712, 85 and 11 inches long from 

 Panama Bay. 



