NO. 1 SEALE : REPORT ON FISHES 25 



Orthostocchus maculicauda Gill 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 209 mm. 

 Color silvery gray with pearly lines on the side. A large blackish blotch at 

 base of caudal. 



Paraconodon pacifici (Giinther) 



One from Guayas River at Guayaquil, Ecuador, February 6, 1934. 

 Length 150 mm. Head 3.2 into standard length. Depth 2.1. Dorsal XI, 

 15; anal III, 9. Scales 48. No teeth on vomer or palatine; fine, sharp- 

 pointed teeth in the javi^s, those in front somewhat enlarged. Eye 3.1 in 

 length of head, being equal to the interorbital space, which is fully scaled. 

 Preopercle armed. Second anal spine very large and longer than the 

 longest dorsal spine. Caudal lunate. Maxillary extending to below front 

 margin of eye. 



Paraconodon dovii (Giinther) 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 222 mm. 

 Second anal spine very strong, its length 1.6 in head. Color grayish with 

 3 wide oblique bands on sides. 



Antsotremus interruptus (Gill) 



One from James Bay, James Island, Galapagos, January 10, 1932. 

 Length 224 mm. One from Seymour Island, Galapagos, January 15, 

 1932. Length 335 mm. Three from Tower Island, Galapagos, January 

 15, 1932. Length 356 mm. A bright-colored fish, blue gray anteriorly, 

 shading into orange on posterior portion. 



Antsotremus scapularis (Tschudi) 



One from Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, Galapagos, January 5, 

 1932. Length 265 mm. 



Anisotremus taeniatus Gill 



One from Tenacatita, Mexico, December 10, 1931. Length 229 mm. 

 This species very closely resembles the eastern Porkfish with its distinc- 

 tive markings. 



Brachydeuterus leuciscus (Giinther) 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 229 mm. 

 Dark stripes on the middle of sides, axil of pectoral dark. 



Rhencus panamensis (Steindachner) 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 200 mm. 

 Color silvery, a black spot on opercle, another under the middle of the 

 spinous dorsal. 



