38 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 9 



Myxodagnus opercularis Gill 



One from Tangola-Tangola Bay, Mexico, December 16, 1934. 

 Length 77 mm. Head 4.3, depth 8. Dorsal 39; anal II, 36. Lower jaw 

 projecting beyond upper by a distance greater than eye. Snout about equal 

 to eye. Curved movable teeth directed backward in lower jaw, a single 

 row of fine pointed teeth in upper jaw. Opercles extending back and 

 covering entire base of pectorals, 5 or 6 membranous fingers on upper 

 posterior portion of opercle. Body with thin scales, the lateral line strong- 

 ly curved anteriorly, becoming straight on a line with the tip of the pec- 

 torals and extending to caudal on the median line of the side. Forty-six 

 pores in the lateral line. Color in alcohol uniform yellowish white. 



Gillellus semicinctus Gilbert 



One from Tangola-Tangola Bay, Mexico, Februaiy 28, 1939. 

 Length 3^ mm. Body white with 5 wide dark bands over back and down 

 to middle of side, a black band around base of caudal. 



Glinidae Kelpfish 



Starksia cremnohates (Gilbert) 



Three from Tangola-Tangola Bay, Mexico, March 1, 1934. Length 

 27-30 mm. Indistinct bands extending up into the dorsal fin. A dark spot 

 or bar behind eye. Distinct teeth on vomer and palatines. 



Auchenopterus monophthahiius Giinther 



One from Espiritu Santo Island, Mexico, February 18, 1932. Length 

 37 mm. Dorsal III-XXVI; anal II, 19. Color greenish with 7 indistinct 

 bands on body. A black ocellus on 18-21 rays of dorsal. 



Enneaptcrygius corallicola Kendall and Radcliffe 



One from Black Beach Anchorage, Charles Island, Galapagos, Janu- 

 ary 13, 1934. Length 62 mm. One from Port Utria, Colombia, February 

 14, 1934. Length 25 mm. Dorsal fin with 3 distinct divisions, III-13-12, 

 or 3 spines and 25 rays. A small tentacle at nostril and another on orbit. 

 Color greenish gray with 6 double bands over body. Cheeks with 3 dark 

 bars. 



Malacoctenus delalandi (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



One from Mazatlan, Mexico, December 7, 1931. Length 73 mm. 

 Thirty-three from Espiritu Santo Island, Mexico, February 18, 1932. 

 Length 37-89 mm. One from La Plata Island, Ecuador, February 10, 



