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Gallionyniidae Dragonets 



Gallionymus garthi, new species 

 Plate 3, Fig. 3 



Holotype. — Calif. Acad. Sci. No. 5746. 



Type locality. — One from Port Utria, Colombia, February 14, 1934. 

 Length 30 mm. 



Head, (measured from tip of snout to gill openings), 3.1 in length. 

 Depth 2 in head. Eye 2.5 in head. The length of the snout is ^ 

 the width of the eye, a very narrow ridge separating the large eyes. 

 Snout triangular. Small teeth in narrow bands in jaws. A large bifur- fl 

 cated spine at angle of preopercle. Gill with small round opening on the 

 dorsal surface. Body naked, without lateral line. Fins all well developed, 

 especially the ventrals, but no elongate or filamentous rays or spines. The 

 longest dorsal spine equal to the distance from tip of snout to posterior 

 margin of orbit. Color yellowish white, the back entirely covered with 

 fine brown specks. Dorsal fin dusky at base. Anal fin with two narrow in- 

 distinct dark stripes. Anal with some dark markings on its outer third. 

 A dark area at base of caudal fin, all other fins uniform white. Named for 

 John S. Garth, zoologist. 



Ammodytidae Sand Lance 



Bleekeria gilli Bean 



One from Charles Island, Galapagos, Januaiy 16, 1934. Length 70 

 mm. Head 4, depth 9.7. Eye equal to length of snout. Caudal forked. No 

 ventrals. No teeth. Lateral line of 105 pores extending along side of back 

 to caudal peduncle. Origin of dorsal above axil of pectorals. Origin of 

 anal midway between end of caudal vertebra and opercle. This forms an 

 addition to the recorded species from the Galapagos. 



Dactyloscopidae Sand Stargazers 



Dactyloscopus lunaticus Gilbert 



Two from Petatlan Bay, Mexico, March 3, 1934. Length 55-84 mm. 

 Opercle with stiff fringe posteriorly. Lower jaw projecting. Eye small. 

 Three brownish stripes on the body from head to tail. 



