32 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 9 



Sebastapistes bynoensis (Richardson) 



Three from White Friars Islands, Mexico, February 3, 1934. Length 

 20-55 mm. 



Pontinus sierra (Gilbert) 



One from Port Culebra, Costa Rica, February 2, 1934. Length 35 

 mm. Dorsal XII, 10; anal III, 5. All rays of pectoral simple. Palatine 

 with teeth. A distinct filament above eye. Two diverging spines on pre- 

 orbital. Color gray, with small dots of brown, and two or more indistinct 

 dark bands on body. 



Pontinus strigatus Snodgrass and Heller 



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

 1934. Length 95 mm. Color reddish above, pale below, fins more or less 

 barred with dusky. 



Triglidae Sea Robins 



Gurnardus xenisma (Jordan and Bollman) 



Three from Bahia Honda, Panama, February 21, 1934. Length 15-45 

 mm. Head with large spines, the snout ending in two flat spinelike pro- 

 jections. Spinous dorsal with distinct black ocellus between 4-5 spines. 



Prionotiis miles Jenyns 



One from Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, Galapagos, January 13, 

 1934. Length 34 mm. Dorsal X, 12; anal 10. Color brownish with in- 

 distinct bars. Ventral and anal fins white. Pectorals black. Caudal barred. 

 Distal portion of spinous dorsal black. 



Pomacentridae Demoiselle 



Eupomacentrus leucorus (Gilbert) 



Fourteen from Post Office Bay, Charles Island, Galapagos, January 

 3, 1932. Length 65-112 mm. This species may be easily recognized by the 

 uniform dark brown body and the narrow bright yellow or whitish tips 

 on the pectorals. 



Eupomacentrus rectifraenum (Gill) 



Twenty from Mazatlan, Mexico, December 8, 1931. Length 61-65 

 mm. Seven from Port Utria, Colombia, February 15, 1934. Length 19-23 

 mm. Color purplish, with a pale blue line on each row of scales, 2 blue 

 lines on snout to nape, a blue line from eye to tip of snout, another blue 



