NO. 1 SEALE : REPORT ON FISHES 29 



A long slim fish with a depth of 4.7 in standard length. A single fleshy 

 barbule on chin. Color uniform silvery. 



Polyclemus dumerili (Bocourt) 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 252 mm. 

 Six wide distinct black bands over the body extending more or less onto 

 the dorsal fin. Pectorals, caudal, and anal yellowish. 



Zaclemus goodei (Gilbert) 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 202 mm. 

 Four indistinct dark bands over back. Fins grayish. 



Otolithldae Weakfish 



Isopisthus re?nifer Jordan and Gilbert 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 253 mm. 

 Color silvery with black in axil of the pectoral. 



Nebris occidentalis Vaillant 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 279 mm. 

 No barbules. Two very weak anal spines. Head spongy and fully scaled. 

 Ej^e small. Mouth oblique. Color silvery. 



Eriscion nebulosus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Color silvery with 

 grayish reticulations above the lateral line. Lower jaw not included. 

 Teeth small canines. Caudal lanceolate. 



Girrhitidae 



Cirrhitus rivulatus (Valenciennes) 



Two from Cocos Island, February 2, 1932. Length 304 mm. Three 

 (young) from Mazatlan, Mexico, December 8, 1932. Length 33-61 mm. 

 One from Bahia Honda, Panama, February 21, 1934. Length 30 mm. 

 Four from Port Utria, Colombia, February 15, 1934. Length 40-58 mm. 

 Two from Gorgona Island, Colombia, February 13, 1934. Length 34-35 

 mm. The adult of this species is a most peculiarly colored fish, being 

 greenish with rivulated bands and spots of yellow edged with bright blue, 

 more or less chainlike. The young (C. betaurus Gill) may prove to be a 

 distinct species ; all of our specimens are yellowish with 4-5 jet-black 

 bands as wide as the interspaces. 



