1941 CATALOGUE OF FISHES OF TORTUGAS 2 ^ 



D. IV-8V2; A. jy z . Translucent; ground color faintly rosy and finely mottled 

 with much yellow; sides of head in male with conspicuous spots and irregular 

 streaks; lower part of side with several longitudinal streaks tending to unite 

 irregularly; fins rosy; the second dorsal much spotted in broken oblique lines 

 across the rays; anal broadly orange-margined; caudal with longitudinal streaks 

 of yellow between rays. Female apparently smaller than male, with less elaborate 

 pattern of yellow markings and less developed filaments on first dorsal and 

 caudal. 



The several stomachs examined contained small crustaceans, including larval 

 forms, and a number of small scaphopod shells. W. H. L. 



The collection contains 12 specimens, 39 to 155 mm. long to base of caudal. 

 The total length cannot be given because the middle rays of the caudal, which 

 are greatly produced in adults, are broken in some specimens. 



The preserved specimens now are uniformly pale, except for a dark spot on 

 the membrane between 3d and 4th spines of first dorsal and a definite black sub- 

 marginal band on anal in specimens under 75 mm. in length to base of caudal. 

 These markings are indefinite in 2 specimens, 100 and 105 mm. long without 

 the caudal fin, and are entirely missing in the 2 largest ones, 127 and 155 mm. 

 long to base of caudal. 



West Indies to Florida. S. F. H. 



Callionymus bairdi Jordan 



One specimen, a male, 68 mm. long, from the 10-fathom channel east of Log- 

 gerhead bank. 



D. IV-9V2; A. 8 1 /. Preopercular spine with 1 antrorse point on its outer or 

 lower margin, and 6 recurved teeth on its upper or inner margin. 



The color pattern is an exceedingly intricate one with a general ruddy cast, 

 except that the belly is white. The pattern consists principally of dorsal dark 

 saddles on a light ground, both being much mottled; the rule holding through- 

 out that dark areas are darkest, light areas lightest, toward the periphery; first 

 dorsal dusky and notably spotted with gray and yellow, except from 1st to 2d 

 spine on left side; the narrow unspotted part forming entire exposed surface in 

 the folded fin, its color and pattern blending intimately with those of back; 

 second dorsal finely mottled like the back; ventrals similarly marked, but darker; 

 pectorals transparent with transverse rows of red dots; anal dusky toward margin; 

 caudal banded. 



In fin formulas, and to a certain extent in color, this fish agrees with the type, 

 which despite its state of partial digestion is still much speckled with red. Within 

 the probable limits of individual variation it agrees with the type, too, in the form 

 of the preopercular spine, though in the type specimen the teeth on the superior 

 or posterior border are 8 instead of 6 in number, and the spine itself on one side 

 ends in an additional sharp point. 



Gulf of Mexico, off coast of Florida. W. H. L. 



