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Garmannia binghami Parr, Bull. Bingham Oceanog. Coll., vol. 3, art. 4, 1930, p. 124, fig. 



34 — Crooked Island, Bahamas. 

 Garmannia (Risor) binghami Ginsburg, Bull. Bingham Oceanog. Coll., vol. 4, art. 5, 



1933. P- 58. 

 Garmannia (Risor) rubra Ginsburg, ibid., p. 59. 



This small species has been described in detail and clearly figured by Parr. It 

 has been found repeatedly among sponges and algae secured in the 10-fathom 

 channel between Loggerhead Key and White Shoal. The largest specimens 

 taken were only 23 mm. long. 



Body compressed; head little depressed; cheeks inflated; profile steep from 

 above eye, and slightly rounded before it; scales in about seven series between 

 bases of anal and second dorsal, and seventeen in lateral series; scaled area taper- 

 ing forward to mid-level on side and below interdorsal space; dorsal and ventral 

 surfaces of caudal peduncle fully scaled. 



The fin formulas are, D. VII-I(occasionally VI), io 1 ^ to 12; A. 1,9^ or 10. 

 First dorsal spines delicate, slightly if at all exserted, elongate in none; pectorals 

 long, reaching slightly beyond ventrals, which in the male reach the vent. 



Color usually brownish, with punctulation of scattered chromatophores; iris 

 dusky. 



Dutch West Indies, Bahamas, and Florida. W. H. L. 



Evermannichthys metzelaari Hubbs 



Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, Trop. atl. Vissch., 1919, p. 139, figs. 39, 40 — 



Curacao (name preoccupied). 

 Evermannichthys metzelaari Hubbs, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., No. 144, 1923, 



p. 1 (substitute name). 



Common at Tortugas in loggerhead sponges. 



The largest of 5 in one sponge was 27 mm. long. The 5 showed the following 

 variation in fin formulas: D. VI-14 or 15; A. 10 to 12; P. 11 or 12. Scales strongly 

 ctenoid and limited to a patch of approximately 20 in about five rows covering 

 the ventral and lower lateral surfaces of caudal peduncle. 



The color pattern includes surface and internal elements. The former consist 

 of a series of bands, varying among specimens, but differing little from Metze- 

 laar's description (see reference above). This system is capable of being very 

 largely suppressed through contraction of the chromatophores, and when this 

 occurs the internal pattern is visible in detail through the transparent tissues. Its 

 chromatophores are in the meninges of the brain, on the peritoneum, and along 

 the axial column, and form nine or ten blotches and bars broader than and quite 

 as distinct as those of the other series. 



From the stomach of one specimen about 20 fish eggs were recovered, which 

 possibly were the eggs of some blenny. W. H. L. 



Three specimens, respectively 21, 23, and 24 mm. long, are included in the 

 collection. General color of preserved fish pale; vertically elongate dark spots 

 along back, another series of dark spots on middle of side. In 1 specimen the 

 spots of the two series are more or less united, forming crossbands on caudal 



