222 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Feb., 



NEW, LITTLE KNOWN AND TYPICAL BERYCOID FISHES. 



BY HENRY W. FOWLER. 



The specimens used in the preparation of this paper are all contained 

 in the collection of the Academy except when otherwise stated. 



HOLOCENTHRID^. 

 Myripristis jacobus Cuvier. 



Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1829, p. 121. Martinique. (M. Achard.) Br^sil 



(M. Delalande.) Havane. (M„ Desmarest.) 

 Rhinobenjx chryseus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., XIV, 1871, 



p 464, fig, St. Croix. (Thos. Davidson.) 



Two examples, types of Rhinoberyx chryseus Cope. 



Myripristis berndti Jordan and Evermann. 



BuU. U. S. Fish Comm., 1902 (1903), p. 170. Honolulu. (U. S. Fish 



Comm.) 

 Myripristis murdjan Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1900, p. 501. 



Sandwich Islands. (Dr. Benjamin Sharp.) (Not of Forskal.) 



A co-type of Myripristis berndti Jordan and Evermann agrees with 

 the example collected by Dr. Sharp. Two examples from Cocos Island, 

 Galapagos Islands, collected by Messrs. Heller and Snodgrass, also 

 appear to be the same species. 

 Myripristis murdjan (Forskil). 



Scioena murdjan Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, p. 48. Diiddae. 



Head 2f ; depth 2i; D. X, I, i, 12; A. IV, i, 11; P. I, 14; V. I, 5; 

 scales 29 in lateral line to base of caudal, and 3 more continued on 

 latter; about 9 scales before spinous dorsal, 3 between latter's origin 

 and lateral line, and 6 between latter and origin of anal; width of head 

 1^ in its length; mandible Ij'^^ ; first dorsal spine 3f ; second 2^; third 

 2; eleventh 3§; first developed dorsal ray 1| ; third anal spine 2f; sec- 

 ond developed anal ray If; upper caudal lobe H; pectoral 1^; ventral 

 1^; ventral spine 2; least depth of caudal peduncle 3f ; snout 4f in 

 head measured from its tip; eye 2^; maxillary If; interorbital space 



Body deep, compressed, and greatest depth near tip of ventral spine. 

 Upper profile from tip of snout to middle of dorsal evenly convex. 

 Greatest width of body not equal to that of head. Caudal peduncle 

 small, compressed, and its depth about equal to its length. 



Head large, obtuse in front, its depth greater than its length. Snout 



