682 . EIGENMANN— NEW FISHES FROM 



membranes free from each other to below the posterior margin of 

 the eye ; pectoral five sevenths to three fourths as long as the head, 

 not reaching to the dorsal ; first dorsal spine a little over half the 

 length of the head, reaching to the tip of the second spine when 

 depressed, the third spine not reaching the tip of the second and 

 the fourth not to the tip of the third ; a dark spot on base of caudal, 

 and another on base of the pectoral ; an ill-defined lateral band ; 

 dorsal spines and a streak on the membranes dark ; dorsal dusky. 



This species greatly resembles Agonostomus monticola which 

 has a narrower and longer snout. 



Stolephorid.e. 



lo. Stolephorus branchiomelas spec. nov. 



7491 C, type, 68 mm.; 7492 C. ; 13875 I., paratypes, three, largest 



54 mm. Mouth of Rio Dagua. Eigenmann. 

 13880 I., ten, largest 83 mm. Tumaco ? Henn & Wilson ? 



Head Z-ZZ^ depth 4 ; D. 14; A. 29 or 30; eye 3.5 in the head, .5 

 in snout ; teeth very minute ; maxillary not quite reaching gill- 

 openings ; gill-rakers about two thirds as long as the eye, 55 on the 

 upper, 70 on the lower part of the arch ; origin of dorsal equidistant 

 from anterior margin of eye and caudal ; caudal lobes equal ; a sil- 

 very band, well defined between dorsal and anal, difl:'use in front 

 and behind ; inner face of mandible dark, darkest near symphysis ; 

 inner lining of shoulder girdle black ; gill-filaments with black 

 chromatophores ; tips of caudal dusky. 



Sci.g2NID.E. 



II. Stellifer melanocheir spec. nov. 

 7520 C, type, 120 mm. Tumaco. Henn & Wilson. 



Head 3.44; depth 3.1 ; D. XI, 23; A. H, 8; scales from middle 

 of back in front of dorsal to lateral line 7, from lateral line to vent 

 10; 50 pores to origin of caudal rays ; eye about 4 in the head, inter- 

 orbital 2.5, snout 4.5; maxillary-premaxillary border 1.8. 



Mouth oblique, lower jaw included, the premaxillary on a level 

 with the lower edge of the pupil ; interorbital slightly convex, chin 



