DESCRIPTIO:^S OF TWENTY-TWO NEW SPECIES OF FISHES 

 COLLECTED BY THE STEAMER ALBATROSS, OF THE 

 UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



By Charles Henry Gilbert, 



Professor of Zoology, Leland Stanford Junior University. 



In the study of tke different collections of fishes from the Alhatross 

 explorations, by Doctor Jordan and the writer, certain aberrant si)ec- 

 imens have been set aside for further comparison. All these specimens 

 have been lately reexamined, and among them 14 species are found 

 which seem to be new to science. These species are here described, 

 each in the name of the person responsible for the determination and 

 the description: 



List of specii's described. 



1. Tachysurits lirojjus, S. B. Bristol. Saa Juan Lagoou, Souora, Mexico. 



2. Netuma insularum, Flora Hartley Greene. Galapagos Arcliipelago. 



3. Lenresthes crameri, Jordan and Evermann. Ballenas Bay, Lower California. 



4. Aliigil thoburni, Jordan and Starks. Galapagos Archipelago. 



5. Myripristis clarionensis, Gilbert. Clarion Island. 



6. Ceniropomus constantinus, Jordan and Starks. Bahia, Brazil. 



7. Epinephelus niphohles, Gilbert and Starks. Magdaleua Bay, Lower California. 



8. O) thopristis forbesi, Jordan and Starks. Galapagos Archip_elago. 



9. Ophioscion strabo, Gilbert. San Juan Lagoon, Sonora, Mexico. 



10. Holacantlius iodocus, Jordan and Rntter. Galapagos Arcliipelago. 



11. Xesurits clarionis, Gilbert and Starks. Clarion Island, Mexico. 



12. Scorpama pannosa, Cramer. Panama. 



13. Sebastodes scmicinctus, Gilbert. Santa Barbara Channel, California. 



14. Sebastodes ayresii, Gilbert and Cramer. Cortez Banks, Mexico. 



15. Sebastodes crameri, Jordan. Coast of Oregon. 



16. Prionotus loxias, Jordan. Bay of Panama. 



17. Jstroscopus sephyrius, Gilbert and Starks. Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 



18. Emmnionbristolw, Jordan. Galapagos Archipelago. (Emmnion, new genus.) 



19. Z7imco7a sancto-roscB, Gilbert and Starks. Santa Cruz Island, California. (Ulvi- 



COLA, new genus.) 



20. Emblemaria oculocirris, Jordan. La Paz Harbor. 



21. Lepidion verecundum, Jordan and Cramer. Clarion Island. 



22. Paralichthys woolmanni, Jordan and Williams. Galapagos Archipelago. 

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Proceedings U. S. National Museum, No. XIX— No. 1115. 



