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angle enlarged: oporcle with 3 flat spines before the flap; gill rakers 

 moderate, uearly half eye, 8+lG in number. Top of head, orbitals, 

 maxillary, and mandibles, naked; fine scales on cheeks and opercles; 

 scales on body ctenoid; fins without scales. Dorsal beginning- a little 

 in front of the vertical from pectoral base, the third spine a littU' tiie 

 highest, but the ones behind it not much shortened; soft dorsal higher 

 than spinous, its outline rounded; pectoral rounded behind, reaching 

 to below the base of eighth dorsal spine ; third anal spine the longest, not 

 nearly so long as the soft rays, the anal fin similar in shape to tlie soft 

 dorsal; ventrals i caching j^ast vent, scarcely to front of anal, their ends 

 rounded, as are all the fins; caudal broadly rounded. Color in spirits 

 brownish red, sides with clear-cut, distinct, white spots about as large 

 as pupil, about at base of dorsal, C or 7 along lateral line, following its 

 arch, a horizontal series of 4 extending back from opercular flap, about 

 3 from base of pectoral following curve of ventral outline, two at l)ase 

 of anal, one beliiud lower edge of caudal ])eduncle and one above anus; 

 a well-marked streak above maxillary following its outline; lips colored 

 like rest of head; dorsal dusky, with vague white spots; ventrals and 

 anal nearly black, Avith a reddish tinge ; anal with a narrow white border 

 below; pectoral and caudal uniform yellowish. 



Type.—^o. 47582, U.S.N.M. 



A single specimen, 6 inches in length, collected by the Albatross at 

 station 3041, in Magdaleua Bay, Lower California. 



The species is allied to Epincphdus niveatus of the Atlantic. 



Family UJEMJJLIDJE. 



ORTHOPRISTIS FORBESI, Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 3;^; depth 3; dorsal XII or XIII, 15; anal III, II ; scales 9-80 to 

 85-20; snout 2f; maxillary 3i; orbit 4J; longest dorsal spine 24; sec- 

 ond anal spine 3J; pectoral 1:|:; ventrals If; upper caudal lobe 1^. 



Body oblong, comjiressed, the j^roflle gently curved to dorsal. Head 

 moderate, the jaws subequal; teeth small, the outer a little enlarged; 

 maxillary extending to the vertical from posterior nostril; chin with a 

 median pit; iiiterorbital convex, its width about equal to orbit; verti- 

 cal limb of preopercle slightly convex, finely serrated : gill rakers short, 

 about 8+14=22; preorbital moderate, 3| in head, 3 in its least width. 

 Snout, maxillary, and lower jaw naked; scales on head small and 

 crowded. Dorsal low, the longest ray about 1^ in the longest spine; 

 second anal S])ine not longer than third, but slightly stouter, about 

 half as long as the longest ray; pectorals moderate, reaching past tips 

 of ventrals, but not to vent; upper lobe of caudal the longer; second 

 anal spine moderate, about as long as third. 



Color {in alcohol). — Dark brown above, with bluish reflections; all 

 fins dusky except pectorals; caudal edged with light, membrane of 

 opercle dark; preopercle with some dark spots. 



