446 FISHES COLLECTED BY THE ALBATROSS— GILBERT. 



Profile undnlating, concave on snout and above eyes, produced ])et'ore 

 eyes and at occiput; occiput forming a well-rounded angle, behind which 

 the curve of the back is uniform to the caudal i)eduncle. Teeth iu a 

 single row, alike in both jaws, wide and flat; outer margin of each 

 tooth obli(]ue, divided into tive rounded lobes; lower jaw included; gill 

 oj)ening e(jual in length to jx'ctoral; lirst dorsal spine two-thirds as 

 long as the others, which are subefpial; ventral spine extending to 

 middle of vent, half length of soft rays; upper ra^s of i^ectoral i)ro- 

 duced, the flu somewhat acute at tip; posterior margin of pectoral 

 concave; anal slightly higher than soft rays of dorsal, but similar in 

 outline. Body, head, and tins everywhere with a villous covering: three 

 large bony i)lates near tail, but without recurved spiues elevated 

 centrally. 



Color {in alcohol). — Nearly uniform dark olive-brown, sometimes with 

 a few scattered small round black si)ots; caudal dark yellowish. 



Numenms specimens, 15 inches long, obtained by Dr. Gilbert {Alba- 

 trosfi collection) at Clarion Island of the Eevilla-Gigedo group, Mexico. 



Tliis species is much deejjer than Xcsitrxs latlchn'ia as shown in the 

 figure given by Valenciennes, and is without lateral band. 



Family SCOEP^NIDJE. 



SCORPiENA PANNOSA, Cramer, new species. 

 (Plate LII.) 



Head 2\ (24 in total length); <lepth 3 (3a in total length); width at 

 base of pectorals 4; width of head over preopercles 3^ ; dorsal Xll, 10; 

 anal 111, 5; pectorals 10. Transverse (oblique) rows of scales 25; lat. 1. 

 (tubes) about 25. 



Body compressed. Caudal })eduiicle short, its depth a very little less 

 than orbit. Depth and width of head about equal. Orbit high up, 4i 

 iu head. Interorbital space narrow, 2 in orbit, deeply concave, without 

 prominent ridges. Preocular ridges thick and prominent, with strong 

 spines. Supraocular ridges thin, with blunt spines; postocular spiues 

 on rim of orbit, rather sharper; no small spine on rim of orbit behind 

 and external to the postocular; a bitid si)ine behind middle of i)08terior 

 rim of orbit, and behind this a thin exoccipital ridge with a blunt 

 spine. A pair of sharp, broadly triangular "coronal" spines with 

 small pits between them and the supraoculars; thin parietal and 

 nuchal ridges of about equal length, with rather blunt spines. Occip 

 ital pit of moderate depth, its longitudinal width 1} in the transverse 

 width, its anterior side sloping backward, its posterior side sloping 

 slightly backward, forming a shallow ])()cket in posterior part of ])it; 

 the pit is continuous on each side between coronal spine and parietal 

 ridge, with a i)it behind postero-superior border of orbit. Nasal 

 s})ines shaip, strong, I'reorbital very broad, with moderate ridges, 

 its inferior border lobate, with one small spine directed forward, 



