452 FISHES COLLECTED BY THE ALBATROSS— GILBERT. 



dorsal rather deeply iiKtised ; longest dorsal rays about equal to longest 

 spiues. Second anal spine about ecjual to the third, but stronger, 

 curved, 3 iu head, about 1| in soft rays. Caudal eniarginate. Base of 

 pectoral 2§ in head, the 10 lower rays simple, the middle rays longest, 

 3f in length of body, and reaching a little beyond origin of anal; 

 ventrals reaching a little beyond vent. 



Color [in alcohol). — Yellowish, darker above (doubtless briglit red in 

 life); 4 short, faint cross bands on upper part of sides, one under sec- 

 ond, third, and fourth dorsal spines, a second under sixth and seventh 

 spines, a third under nintli, tenth, and eleventh spines, and the fourth 

 under the soft dorsal; a black si>ot on upi)er part of oi)ercle; mem- 

 brane of spinous dorsal, black-edged. Dorsals and pectorals a little 

 dusky, fins otherwise pale. Inside of mouth a little dusky at the sides 

 and in front of tongue; lining of gill (cavities dusky in front of pseudo- 

 branchia'. Peritoneum, dark brown 



TyjM'.—yo. 47745, U.S.N.M. 



A single specimen, taken hy the Albatro,ss at station 3091, <S7 fathoms, 

 off Tillamook, Oregon. 



It is named for Mr. Frank Cramer, of Leland Stanford .Junior Uni- 

 versity, in recognition of his work on the genus Sebastodes. 



Family TRIGLIDJE. 

 PRIONOTUS LOXIAS, Jordan, new species. 



Head 2h; depth 3.V, dorsal X-10 or 11; anal 10; scales about 50. 



Body stout; head large, rough ; mouth moderate, maxillary not reach- 

 ing front of orbit, 2| iu head; eye large, 3f to 4 iu head; snout 2.1 in 

 head; opercular spine strong, nearly as large as preopercular spine; 

 humeral spine small, not half as large as either of the others; inter- 

 orbital area narrow, concave, its width 2§ in eye; preopercular spine 

 without smaller one in front; no spine at center of radiation of cheek; 

 preorbital edge prominent, finely denticulated ; supraorbital ridge promi- 

 nent, with a bluntish s})iue before and behind; a transverse groove on 

 head behind eye; snout broad, slightly emarginate at tip, the rostral 

 plates not much projecting, their edges sharply and finally serrate, with 

 10 to 12 serra'; occipital ridges a short distance behind supraorbital 

 ones, ending each in a bluntish spine, as do also the nuchal ridges. 

 Teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines in bands; lower jaw included; base 

 of mandible below front of orbit. Bones on cheeks and opercles with 

 strong stria', the rest of the bones of the head roughish. (lill rakers 

 short, about 10 below the angle, the anterior ones tubercle-like; breast 

 closely scaled. l*ectorals short, 3| to 3.^ in the length of body, scarcely 

 longer than longest detached ray, their tips reaching about third ray of 

 anal fin, their length 3i in the body; ventrals long, their tips almost 

 reaching ti])s of pectorals, I'j in head; first dorsal spine the longest, its 

 length li in head, serrate in front; first dorsal ray slightly serrulate at 



