454 FISHES COLLECTED BY THE ALBATROSS— GILBERT. vol.xix. 



Head entirely scaleless; belly naked below a line drawn from first 

 anal ray to the middle of pectoral base; fins without scales; scales 

 small and nearly square, grown together side by side, forming oblique 

 series. 



Width of pectoral at base slightly less than half length of head; the 

 fin is i)ointed and sliglitly turned up, its tip reaching to the vertical from 

 base of the third dorsal ray; the ventral rays are thick and swollen, 

 the inner rays the longest, the tin reaching almost midway between its 

 base and tips of pectorals; insertion of ventrals in front of pectorals a 

 distance equal to the width of pectoral base; soft dorsal somewhat 

 higher than anal, its posterior rays reaching to the vertical from base 

 of last anal ray; tip of last anal ray nearly reaching to the base of 

 caudal rays ; caudal truncate or slightly rounded ; a fold of skin along- 

 middle line of belly from ventrals to vent. 



Color. — Dark brown above, paler below; upper parts with many 

 round white spots of various sizes, edged with rings of dark brown ; 

 spinous dorsal black, light posteriorly; soft dorsal light at base, the 

 ends of the rays with black and white strii)es; i)ectorals and anal 

 dusky with light edge, caudal with longitudinal black and white stripes. 



Ti/pc.—liio. 47743, U.S.N.M. 



A single specimen, 12 inches in length, collected by the Albatross, in 

 Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 



A distinct electric shock was given hy this fish when alive, the elec- 

 tric organs being apparently located in the fleshy areas on top of head 

 behind the eyes. 



Family BLENNIIDiE. 



EMMNION,' new genus. 



EMMNION BRISTOLiE, Jordan, new species. 



(Plate LV, fig. 1). 



Head 5|; depth 7J; dorsal XXV, 13; anal I, 27; pectoral 13; ven- 

 tral I, 3; Branchiostegals 5; scales 3-63-11, the count not certain. 



Body slender, nioderatelj^ compressed; the dorsal profile forming a 

 nearly straight line from occiput to first dorsal ray, from thence descend- 

 ing verj' gently to base of caudal ; ventral profile about straight. Head 

 broad, slightly convex above, its width 1^ in its length. Anterior pro- 

 file from first dorsal spine to a point above eye straight, thence abrnptly 

 descending to tip of snout. Mouth horizontal, the lower jaw included. 

 Maxillary reaching nearly to posterior margin of eye, about 2.^ in head. 

 Teeth present on both jaws, (;anine-Iike; ui)per jaw with -S eidarged 

 teeth in front, about 2 or 3 series of much smaller teeth behind these, 

 only 1 series of which extends into posterior region of mouth; lower , 

 jaw with a series of teeth in front and on side^ which beconu^ greatly 

 enlarged in front; a patch of very small teeth behind the enlarged 



^"Ev, in; /nvtov, sea moss, or alga. 



