456 FISHES COLLECTED BY THE ALBATROSS— GILBEIIT. 



Body elongate as in Xererpes, strongly compressed, upper profile of 

 bead sliglitly convex, no consrriction at nai)e: mouth very small, 

 oblh^ue, the maxillary reaching about to front of eye; teeth very small, 

 iu a single row on jaws; vomer with teeth; interorbital a narrow sharp 

 ridge; snout about equal to length of eye; gill opening short, limited 

 to the i)art below angle of oi)ercle, adnate above to shoulder girdle. 

 Origin of dorsal above upi)er end of gill opening, much nearer occiput 

 than tip of snout; anal spine small, not channeled as iu Xerinpes fnco 

 rum; origin of anal nearer base of caudal than tip of snout by a (lis 

 tauce equal to twice length of head; i)ectora]s and ventrals obsolete: 

 caudal rather long, confluent with dorsal and anal. 



Color (in alcohol). — Light brown, slightly lighter under head and on 

 belly; no markings. 



l^ypc.—So. 47571), U.S.N.M. 



Specimen 4i inches iu length; collected by the Albatross in a rock 

 pool at Santa llosa Island, California, .January G, 1SS9. 



The new genus Ulvicola is allied to Xererpes. 



Family BLENNIID^. 



EMBLEMARIA OCULOCIRRIS, Jordan, new species. 



Head Sf; depth Gg; dorsal about 'S~>; anal 25. 



Upper part of eyeball with a slender cirrus tipped with black, this 

 nearly as long as eye; eye longer than snout, about 3^ in head, the 

 maxillary extending to below posterior part of pupil; snout sharper 

 than in Emblemaria niripes, two-thirds eye; teeth small, rather sharp, 

 directed backward; longest dorsal spine as long as head; pectorals 1^ 

 in head; ventrals If, inserted before pectorals. 



Color {in (ilvohol). — Brown, with traces of about 9 blackish cross bars, 

 which are separated on the back by whitish quadrate interspaces; a 

 white spot at nape; some dusky below eye; dorsal dusky, the pale 

 bars of back extending on its base; anal dusky; ventrals blackisli; 

 caudal pale, its tip black; pectorals pale. 



Ti/pe.—l^o. 47749, U.S.N.M. 



Specimen li inches long; collected by the Albati'oss, La Paz, Cali- 

 fornia. It seems to be very close to Emblemaria nivipes. 



Family GADID^. 



LEPIDION VERECUNDUM, Jordan and Cramer, new species. 



Head 3.^: depth 4^; dorsal VIII-40: anal 37; ventral apparently 4 

 (some rays broken on each side) ; scales about 75, not to be exactly 

 counted. 



Body robust, compressed, tapering from the large head to the very 

 slender, attenuate tail, which is not so broad as ])upil. Head large, 

 not greatly compressed, not keeled above, its sides scaly; lower jaw 



