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apparently a single smaller one below it. Mouth moderate, extending to 

 opposite eye, somewhat turned toward eyed side ; lips largo, not fringed, the 

 upper with a small black papilln in advance of lower eye, this apparently 

 normal, but it may be a detached piece of skin, hardened by the alcohol; 

 upper jaw scarcely produced, not forming a hook. Teeth small, on blind 

 side only, the edge of the jaw on eyed side forming a smooth ridge. Gill 

 openings narrow, not extending up to level of mouth. Scales very snuill, 

 ctenoid, pretty regular over the body, much smaller on the head, the rows 

 of scales rendered very distinct by black dots, the stripes converging 

 toward the snout ; scales on the 2 sides of the body similar ; no lateral 

 line on either side; about 105 scales (100 to 110) in a longitudinal series 

 from the head to the tail, 45 to 50 in cross series. Dorsal fin beginning 

 on head, continuous with anal around the tail; ventral fin of colored side 

 only present, nearly on ridge of abdomen, and separated from the anal by 

 an interval 4 longer than cleft of mouth; rays of middle parts of dorsal 

 and anal fins with a fleshy border at base on blind side. Coloration 

 brownish olive, with vertical dark half bars, irregular in size and posi- 

 tion, some of them coming down from the back and otliers up from the 

 belly, these posteriorly nearly meeting, but anteriorly alternating ; streaks 

 of dark points along the rows of scales, these forming very distinct longi- 

 tudinal streaks; posterior part of dorsal and anal broadly edged with 

 black ; right side plain white, San Diego to Cape San Lucas, in sandy 

 bays; common in the bay of San Diego, in which locality the numerous 

 specimens before us were taken. A small specimen, 1^ inches long, with 

 light spots on the colored side and a pale ocellation on the black of the 

 tail, taken by Mr. Lyman Belding near Cape San Lucas, probably belongs 

 to the same species, {aier, black; cauda, tail.) 



Aphoristia atricauda, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 23, San Diego; Jor- 

 dan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 842, 1883 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 380 ; 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 54. 



Symj)hurus atricauda,JoTivxy & Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 324, 1889. 



3084. SYMPHURUS LEEI, Jordan & Bollman. 



Head 4 to 4^ (41 to 4|) ; depth 3* to 4 (4i to 4^). D. 95 to 100; A. 80 to 

 85; scales 80 to 90,35 to 38 in a cross series; veutrals 3^ to 3i in head. 

 Body more elongate than in »S'. atricaudus or S. atramentatiis, approaching 

 that of S. elongatus; outline of under part of head more oblique than in 

 the other Pacific coast species. Eyes larger than in the preceding 

 species, the upper in advance of lower, their vertical diameter 5 to 

 5^ in head; cleft of mouth extending slightly farther back than in .9. 

 atricaudus or atramentatns, but not beyond eye as in S. elongatus ; maxillary 

 reaching posterior l)order of eye, 3| to 4 in head; snout 5^ to 5| in head. 

 Scales comparatively huge, not so firmly embedded as in S. atricaudus or 

 atramentatus, those on opercles rather large. Opercular flap larger than 

 in other Pacific species. Color light brown, speckled with darker, and with 

 3 or 4 broad black cross bands, width of median bands 2i to 3 in head, the 

 posterior band widest; caudal and the posterior * of the dorsal and anal 



