. Jordan and Evcrniawi. — Fishes of North America. 2813 



732(c). STOLEPHORUS \ASO, Gilbert & Pierson, new species. 



Head 3.3 to 3.-5; deptli 4.7 to 5.8; eye 4^ to 5 in head. D. 14 or 15; A. 

 22 to 24; lateral line about 35 (?). Dorsal and ventral outlines Avoakly 

 arched; hody slender, its greatest depth 1.5 in head, comijressed; belly 

 carinated in front of veutrals, and sometimes behind them in larger speci- 

 mens. Head long and slender, its greatest width 1.5 to 1.7 in its length, 

 the lower profile much more oldi([uo than the upper. Snout long, com- 

 pressed, bliTntly rounded, its length exceeding the small eye. Cheek with 

 a very acute posterior angle. Opercle narrow, oblique. Maxillary rather 

 bluntly pointed, failing to reach gill opening by abont \ diameter of pupil. 

 Teeth on the maxillary (juite prominent and directed forward. Gill 

 rakers short, 17 -|- 20 in number, the longest 1.5 iu eye. Scales large, thin, 

 deciduous, onlj^ a few scattering ones remaining in our siiecimens. Dorsal 

 fin inserted midway between front or middle of orbit and base of median 

 caudal rays. Origin of anal under or slightly beliind middle of dorsal; 

 length of anal base aliout equal to the distance from front of orbit to base 

 of ventral fin; pectorals not reaching ventrals, their length about ^ length 

 of head. Length of ventrals equaling or slightly exceeding distance from 

 tij) of snout to middle of pupil. Color light olive, with the usual bright 

 reriections; a largo dark patch of brown dots on occiput; a double series 

 of dots along median line posterior to dorsal, this absent in some speci- 

 mens; large specimens with a bright, well-defined silvery streak, slightly 

 narrowing anteriorly and on caudal peduncle, its greatest width about 

 equaling diameter of eye ; in the young, this band is fainter and narrower; 

 a conspicuous series of 1>lack dots at base of anal. C!haracterized by the 

 slender form, well-defined silvery streak, sharply carinated breast, the 

 small eye, and the very long, compressed, deep, and rather bluntly rounded 

 snout. Most clostdy resembling .S'. sfarlisi, from which it difters in the 

 smaller eye, longer snout, and slightly longer anal. Length 2 to 2f inches. 

 Panama; common. (Gilbert »Sr Pierson.) (waso, long-nosed.) 



Stolejihonii naso, GiLBEitT & Pierson, Fislies of Panama, MS. 1898, Panama. 



732((l). STOLEPHOnUS STARKSI, Gilbert & Pierson, new species. 



Head 3.3 to 3.6; depth 4.8 to 5.5 in length, \^ in head; eye 3 to 3.5 in 

 head. D. 15 or 16; A. 17 to 22; scales about 41. Body long and slender, 

 slightly deeper and more compressed than in <S'. ischaiiu-s, which much 

 resembles this species. Dorsal outline very little arched; ventral outline 

 nearly straight from gill opening to insertion of anal fin, the lower profile 

 of head oblique, nearly straight. Belly comjiressed, keeled for anterior 

 f of distance anterior to base of ventrals. Head long and pointed, its 

 width li times in its length; maxillary abruptly widened at the mandib- 

 ular joint, tapering posteriorly to a blunt point, which reaches almost to 

 the gill opening, its length equal to length of base of anal; snout long, 

 sharp, and projecting, abruptly compressed in its terminal portion as seeu 

 from above, its length f diameter of orbit, or slightly more. Branchios- 

 tegal membranes united at base for a very short distance. In 4 exam 



