Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1337 



about as wide as the broad preorbital ; preopercle very finely serrated on 

 its posterior margin only, the serrations very wealc; gill rakers short and 

 small, about 12 ; scales moderate, the rows above lateral line very oblique, 

 those below nearly horizontal, the series from the scapular scale reaching 

 middle of spinous dorsal. Spinous dorsal moderate, not deeply notched, 

 the median spines injured in youth in the type specimen; soft dorsal low, 

 free from scales; anal spines low, the second a little longer than third; 

 soft rays scaleless; caudal lunate, tlie lobes unequal, the upper longer 

 than lower, which is more obtnse; ventrals rather long, inserted jnst 

 behind axil of pectoral; pectoral rather short, not quite reaching tips of 

 ventrals. Color pearl j^ grf^Y) darker above; each scale of back and sides 

 with a bright bronze spot behind its center, these forming nearly contin- 

 uous streaks along the rows of scales, running upward and backward 

 anteriorly and nearly horizontally on sides, where they are more or less 

 interrupted or transposed; head plain giay ; dorsal with some streaks and 

 clouds; outer fins plain; ventrals somewhat dusky. Gulf of California; 

 one specimen 8f inches long from La Paz. This species is very closely 

 allied to tlie Brazilian species, Orthopristis ruber (Cuvier & Valenciennes), 

 bnt has the body a little more slender and the head larger. (Named in 

 honor of Hon. Benjamin B. Redding, first fish commissioner of California, 

 a man deeply interested in scientific research, to whom Mr. Richardson 

 has been indebted for many favors in his former capacity of superin- 

 tendent of the California Fish Hatching Station at Sisson.) 



Orthopristis reddingi, Jordan & Richardson in Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, in Proc. 

 Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 509, pi. 41, La Paz, California. (Type, No. 3458, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. 

 Coll. Hopkina expedition to Mazatlan.) 



1709. OBTHOPBISTIS ( HAl.CEUS (Giiutlier). 



Head 3i; depth 2|. D. XII or XIII, 15 or 16; A. Ill, 10 or 11; scales 

 9-58-18 ; maxillary 3^ ; eye 4| in head ; preorbital 4^ ; pectoral 1 J ; snout 2| ; 

 spinous dorsal 2^; second anal spine 4 ; longest anal ray 2|; base soft dorsal 

 in spinous IJ. Body oblong, compressed, the profile steep and straight, con- 

 vex at nape. .laws subequal ; teeth small, the outer above a little enlarged ; 

 preopercle finely and sharply serrate; gill rakers very short and small, 

 7-|-12; pectoral falcate, shorter than head; maxillary scarcely reaching to 

 eye. Outline of dorsal straight, no notch; spines low and slender; soft 

 dorsal low and equal; anal rather higher and shorter, the spines gradu- 

 ated, edge of fin convex; caudal moderately forked, the upper lobe 

 longer. Color paler than in related species; pale chalky bluish streaks 

 along the edges of the rows of scales; a pale streak below base of dorsal; 

 fins rather pale, the soft dorsal mottled with darker; young specimens 

 with the body crossed by broad dift'use dusk5^ cross bands. Length 18 

 inches. Pacific coast of tropical America, not uncommon, from Cape San 

 Lucas to the Galapagos; specimens examined by us from Mazatlan, Pan- 

 ama, the Gulf of California, and Chatham, Charles, and Albermarle islands, 

 in the Galapagos, {chalceus, brassy.) 

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