Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1469 



1854. UMBKINA DORSALIS, Gill. 



Head U; depth 3. D. X-I, 29 to 31. A. II, 7; orbit 4+ in head; suout 

 3|; maxillary 2* ; highest dorsal spine If; second anal spine 2,1; caudal 

 fin 1\] pectorals 1*; ventrals 1^. Body moderately elongate; hack some- 

 what arched; profile evenly convex from snout to dorsal lin ; ventral out- 

 line curved, the base of the anal fin but little more oblique than the 

 general ventral contour; caudal peduncle at the narrowest place about 2i 

 in head. Mouth oblicjue, rather large, lower jaw included; snout pro- 

 jecting .a little beyond premaxillaries; maxillary reaching vertical from 

 the posterior border of pupil; teeth in villiform bauds, those of outer row 

 in upper jaw enlarged, stronger in front; interorbital space convex, about 

 4 in head; preorliital a little narrower than Avidth of orbit; anterior nos- 

 tril with a raised margin, the posterior part of which forms a low flap ; 

 anterior and posterior margins of the other nostril with similar flaps; 

 barbel of lower jaw thick, blunt; edge of preopercle finely serrate; gill 

 rakers short, 5 -f 9 or 10. Lateral line becoming straight at a point dorsal 

 to the posterior part of the base of anal fin ; scales in lateral line 53 ; in the 

 series from lateral line to first dorsal spine, 9 ; to vent, 14 or 15. Dorsal 

 spines moderately strong, the third highest; first dorsal rays highest, the 

 others gradually becoming lower, the last less than + the height of first; 

 second anal spine very strong, not reaching tips of last rays of depressed 

 fin; upper lobe of caudal produced, acute, the lower lobe rounded; ven- 

 trals slightly filiform at the tips. Color bluish, silvery below, dark streaks 

 along the rows of scales; dorsals rather dusky, growing darker on edges; 

 lower fins creamy reddish. Pacific coast, Cape San Lucas to Panama; 

 rare; recorded from Cape San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Panama. Here 

 described from 2 large specimens (260 and 305 mm. long), taken by Dr. 

 Gilbert at Panama. The original types, from Cape San Lucas, are but 4 

 inches long, (dorsalis, pertaining to the back, from the many dorsal 

 rays.) 



Vmbrina dorsalis, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 257, Cape San Lucas; very yonng; 

 (Coll. Xantus) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 363; Jordan Jc Gil- 

 bert, Bull. U. S.Fisli Comm. 1882, 107; Jordan & Eiqenmann, I. c, 423, 1889. 



591. MENTICIRRHUS, Gill. 

 (KiNGFISH.) 



Menticirrhus, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 86 (albnrnus). 

 ? Cirrimens, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862,17 {opMoce phalli g) . 

 Umhnila, Jordan & Eigenmann, Review Sciiisnida?, 424, 1889 (UttoraUs). 



Body comparatively elongate, little compressed; head long, subconic, 

 the bluutish snout considerably projecting beyond the mouth; mouth 

 small, horizontal, both jaws with bands of villiform teeth, the outer teeth 

 in the upper jaw more or less enlarged; chin with a single stoutish bar- 

 bel; preopercle with its membranaceous edge serrulate; gill rakers short 

 and tubercular or obsolete ; dorsal spines high, slender, 10 or 11 in number 

 (13 in Cirrimens); second dorsal long and low; caudal fin with the lower 

 angle rounded, the upper sharp; anal fin with a single weak spine; no air 



