1500 Bulletin //, United States National Bfuseian. 



1884. ZALEMBIUS BOSACECS (Jordan & Gilbert) 



Head 3^; deptli 2^. D. X, 18; A. Ill, 20; scales 6-50-16. Body oblong- 

 ovate, deepest at the shoulders, the profile thence to the occiput convex, 

 the occipital and iuterorbital region considerably depressed; body taper- 

 ing backward from the shoulders into ii short and slender caudal jieduncle. 

 Head small, thick, the snout blunt. Mouth comparatively large, little 

 oblique, the lower jaw included; maxillary slightly jiassing the vertical 

 from the front of the orbit ; premaxillary anteriorly on a level Avith the 

 inferior margin of the pupil. Eye very large, its diameter about J 

 the length of the head; interorbital region very broad. Teeth large, 

 conical, truncate at tip, about \', none on the sides of the lower jaw; 

 gill rakers very short aud slender, about 12 below angle. Scales on the 

 cheek in 3 series. Spinous dorsal high, the first spine about I the 

 length of the highest, the sixth to tenth of nearly equal height, and 

 higher than the soft rays; pectorals reaching past tips of ventrals, 

 which reach about to front of anal; origin of ventral spine nearly below 

 the vertical from the posterior end of pectoral base; anal fin with the base 

 oblique, the spines rather strong, and more or less curved. Caudal fin 

 narrow, forked for more than i its length, the lobes rather pointed; 

 pectoral fins small, not reaching to the tips of the ventrals. Color rose- 

 red with silvery luster, darker al)0ve; top of head orange; a very distinct 

 chocolate-colored spot above the lateral line at the origin of the soft 

 dorsal fin ; another smaller one just below the end of the soft dorsal. Fins 

 immaculate, tinged with reddish. Length 8 inches. Coast of California- 

 the types from deep water outside the Golden Gate; occasionally taken 

 by fishermen with sweep nets, also dredged in deep waters in different 

 places by the Albatross. A beautiful aud interesting fish, {rosaceus, rosy. ) 

 Gymatogaster rosaceus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 303, off San 



Francisco. (Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 Micromctrus rosaceus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsi.s, 589, 1883. 



603. HYPOCRITICHTHYS, Gill. 



Hypocritichthys, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 14, 27.") (analis). 



This genus is very close to Ryperprosopon, difl'ering chiefly in the short 

 anal fin which has but 23 rays. (vTtoMpiri'f;, hypocrite; I'xSv?, fish, in 

 form and size resembling Cymatog aster, thus belying its affinities which 

 are entirely with Hyperprosopon.) 



1885. HYPOCRITR'HTHY.S ANALIS (Alexander Agassiz) 



Head 3^ ; depth 2^. D. IX, 22 ; A. Ill, 23 ; lateral line 63. Body compara- 

 tively elongate, formed much as in Brachyistius frenatus; upper anterior 

 profile nearly straight, depressed above the eyes; snout sharp; mouth 

 large, very oblique, tip of the lower jaw on a line with the upper profile 

 of the snout; maxillary reaching front of orbit; gill rakers long, numerous; 

 lower lip without frenum; dorsal spines high and slender, longer than soft 

 rays, the middle longest; anal spines small; caudal fin short, not widely 

 forked ; pectorals short and broad, j the length of head ; eye f length of 



