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ing to a vertical through posterior border of orbit; teeth long, slen- 

 der, loosely" attached to the fleshy gums, in a single row, close-set like 

 the teeth of a comb; no canines; gill-membranes forming a broad fold 

 across the isthmus; anterior edge of shoulder girdle without protu- 

 berances. Pseudo))ranchia? large; a row of slender papilhe similar to 

 gillrakers extending along base of pseudol^ranchiic downward to 

 attachment of lirst gill-arch. Gillrakers on first arch small, slender, 

 pointed; nostril with a small, flat, branched cirrus; a pointed, flat cir- 

 rus attached on one side to upper part of orbit, on the other to the 

 skin of interorbital area, its height If in head;. a minute cirrus on 

 each side of posterior part of occiput; no dermal crest on head. 



Head and body naked; lateral line complete, arched over the pec- 

 toral, a distinct thread-like ridge anteriorly, broken up into separate 

 pores posteriorly. 



Dorsal fin extending from nape to caudal peduncle, a deep notch 

 between spinous and soft parts; anterior half of spinous dorsal high- 

 est, If in head; longest dorsal ray li in head; membrane of dorsal not 



Fio 10— be VI TiLiiru'i- ^tllliier 



incised between the rays, the last ra}^ connected with caudal peduncle 

 by membrane; membrane of anal deeph^ incised between the raj^s; 

 longest ray If in head; the first two ra3"s very short; caudal rounded, 

 about equal to head in length; pectoral acuteh' rounded, the rays simple, 

 the membrane notched on the lower border; ventrals If in head. 



Color in spirits, light brown, with 7 more or less distinct cross-bands 

 on side of the body; head and l^ody dotted and penciled with white, 

 subdued on the upper anterior parts, sharp and distinct posteriorly 

 and on throat and breast; spinous dorsal blackish, speckled with white; 

 an oval black spot between first two spines; soft dorsal with white 

 dots and lines, running transverseh; anal with a white vertical line on 

 base of fin between each 2 ra^^s, outer part of anal with elongate white 

 spots; caudal dusky, with white specks; pectoral plain. A small 

 specimen has the anal rays tipped with white. 



Three specimens of this species were taken in the rock pools at 

 Wakanoura. Type No. 7069, Stanford University Zoological Museum, 

 from Wakanoura. Cotype No. 50298, U.S.N.M. 



{stella^ a star; fero^ 1 bear.) 



