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12. GUNNELLOPS Bleeker. 

 GaruH'/lops Blkkkkh, Verwl. Ak. Anist., (2), \'III, 1874, p. ;568 {nmus). 

 This yonus is upparently distinguished from Pkolts by the taperino- 

 tail, around which the vertical fins are confluent; pahitine teeth 

 present. 



{(/unnellas^ *>-unnel, gunwale, an old name of the European Pholh 

 gniinellux; coi/\ appearance.) 



22. GUNNELLOPS ROSEA (Pallas). 



Blenniuf< rofieus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-A8iat., Ill, 1811, \k 177, Kuril Islands. 

 Centronotus roseus Gunther, Cat., Ill, 1861, p. 290. 



Gunnellops roseus Jordan and Evermann, Check-List Fishes N. and M. Am., 

 1896, p. 474; Fishes N. and M. Am., Ill, p. 2420. 



D. 100; A. 90; P. 9; V. I. Head obtuse, the lower jaw projecting; 

 eyes large; body ver}^ long, compressed, tapering into a slender tail; 

 pectoral small, ovate, hyaline; 2 spines in place of veiitrals; dorsal 

 extending from the nape to the end of the tail; anal joined to caudal. 

 Color intensely red. Kuril Islands. (Pallas.) Not seen by any recent 

 collector. 



{roseus, rosy. ) 



13. ALECTRIAS Jordan and Evermann. 



Aleclrias Jordan and Evermann, Fishes N. and M. Am., Ill, p. 2869 {alectrolo- 

 phus). 



Body elongated, compressed, covered TVith very small, embedded 

 scales which are obsolete or concealed anteriorly ; lateral line obsolete. 

 Head small, compressed, with fleshy crest above; ej'es small; mouth 

 oblique; teeth in each jaw in a narrow band, the outer somewhat 

 enlarged; narrow bands of teeth on vomer and palatines; gill- 

 membranes narrowly attached to the isthmus; sometimes with a free 

 fold behind; liranchiostegals 5. Dorsal fin not very low; anal spine; 

 ventrals wanting; caudal fin small, entire; pectoral fins moderate or 

 small; pyloric ca^ca present, few. Pacific Ocean; difl'ering from the 

 more southern genus Aiioplarchus in having the gill-membranes nar- 

 rowly joined to the isthmus, leaving a free fold behind. 



{aXsKTGop, a cock, from the crested head.) 



23. ALECTRIAS BENJAMINI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 5| in length; depth 5|; depth of caudal peduncle 4 in head; 

 eye 5; interorbital space 9i; snout 4; D. LV; A. I, 41. 



Depth equal to length of head measured to edge of opercle; head 

 large; mouth oblique; the maxillary extending to a vertical passing 

 through posterior edge of orbit; jaws equal; eyes directed somewhat 

 o})liquel3 ; interorbital area arched; teeth small, sharp, in narrow 

 bands on jaws, the outer ones enlarged; vomer and palatines with nar- 

 row bands of minute teeth; gill-membranes narrowly attached to the 

 isthmus, united forming a fold across it; gillrakers on first arch about 



