1106 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museum. 



Southern Califoiuia from Monterey to Magdaleua Bay ; generally common 

 in shallow water; a food-fish of excellent quality. Length about 18 

 inches. Here described from San Diego specimens, (nehula, cloud; J'cro, 

 I bear.) 



Ltihrax nebtiUfer, GinAllD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 142, Monterey. 



Pwalahrnx nelmllfer, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 185G, 132; Girard, U. S. Pac. K. R. 



Siu-v., 33, pi. -Ml, fig. 1, 1858; Guntiier, Cat., i, G2, 1859; Jorhan & Eigenmann, /. c, 



388, 1890. 

 Serramts nehiilifer, Steindachner, Ichth. Beitrage, ni, 1, 1875; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., 1880, 45G; Boulenger, Cat., i, 280. 



1583. PARALABRAX JIACILATOFASCIATUS (SteiiKlachuer). 

 (Spotted Cabrili.a.) 



Head 2^ to 3; depth 3. D. X, 13 or 14; A. Ill, 7; scales 17-92 to 

 120-35, pores G6 to 80 ; about 35 small scales from dorsal to occiput. 

 Body moderately elongate; lower jaw projecting, but less so than in P. 

 nebulifer ; eye small, 5 to 6 in head, shorter than snout ; interorbital gently 

 convex; maxillary narrow, its width about half eye ; preorbital wide, 

 wider than eye. Top of head scaletl on median line to front of pupil, 

 naked on sides. Scales quite rough ; scales on top of head extending forward 

 only to middle of eyes. Gill rakers f in orbit, 6 + 13, the longest 2^^ in eye. 

 Second dorsal spine short, not half the third, which is Ij in head, the fourth 

 scarcely shorter; secondanalsijineshorter than third; pectoral moderate, 

 li in head; ventrals If; caudal slightly concave. Color olive brown, 

 thickly covered everywhere above with dark hexagonal or roundish spots, 

 so close together as to leave the ground color appearing as reticulations 

 around them; these spots are more or less confluent on the back, and are 

 most distinct, and tinged with orange on sides of head, on branchiostegals, 

 and on base of pectorals; about 7 dusky cross bars along the sides, in 

 which the spots are deeper in color and more confluent ; a bluish stripe 

 from eye across cheeks; lower parts yellow; soft dorsal and caudal with 

 bronze spots. Length about 18 inches. Lower Californian fauna, San 

 Pedro to Mazatlan ; everywhere common in sandy bays ; a good food-fisb. 

 Here described from specimens from San Diego. {maculatui<, spotted; 

 fasciatiis, banded.) 



Si'rranm maculatofascialus, Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, vii, 5, 18G8, Mazatlan; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 46; Jordan A Gilbert, Synopsis, 536, 1SS3; Evermann 

 & Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1891, 142; Boulen<;er, Cat., i, 281. 



Sejraniis acanth02)horus, BocoiiRT, Ann. Sci. Nat., x, 1870, 223, west coast of Mexico. (Coll. 

 Bocourt.) 



Paralahrax mactdatofascialii.s, Jordan it Eigenmann, J. «., 388, 1890. 



1584. PARALABRAX HUMERALIS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 2| to 3i in length ; depth 3^ to 4. D. X, 14 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 13 

 to 18-85 to 100-32, pores 64 to 70; about 32 scales before dorsal. Body 

 robust; canines small; snout 3J in hea'd; eye5i; least width of preor- 

 bital 6 in head; interorbital gently convex; the scales usually beginning 



