Jorda?i and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1197 



opposite last part of pupil; maxillary 2\ in head; nostrils small, snb- 

 equal ; gill rakers 9 + 19; first dorsal spine short, second \ longer, third 

 more than 3 times second, fourth still longer (in specimens examined by 

 us 2 to 23 in head, not longer than third iu other specimens, according 

 to authors), the fin thus very deeply notched; anal spines short, the 

 second about equal to third, 43 in head; caudal Innate; pectoral \\ to If 

 in head, the middle rays longest. Color in alcohol : Dark above, abruptly 

 pale below ; a large, dark, oblique dash below eye covering most of 

 cheek ; a row of 5 oblong, horizontal, white blotches just below lateral 

 line, first and second largest, about as long as eye, a single one as large 

 as third blotch above this row below the second to fourth rays of soft 

 dorsal; caudal dusky, its central and posterior part pale; anal and ven- 

 tral black; pectoral pale; spinous dorsal dusky at base; soft dorsal mot- 

 tled with dark. Young (humcraJis) with rather faint, dark bars and round, 

 pale spots on head and ventral fins. Length 2 to 3 feet. Pacific Coast of 

 South America from Panama to Juan Fernandez. According to Dr. Stein- 

 dachner this handsome species is quite common in the deep channels sep- 

 arating the Galapagos Islands from each other. Here described from No. 

 10222, M. C. Z., 2 feet long, from Indefatigable Island, representing the 

 form caUed aU>o)iiaci(latii.s, of which /iH»ie/Y(?/.s is regarded by Dr. Bouleuger 

 as the young, (humcralis, pertaining to the shoulder.) 



Serranjis humcrahs, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 24(j, ls28, Chili; GCntiikk, 

 Cat., I, 104, 18o9; Boulenqer, Cat., i, 278. 



Serraniis semifitsciatns (Guichenot), Gay, Hist. Chile, ii, 151, pi. 1, bis. fig. 2, 1847, Juan Fer- 

 nandez. 



Percichlhijs godeffroyi, GiiNTHER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, i, n, 2, 1873, 97, Iquique, Peru. 



Serranua albomaculatus, Jenyns, Zobl Beagle, Fishes, 3, pi. 2, 1840, Galapagos Archipelago; 

 GiJNTHER, Cat , 1, 105, 1859; Steindachnee, Ichth. Beitriigo, iv, 4, 1875, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Paralabra.1: albomacitUidts, Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Blue., 1889, 181; Jordan & Eigen- 

 MANN, I. c, 389, 1890. 



Paralabrax humeralis, Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 389. 



1585. PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS (Girard) 

 (Cabrilla ; KocK Bass.) 



Head 3; depth 3. D. X, 14; A III, 7; scales 14-90 to 100-30, 68 to 75 

 pores. Caudal slightly lunate, not forked ; body elongate, more com- 

 pressed than in related species ; snout pointed ; eye IJ iu snout, ii iu 

 head. Top of head mostly naked ; a few scales on median line behind 

 pupil; preorbital narrow, not so broad as maxillary, less than half width 

 of eye; maxillary 2} in head, broad at top; gill rakers rather long, x + 20 

 to 24; third, fourth, and fifth dorsal spines about eciual, the third twice 

 the second, 2 in head ; second anal spine longer than third ; pectoral 

 long, U in head; veutrals If; caudal fin slightly lunate. Color grayish 

 green, with obscnre, broad, dusky streaks and bars, which form reticula- 

 tions on the sides; sides often shaded and mottled with bluish and green- 

 ish, but usually without distinct spots; a broad, dark, longitudinal shade 

 near axis of body; belly plain silvery gray. Coast of southern California, 

 from San Francisco to the Cerros Islands ; the most common species of 



