Jordan and Rj'ermann. — Fishes of North America. 1223 



slender, and close-set, x + 23, the longest ? the eye; branchiostegals 7; 

 dorsal spines rather low, slender, only the third produced in a long stif- 

 fish filament, which reaches the third soft ray ; soft dorsal naked, the last 

 rays very high, 1? in head ; caudal very long, with a narrow fork, the 

 middle rays as long as head, and 1§ in the longest; anal high, its spines 

 moderate, graduated; ventrals elongate, the tliird ray longer than head ; 

 ventrals inserted scarcely before axil of pectoral, as in v\xanuH\ pectorals 

 shortish, pointed, 11 in head ; scales moderate ; lateral line complete, 

 running abruptly upward and backward to below sixth dorsal spine, 

 then gradually curving downward. Color rose-red, with small diffuse 

 golden-brown spots on body and on soft dorsal, caudal, and anal. Coasts 

 of Peru and Chile occasionally northward ; one specimen taken by the 

 Albatross at station 3017 (off the coast of Lower California) ; the present 

 description from two of Dr. Steindachuer's types, 15 inches long, from 

 Payta, Peru, (penuinus, from Peru.) 



Anthias {Hemianthias) pemamts, Steindachner, Tchth. Beitr., i, 4, 1874, Payta; Trujillo. (Coll. 



Hassler Exp.) 

 Pronotogrammiis pernanus, Jordan & ElGENM.^NN, 1. c, 413. 

 Anihias peruanus, Boulenger, Cat., i, 322. 



1610. HEMIANTHIAS TITANL'S (Jordan & Swain). 



Head 3i ; depth 3i. D. X, 14 or 15 ; A. Ill, 7 or 8 ; scales 3 to 5-53-20, 

 pores 48 to 50. Body rather elongate, compressed ; profile convex to the 

 occiput, straight anteriorly ; mouth very oblique, the maxillary extend- 

 ing to below pupil, 2^ in head ; lower jaw with a canine in front on each 

 side directed forward and outward ; a canine hooked backward in front 

 of middle of side of jaw ; upper jaw with a canine directed forward on 

 each side in front ; eye longer than snout, 3 in head ; vertical margin of 

 preopercle serrate, the serrie larger below ; a short, strong, flat spine 

 at the angle ; lower limb entire or serrate ; top of head naked from the 

 occiput forward ; 5 series of scales on cheek ; dorsal spines rapidly 

 graduated to the fourth, which is nearly half head ; several of the spines 

 ending in long, fragile dermal filaments ; the filament of the fourth spine 

 longest, sometimes reaching caudal ; caudal very deeply forked, some of 

 the outer rays produced sometimes half length of body ; anal spines grad- 

 uated, the second 3^ in head, a little shorter than third ; pectorals short, 

 H ill head; ventrals produced, longer than pectorals, extending beyond 

 origin of anal, their insertion scarcely before axil of pectoral ; lateral 

 line on third row of scales ; gill rakers very numerous, x + 30, long and 

 slender. Color carmine, deepest on the back, becoming a clear violet on 

 sides ; back and sides everywhere freckled with golden olive, this on the 

 sides becoming reticulations around the violet; a bright golden stripe from 

 eye to base of pectoral above; another from tip of snout along lower border 

 of eye to middle of pectoral ; dorsal carmine, the rays tinged with golden ; 

 caudal similar; anal golden ; pectoral carmine ; ventrals red and yellow. 

 Gulf of Mexico, in deep water ; one of our most beautifully colored fishes. 

 Length 8 inches. All the known specimens of this brilliantly colored 

 species have been taken off the Snapper Banks between Pensacola and 



