VOL. XI 

 1891 



""] PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 553 



much reduced on breast and head (except opercles). Mandible with a 

 few imbedded scales, maxillary and premaxillary wholly naked. Top 

 and sides of head wholly scaled, including both limbs of preopercle and 

 the opercular membrane. 



First dorsal spine very short, the third the highest, half length of 

 head, the fourth but little shorter. In the type specimen the fifth and 

 sixth are rapidly shortened, while seventh, eighth, an«l nintiiare again 

 lengthened, thus forming a decided notch in the course of tin'. sj)inous 

 dorsal. The spines all have pungent tips, and seem to be uninjured. 

 Dorsal membranes from third to sixth spines very deeply incised, that 

 between third and fourth joining latter on the basal two-lifths of its 

 length. 



Soft dorsal and anal pointed, not falcate, the outline behind angle 

 straight. The^anal is higher^ than the dorsal, but is shorter than the 

 spinous dorsal. Caudal rounded. If in the head. Pectorals long, 

 reaching beyond the ventrals, and nearly to front of anal. First anal 

 spine concealed in our single specimen, ])robably mutilated, the second 

 stronger but much shorter than the third, which is contained 4^ in the 

 length of the head. 



Color of head and body uniform, probably red in life; a black streak 

 on cheeks, following hinder edge of maxillary. Fins all blackish on 

 distal half. Basal part of fins scaly. 



A single specimen, 10 inches long, from Station M)l~, in 58 fathoms, 

 near Cai)e Lobos, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of California. 



17. Upeueiis xaiithogramnius sp. nov. 



A number of adult si)ecimens secured in the harbor of La Paz, Lower 

 California, agree closely with Upeneus martinicus from the West Indies, 

 but differ constantly in the much smaller eye and the slightly smaller 

 head. 



In life they were red with a broad yellow streak along sides. The 

 barbels reach the vertical from tiie preoi)ercle. The teeth are in a nar- 

 row band anteriorly in each jaw, and in a single series laterally. Max- 

 illary very wide posteriorly, projecting well beyond the border of the 

 preorbital, its width two-thirds orbit. Rye 1§ in snout, 3| in head, in 

 specimens lOji inches long (1,V in snout, 3.^ in head, in martinicus of the 

 same size). 



Head 3:-j in length (3;^ in martinicus)', depth 4 to 4|. 1). VII, 1, 8; A. 

 I, (). Pores in lateral line 38, not counting two on base of caudal. Two 

 and one-half rows of scales between lateral line and base of spinous 

 dt)rsal. Fifteen develoi)ed gill-rakers on horizontal limb of outer arch, 

 with 5 smaller rudiments. 



Spinous dorsal not high, less than depth of body, l.J to li} in head. 

 Pectorals pointed, scarcely reaching tips of ventrals, 1.^ in head. Ven- 

 trals reaching halfway to front ()t' aiiai. Caudal very deeply forked, 

 the lobes sharp, the upper the longer, eciualing the length of head. 



