15G FISHES FROM GUAYMAS EVERMANN AND JENKINS. 



Millimeter. 



Snout to orij^in of ventrals 310 



Depth of body at dorsal 13 



Width of body at dorsal 18 



Width of iuterorbital space 10 



Length of cleft of mouth 13 



IlciKl in length, 2^; eye in snout, 8; eye in head, 11. 



In some specimens the two principal ridges diverge toward the end 

 (»t the snout and then again converge as described by Giiuther in the 

 Shore Fishes of the Challenger Expedition. 



26. Mugil cephalus L. 

 Liza. 



To the synonymy of this species given by Jordan and Swain in the 

 l*ro(;. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18S4, 203, the following may now be added : 



MiKjil cephalus, Jordau, Cat. Fishes N. A., 1885, ()4 ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis- 

 1885, 371. 



liather common, but only small specimens were obtained. 



27. Mugil curema Cuv. &, Val. 

 Liza. 



To the synonymy of this species given by Jordan and Swain in Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 208, may be added : 



MiKjil curema, Jordan, Proc. Nat. Mus. 1885, :57l {Mazathni ; Panama). Jordan, Cat. 



Fi.sh N. A., 1885, ()4. 

 Midjil t>raxiliensis of most authors, buL not of Agassiz, nor of Jordan and Swaiu. 



Thj.s is a very common fish in the Bay. >f Guaymas, and is highly- 

 prized as food. 



28. Menidia clara sp. nov. 

 (Type, No. 43-237, U. S. N. M.) 



Head, 44^ (4f ) ; depth, C,% (7^) ; eye, 3; D. V, 1-9; A. 25; scales 56, 

 11 in transverse series. 



Body slender, general form that of M. sarflina', eye large, equals 

 width of iuterorbital spa<;e ; distance between dorsal tins less than that 

 from tip of snout to posterior rim of orbit. Origin of first dorsal nearer 

 tip of caudal than snout ; pectorals three-fourths length of head. Scales 

 small and persistent. 



(leneral color that of Tlf. sardina, the lateral band plumbeous above 

 and silvery below. 



Allied to M. sardina Jenkins and Evermann, from which it may be 

 readily distinguished by the greater number of scales m longitudinal 

 series. 



One specimen, 72 millimetres long. 



29. Menidia sardina Jeuliins & pjveruianu. 



I'ejf Rcji' of the fishermen. 



Alhnina sartUna .Tenklns & Evermann, Pr<ic. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888,137 (Clitaj/mas). 



Known from three specimens (No. 3003j, U. S. National Museum). 



