VOL, XIV, T 

 1P91. J 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MnSEUM. 



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For purposes of coniparisoii we append the following table: 



Peters'a de- 

 scription of K. 

 elegans. 



Scales 



'rcctli in each jaw . . . 

 lutemrbital , 



Dorsal 



Anal 



llcinl in total lcn}rtli - 

 Depth in total leui;th 



11-56-12 



38 



Nearly twice 



diameter of 



eye. 



XI 12 



III-1'2 



4.5 



2.5 



sSh,n of Our specynons 

 ,. ' , oi K. analiKius. 



13-75-20 

 29 



XI-14 

 111-13 



4.5 

 2.6 U) 2.7 



13-70 to 76-20 



24 



Ig to 1^ times 



eye. 



XI-14 



III-13 



4 



Measurements of tive of tlie largest of our specimens are given in the 



following table 



Total length 



I.enu'tli to base of caudal fin 



LenLttli of head 



Dejitli of Ixidy 



Length of snout 



Width of interorhital space. 



Diiiiiieter of eye , 



Len;rtli of maxillary from tip of .snout 



Leiijitl) of .sixth dor.sal spine 



Base of spinous doisal 



Base of soft dorsal 



Heii;lit of soft dorsal 



Ijen;;th of second .anal spine 



I'ase of soft anal 



Height of anterior portion of soft anal. 

 Height of posterior portion of 8o(t iinal 



Leujith of ventral tin 



lienjith of Dcctoial tin. 



13 



mtn. 

 140 

 115 

 35 

 50 

 11 

 13 



9 

 10 

 13 

 35 

 27 



9 



6 

 25 

 11 



9 

 19 

 19 



We here give Dr. Peters's description of Kyphosus elegans^ from "D. 

 Monatsber. d. Konigl. Akad. d. VViss. zu. Berlin." 



PimeJcpterus elegans n. sp. 



B. 7, D. 11,12: A. 3, 12 Lin. lat. 56; tr. \^. 



Hiihe, ztir Totalliinge wie 1 : 2A, Koplililiijfc zu derselben wie 1 : 4^. Snauzoconcav, 

 etwas liinger als das Auge, Oberkiefcr bi.s ziir Verticalliuie des vorderen Aiigeiiiandes 

 reichend. Die Breite des Inteiorbitalrauni.s ist fa.st gleicb dein doppelt.cii Aiigeu- 

 dtirchiiios.ser. Ziibne oben wie iiuten 38. Schiippeu fest auliegend, die senkrecbteu 

 Flosscii lii.s zmn RaiuTe luMleclsfMid. Brniiii iiiit rcitblicbbrauneii Laiigsliiiicii, miter 

 Seitciilinie etwa 15 l)i8 Ui. Kaiid dcr Kit'iiieudeclvelliaut luul Fleck uiiiiiitlelbar 

 liintir dem unteren Tbeile der BrnetHosse Schwartz. Ein silberner Streif auf dem 

 Praorbitale. Totalliinge 0.'" 290. Gekanft ; angeblich ans Mazatlan. 



72. Kyphosus elegans (Peters). 

 Chopa. 



Head 3^ in body to base of candal fin (4:i in total length). J)e]>th 2 

 (2.i); eye 3 in head; snout ecjuals the eye. D. X-13; A. 111-12. 

 Scales 12-G0-18. 



Body elliptical, compressed ; snout very blunt, anterior profile nearly 

 vertical from lip to front of middle of eye where there is a broad angle, 

 from which the arch is gentle ami uniform to the origin of tlie dorsal 

 tin. 



