^''isul'I PKOCKEUIXGS OF I'lli: NAI'loNAI. MISLCM. 557 



and tlio lins lii^jluT. None of tlie speciiiH'ii.s show diusky bars on tlie 

 sides; this a coiispiciions feature in macntpoma. 



Head short, '.V^ in li'n;,fth; depth ."). Least d('i»th of caudal ])('(lunele 

 8lij;htly less than the diameter of the ej'e. Eye largo, *2^ in lu-ad. 1). 

 Yii ir>; A. II. Lat. 1. L'S. 



Dorsal spines lilanientous, hdi^^cr than in mturopntnn, tlif longest 

 reacliing base <»t' lifth to seventh ray of sin-ond dorsal. Posterior rays 

 of second tlorsal and anal often reaching base of median rays wheu 

 (lepressed. Pectorals not reaching beyoinl front of anal. 



The color in spirits is almost uniform light brownish. The lips are 

 blacl<, the (ins only slightly dusky, the caiulal with ellipti(;al light 

 spots A rtmndish dusky spot at base of (Mudal. Ilranchiostegal 

 membranes not black. 



Many specimens from the norihein part of the (iulf of California, at 

 Stations 301G and .'^017, in 7(> and ."iS fathoms. 



23. Gobiosoma crescentalis np. nov. 



Head 3^ in length: depth (\\. D. Vll-lL»: A. 11. 



Body very slender, the head depressed, broad and flattened above, 

 the head and body of nearly e(|ual depth throughout. 



Mouth small, obliqne, the maxillary not extending beyond the vertical 

 from posterior border of orbit, 2A in head. lOyes small, etpiaiing length 

 of snout, r>.\ in head, Ir in the rather broad interorl)ital space. Teeth 

 in bands in both jaws, the outer series eidarged, canine-like, and distant. 



Fins all small, the caudal short and rounded from a broad base. 

 Pectoral as long as head without snout. Ventrals short, not reaching 

 two-thirds the distance from their base to vent. Dcn'sal spines not 

 lilamentous. 



Skin wholly naked. 



Color in spirits: Lower half of head and body uniform warm l)rown, 

 the back much lighter, the two areas separat«'d by a well-delined line 

 along middle of sides. This lino passes through the orbit and through 

 the middle ot the base of the pectoral liii. Iia<'k light grayish, with 

 brownish reticulations, which tend to form live or six indistinct darker 

 bars uniting with the darker area below the lateral line. A conspieinius 

 brown cresc«Mitat baseof cainlal and pectorals, broad i)elow, narrowing 

 al)ove, marginetl in front wiih wnitish. .Vnal brown at bas«'. Dorsal 

 and caudal with small lu'own spots forming faint cr«)ss series. 



A single specimen, li inches long, from Station 2825. 



Chriolepis gen. imv. ((iobiida-). 



Closely related to Gt/mneUotris IMeeker, dilfering in the total absence 

 of scales, and the absence of enlarged canines in the front of the man- 

 dible. 



Ilead and Ixxly compressed, the fornu'r as deep as wide. 



Ventrals separate, near together, the inner rays longest, each with 

 one spine and five soft rays. 



