NO. 2133. FISHES TAKEN BY "ALBATROSS," 188S— THOMPSON. 467 



from the. Atlantic or Mediterranean. No actual comparison has yet 

 been made between specimens from the two oceans. 



Dorsal rays VIII-I, 32; Anal II-I, 26; shields 95 (52 + 43, count- 

 ing before and behind beginning of straight posterior portion of 

 series). 



n. SCIAENA GILBERTI Abbott. 



Several specimens from Lota, Chile, the largest 155 mm. in total 

 length. Compared with the type of the species which is in the 

 Stanford collections and found identical. The membranes of the 

 spinous dorsal in the specunens at hand arc dusky. This species 

 may be distmguished at once by the terminal mouth, and the fact 

 that the head and depth are nearly equal. In S. deliciosa the snout 

 overhangs the mouth, the lower jaw is much shorter than the upper, 

 and the head is longer than the body depth. 



12. SEBASTODES CHILENSIS Steindachner. 



Sebasiodes chilensis Steindachner, Fauna Chilensis, Zool. Jahrb. SuppL, vol. 



4, 1898, Heft 2, p. 295. Talcahuano. 

 Sebasiodes jenynsi Abbott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1899, p. 476. 



Valparaiso. 



A single large example 35 cm. m total length from Lota, Chile. It 

 has been compared with the type of S. jenynsi Abbott, which is in 

 the Stanford University collections, and seems to be the same. The 

 coloration is identical save for its faded condition. The anal spines 

 are shorter, due to the greater age, and the second is contamed 2f 

 in head instead of 2f ; the pectorals reach but slightly beyond the 

 anus and are IJ in head; and the dorsal fins are lower. There are 

 seven anal rays instead of six. The description given by Steindach- 

 ner offers no tangible differences from the specimens at hand, save the 

 absence of the clear spots on the flank. These are enthely faded on 

 one side of the type of S. jenynsi and are very indistmct on the present 

 specimen, so much so that unless they were particularly looked for 

 they would escape attention. 



13. PROLATILUS JUGULARIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Three specimens, longest 30 cm. in total length, from Lota, Chile. 



Dorsal rays IV, 28; anal II, 21; scales in lateral line 75, in trans- 

 verse series between insertions of vertical fins 10/20; gill rakers 3 + 10; 

 no posterior canine in either jaw; head 3J in length to base of caudal; 

 depth 4^; eye 5 in head; maxillary 3; transverse bands of color 

 very indistmct; scales on snout very minute, absent only on fuis and 

 jaws. 



14. ELEGINOPS MACLOVINA Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Numerous specimens from Lota and Tome, Cliile; Laredo Bay and 

 Sandy Point in the Straits of Magellan; and Port Otway, Patagonia. 

 Very little variation is evident save in the extent of the ventrals and 

 the distance which the spines reach backward on the second dorsal. 



