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in transverse series (how counted?) 4 or 5/18 or 19; gill rakers 



2S ( = 37 to 39). 



Teeth in two loose rows, outer enlarged and distinctly canine-like; 

 maxillary endmg under center of eye; scales present on cheek and 

 opercle (also interorbital ?) ; caudal rounded; dorsal endmg over 

 fifth ray from last of anal; second dorsal with oblique dark stripes; 

 caudal transversely barred; a black spot on first dorsal; lower lat- 

 eral line short, not overlapped by upper. 



III. WEST COAST, NORTH OF 46° 45' SOUTH LATITUDE. 



List of species collected: 



SCYLLIORHINIDAE. 



1. Catulus chilensis (Guichenot). Tome, Chile. 



CLUPEIDAE. 



2. Sardinella Juegensis Jenyns. Lota, Chile. 



3. Eihmidium coerulea (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Lota. 



ENGRAULIDAE. 



4. Engraulus ringens Jenyns. Jjota. 



STOMLVTIDAE. 



5. Stomias atriventer Garman. Station 2791. 



IDIACANTHIDAE. 



6. Idiacanthus retrodorsalis, new species. Station 2791. 



ATHERINIDAE. 



7. Atherinopsis microlepidoda (Jenyns). Tome and Lota, Chile. 



8. Menidia mauUanum (Steindachner). Tome and Lota. 



9. Menidia regia (Humboldt and Valenciennes). Tome and Lota. 



CARANGIDAE. 



10. Trachurus picturatus (Bowditch). Locality? 



SCIAENIDAE. 



11. Sciaena gilberii Abbott. Lota, Chile. 



SCORPAENIDAE. 



12. Sebastodes chilensis Steindachner. Lota. 



LATILIDAE. 



13. Prolatilus jugularis (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Lota. 



NOTOTHENIIDAE. 



14. Eleginops madovina Cuvier and Valenciennes. Lota and Tome, Chile. 



BATRACHOIDIDAE. 



15. Porichthys porosus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Tome. 



