No. 2392. NEW DEEP-SEA FISHES FROM II AW All— JORDAN. 649 



angle at base of lower jaw, with slightly larger teeth; tip of lower jaw 

 with small exserted teeth, fitting into a notch in the upper. Preor- 

 bital very narrow; cheeks rather longer than deep, preopercle with 

 two limbs, the anterior entire, the posterior rather finely and sharply 

 serrate, with a slender sharp spine at the angle in one example, broken 

 in the others and probably lost with age; replaced in the largest ex- 

 ample by rather stronger serrations; lower limb of preopercle with a 

 few small sharp forward directed serrations. Opercle with two sharp 

 spines. Dorsal fin rather high, slightly notched, its rays apparently 

 IX, 7 to 9, the soft part very short, anal rays III, 7. None of the 

 dorsal spines elevated, the third longest, 2\ in head, rather higher 

 than the soft rays. Caudal broken in all specimens, evidently forked. 

 Anal lower than dorsal, its second spine longest, all shorter than the 

 soft rays. Pectoral narrow, unsymmetrical, 1^ in head; no filamen- 

 tous rays on any fin in this young specimen. Scales rather large 

 ctenoid, 3-47-10, as nearly as can be counted. Scales on opercles 

 rather larger and more ctenoid, in about five rows, four rows of rather 

 large scales on cheeks; both jaws, snout, and all the opercles covered 

 with scales smaller than those on cheeks and opercles; scales on sides 

 of head rougher and rather larger than in the type; a scaly sheath 

 at base of dorsal; the fin otherwise scaleless. 



Lateral line complete, concurrent with the back, nowhere angu- 

 lated, its pores covering most of the scale. 



Color plain, probably red in life. Spinous dorsal with six oblique 

 black cross shades, running upward and backward, three dusky shades 

 downward and backward on soft dorsal, the edge black, other fins 

 pale. Scales on back with some black dots; scales on opercle dusky 

 at base. 



There are also three other examples, 2\ to 4 inches in length, which 

 I refer to the same species, though not without some doubt. They 

 are more slender, and the back is quite dark in color, made so by a 

 multitude of dark punctulations; the upper fins and caudal also dusky, 

 scales on opercle with a dusky area at base. Teeth very small, but 

 unequal, certainly none of them canine-like, although the lower jaw 

 is angulated at base. Though these three look unlike the other young 

 example, and unlike the type, it is probable that all belong to Rhya- 

 canthias carlsmithi. 



Family GRAMMICOLEPIDAE. 



VESPOSUS, new genus. 



Closely allied to Grammicolepis Poey, with the same peculiar type 

 of scales, but distinguished by the well-developed ventral fins and 

 by the much stronger armed bucklers along bases of dorsal and anal 

 fins. 



Type of the genus. — Vesposus egregius, new species. 



