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NEW SPECIES OF FISHES, GULF OF CALIFORNIA. 



Second anal spine very strong 1 ; straight in one specimen, slightly 

 curved in another-, 1.66 in head. Third anal spine a little longer, but 

 much more slender than the second anal and longer than the third 

 dorsal. 



Caudal well forked. 



Pectoral small ; 2.2 in head ; much smaller than the ventrals. 



Veutrals with a strong spine; the spine nearly as long as the pectoral 

 I'm ; soft rays of ventral as long as third dorsal spine. 



Scales large on the sides; crowded in front of the dorsal; scaly sheath 

 of anal extends farther than in C. pedimacula. 



Color in alcohol, white below; dusky above the lateral line, which 

 is black and conspicuous; scales on back and sides covered with nu- 

 merous punctulations ; fust dorsal somewhat dusky, second lighter, col- 

 oration of both due to hue punctulations; a large black blotch on the 

 tips of the ventrals and anal; the membrane betsveen the second and 

 third anal spines black. 



This species differs from C. pedimacula Poey in the larger scales, in 

 the more robust and more elevated body, and in the larger eye. 



Two specimens were obtained from the bay at Guaymas. 



Measurements. 



In head. 



Body : 



Length to base of caudal. 



Depth 



Width 



Bead: 



Length 



Depth. 



Width 



Interorbital space 



Depth of caudal peduncle — 

 Third dorsal spine the longest 



Fourth dorsal spine 



First anal spine 



Second anal spine 



Third anal spine 



Ventral spine 



Soft rays of ventral 



Pectoral tin 



Snout 



Eye 



5. Epinephelus Jordani sp. nov. (Type, No. 39G28, U. S. N. M.) 



Head 2.G in body to base of caudal (3.1 in total) ; depth 3.0 in body; 

 depth of caudal peduncle 8.8; dorsal XI — 17; anal III — 11; scales 

 very small, crowded, but not less than ICO in the lateral line, 20 above, 

 not less than 40 below ; length of largest specimen, 36 cm . 



Body comparatively elongate, compressed. Head long, lower jaw 

 protruding, maxillary extending but slightly beyond the eye in the 

 smaller specimens and not at all in the larger ones. The eye is 7.2 in 

 head, the interorbital space <i in head. Preopercle slightly emarginate 



