ART. 6 



FISHES OF PINCHOT EXPEDITION- — FOWLER 



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caudal slightly less than head, hind edge slightly emarginate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2% in head; pectoral slightly longer 

 than head, lower median rays longest, reaches little beyond anal 

 origin ; ventral nearly long as head, of 2 simple rays. 



Largely transparent brownish or colorless. Dark pigment spots on 

 cranium. Iris silver gray to white. 



Type.— \J. S.N M. No. 91821, collected near light, Nukuhiva, Mar- 

 quesas Islands, September 25, 1929. Also 11 paratypes, same data, 

 16 to 22 mm. 



Named for Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, first lady of Pennsylvania. 



FiGUEB 4. — Qiffordella corneliae, new species. U.S.N.M. No. 91821 

 SALARIAS EDENTULUS (Schneider) 



Three, 27 to 99 mm., Eiao, Marquesas Group, September 28. 

 Four, 45 to 122 mm., Ua Huka, Marquesas Group, September 24. 

 Two in the academy, 59 to 75 mm., Taiohae, Nukuhiva, Marquesas 

 Group, September 26. Uniform, blackish. 



SALARIAS MELEAGRIS Valenciennes 



Four, 68 to 81 mm., Eiao, Marquesas Group, September 28. 



D. XIII, 21; A. 22. 



Upper lip with edge scarcely crenulate. 



Family GOBIESOCIDAE 



GOBIESOX POECILOPHTHALMOS Jcnyns 



Two in the academy, 87 to 106 mm. long, from Chatham Bay, 

 Cocos Island. Found on stones in a stream. D. 7 or 8 ; A. 6. 



One in the National Museum, 109 mm., from Cocos Island, June 6. 



This species was based on a young example but 47 mm. long, from 

 which most all the color had evidently faded. It is described as 



