ABT. 6 



FISHES OF PINCHOT EXPEDITION FOWLER 



anals; 2 supraanals with uppermost on lateral line; 1 posterolateral 

 on lateral line; 2 precaudals, posterior close below lateral line. 



Scales mostly all fallen, about 28 (pockets) in lateral line to 

 caudal base and 2 more on latter ; 3 above, 4 below. 



D. II, 12, first ray 1% in total head length, adipose fin slender, 

 midway between hind dorsal basal end and caudal base, length 

 21/^ in eye; A. ii, 16, first branched ray 21/5 in total head length; 

 caudal (damaged) estimated about 1^4; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3; pectoral 1%, rays 16; ventral 2%, rays 8. 



Scales silvery, with metallic steel-blue reflections. Iris silvery 

 white. Body and scale pockets where scales have fallen mostly 

 dusky to blackish. Luminous organs silvery white. Fins all whit- 

 ish, adjacent body basally blackish. 



FiGDRB 1. — Benthoaema pinchoti, new species. U. S. N. M. No. 91823 (type) 



Type.— U.S.N.M. No. 91823, collected near light, Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Islands. September 25, 1929. Length, 71 mm. 



Diagnosis. — Distinguished in its genus chiefly by the presence of 

 the suprapectoral photophore at the origin of the lateral line. 



Named for Gov. Gifford Pinchot. 



Family POECILIIDAE 



GAMBUSIA NICARAGUENSIS Gunther 



Seven, 21 to 49 mm., Colon, Panama. 



GAMBUSIA CAYMANENSIS Regan 



Eight, 10 to 44 mm., Grand Cayman, West Indies, April 17. 



Family BELONIDAE 



STRONGYLURA INDICA (Le Suenr) 



One caught in entrance to Taipi Bay, Nuloihiva, Marquesas 

 Islands, September 26. Head 315 mm. long. 



