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basal spine, which flares out and back; preopercular spine ^% in 

 head. Opercular spines little curved, lower slightly shorter or in 

 advance. Strong sharp humeral spine. Lateral line with 27 spines, 

 all erect and larger and stronger posteriorly. 



D. VI-lo. I, first spine long as eye, first ray 4 in head, fifth ray 

 2% ; A. 18, I, fin height 3% ; caudal 2i/o, little convex behind ; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2 in eye; pectoral ly^ in head, rays 13, iii, 

 lower detached rays with basal webs so about half adnate, length 

 half of fin; ventral rays I, 5, fin 21/3 in head. 



Brown, paler below. Above 4 brownish transverse blotches, now 

 3 most distinct on flanks and tail. Iris gray. Spinous dorsal black- 

 ish terminally. Each ray of soft dorsal with several dark spots. 

 Anal whitish, tinted with brownish on rays. Caudal whitish, little 

 dark basally, gray terminally. Pectoral with some brownish, other 

 fins whitish. 



7'?/;;e.— U.S.N.M. no. 51620. (3952.) Near Laysan Island. In 

 347 to 351 fathoms. May 21, 1902. Length 70 mm. 



Known only from the type, described above. 



RHINHOPLICHTHYS, new genus 



Type. — Hoplichfhys haswelli McCulloch. 



Distinguished from Oplichthys by the very large smooth and 

 elongated areas before and below the eyes, so the preorbital extent 

 of this area at least 1 to I14 times the eye diameter. Snout elongated 

 and spatulate. Interorbital moderate. Vomer with a large patch 

 of enlarged, simple, pointed teeth, giving off two long, pointed ex- 

 tensions behind. 



(*pi»', snout + Iloplichthys.) 



Family TRIGLIDAE 



ANALYSIS OF GENERA 



a\ Trigonae. Row of spine bearing bony bucklers along bases of 

 both dorsal fins. (Type genus, Trigla Linnaeus.) 

 6\ Scales larger, 50 to 60 in lateral line. 



c\ Lateral line armed with spiny plates Paratrigla 



c'. Lateral line unarmed. 



6}. Erect spiny bucklers along bases of both dorsals Lepidotrigla 



(T. Flattened spiny bucklers along spinous dorsal base, erect 



along soft dorsal base Pachytrigla 



6'. Scales smaller, 100 or more in lateral line. 



e*. Head usually with small spines; scapular spine mod- 

 erate Trigla 



e'. Head nearly smooth, spineless ; scapular spine short Currupiscis 



