so. 1&44. yEW GEiERA Ai'D SPECIEi? OF STAEFIaHES— FISHES. 627 



plates. It differs in haviiig a straigiit or onlj slignilj carved far- 

 row margin to the adambnlacral plates, an eren comb of ftir r vw 

 spines, and no specialized or enlarged snbftmbalacral spioe or ^izies. 

 The two genera are closely related. 



Genus PARAGO'-'ASTZR Siaden. 



SXT TO THB SFBCXS5 A^CT- 5T3=?2:<7IX5 OJ ?A2AGOXA^r2B HZZZTX rSSOCEBED. 



; . P^ TTTnal plales of vxe suzie series "niiici. ser'S'aies tie stitiercTiiisrrirair "s^ei 

 ^tan km?, and coo^ieaouslir wide? than ^le aHjaft^t ladial plaues o< di^ 

 pmphgnlgraiinl«gcf Aephiisfrf pai pBhr area a^Jkr titan Aft rtfMtialpMMil^ 

 die tvo sorts SObeqaal ^e«l>ae; fgn t r a l granules J^tly s^nrgJ vfit « -« i im i ^ -fr ; 

 mnneroos inia w i Bu g ii ial and actiraal ioteiraediale ^iaes; laaaaiate pedi- 

 c^HanxhetweeaneadjalL Ihesi^unbolacBlpiales Maiipa igpmMMA mg. 



>■. Pnniiinl plates vi the ladial aenes of xay aanower dam hsig and nanover titan 

 die adjacent xadial -pities ol dHk; pmphetal giamiles d all Ae abacxiBal plates 

 .■qreJIer diaa Ae centiaL niikb are t€zt oaspacdy placed; very lev iafen^- 

 iw atririif l and oo actmal intezznediaie spiaes: iadfiait ^adbiate pediceOanae 

 between, die fii^ few adaimhn^Btf^l {^tes onlj, mdisaealarT ds^Dr 

 - ttatogtidau. 



PARAGOXASTZJ. : ri : : T^ACASTTHCS, aev mlMfiiiii 



Cl'^sely resembling F. ^ but diaeiing in having more 



numerous granules on :_ _ _:: . ___:^. m^ore numerous and con- 

 spicuous inferomarginal spinules and smaller and more disiantlv 

 spaced inferomarginal £r - ztral spine on many 



of the actinal intermedin: _ _ . . . ___ _ . i,^ _y 2 oiL&rged subam- 



bulacral spines. E = SS mm.. t = 1'? nm.. S = -L6 r: breadth of ray 

 at mid-interbrachium. 22 mm.: at : ziit of the single row of 



abactinal plates tdistal margiz: - :i>et>margi!ial plate) 



12.5 mm., or l en gth of first 6.-3 s , .leasnred on ambiios 



Varies to 5": general form : 7? a hrtle slenderer: 



abactinal plates with 15 to il ' ' peripheral granules., 



which are slenderer on the : al caiinal plates of 



disk with upward of 40 cenira* Aiiu -S-5 to 4o peripheral granules: 

 inferomarginal plates with proximally 6 to 10 appressed sharp 

 spinules. reduced to 3 or 4 at middle of ray. then 2. a single spinule 

 persisting to near end of ray: furrow spines 7 or S. continued along 

 the transverse margins as smaller interlocking spineleis: subambu- 

 lacral spines prominent, slender, tapering, sharp, pnxsimally 2. 

 distally 1 : in small specimens 1 ihroughout. 



rvr^.— Cat. Xo. Z'ibSe. V.SS^L 



T-jpt-locality. — ^Station 527-3. oS western Tjoxtaa., 27 miles southv^^ 

 Corregidor Light. 114 fathoms, mud. shells, and coral sand. 



PAKAGOiK&STES STtCIWJftmC BCS. mv species. 



Diliermg from P. cienipfs in having the abactinal pla;^ 

 portion of ray narrower rb--*n long, and proximally narrower 

 adjacent radial plates <:^ di^k , instead oi broader; in havi: . 



