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SCARIDEA FARRANDI E. K. Jordan, new species. 



Plate 1, ng. 4 



Head 3.4 in length; depth 3.1; eye 5.5 in head; interorbital 4.5; 

 scales 2-25-5 ; D. IX, 10 ; A. Ill, 9. 



Snout blunt, the anterior outline steep between tip of snout and 

 interorbital space, then sloping gently backward to origin of dorsal ; 

 jaws nearly equal, the lower slightly included; cleft of mouth not 

 quite reaching anterior edge of orbit; teeth of upper jaw on outer 

 edge of dental plate in 3 series for about half length of jaw, where 

 they are followed by a short sjDace without teeth, then by a single, 

 strong curved canine which projects outward and backward; lower 

 jaw with 3 rows of teeth anteriorly, 2 laterally, and 1 posteriorly; 

 dorsal spines stiff and sharp; little difference in height of spinous 

 and soft dorsals; anal spines rather slender and flexible; anal rays 

 similar in height to soft dorsal, 2.4 in head ; dorsal and anal extend- 

 ing an equal distance posteriorly; ventrals rounded; pectoral 1.5 in 

 head; caudal evenly rounded, the middle rays longest; lateral line 

 parallel to dorsal profile to a point below posterior end of dorsal, 

 where it is abruptly bent downward, passing along middle of caudal 

 peduncle; tubes of lateral line prominent and greatly branched; 

 scales on occiput and opercles, a single row passing obliquely down- 

 ward on cheek below eye; three scales on median line anterior to 

 origin of dorsal. 



Color of a specimen after about a month in formalin, light brown- 

 ish gray, indistinctly mottled with lighter gray, golden brown, and 

 nearly black on occasional scattered scales; belly lighter than sides 

 or back, and brown rather than gray in general color; a narrow 

 blackish line, formed by horizontal dark dashes on the center of each 

 scale, running backward to a point about opposite origin of anal, 

 above, another similar line a little longer but much fainter, below a 

 fairly distinct line a little shorter, and below that, on belly, a faint 

 suggestion of another, making four such lines in all, two of them 

 prominent; no other regular markings anywhere on body; head 

 without regular markings, similar in color to body ; no suggestion of 

 the dull whitish color to which scarlet fades; a light yellowish patch 

 between the eyes ; iris golden ; teeth white ; vertical fins pale, faintly 

 mottled with dusky, no distinct dark edgings or bands although 

 dark stains on dorsal are arranged to some extent along oblique 

 crosslines, very faint; no suggestion of banding on anal; a promi- 

 nent black spot betw^een first and second dorsal spines; pectorals 

 pale, ventrals pale, the tip of first ray blackish. 



But one specimen, the type, measuring 9 inches in length, was 

 obtained from the Honolulu mt^rket. Its catalogue number is 87416, 

 U.S.N.M. 



