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off the west coast of Mexico, seems to be the same. In C. caroJae the 

 dorsal spine is a little shorter than in C. sandwichiensis. The two 

 species are considered identical by Jordan and Evermann, as by Jor- 

 dan and Jordan. 



CANTHERINES VERECUNDUS E. K. Jordan, new species. 



Plate 2, fig. 3 



Head 3 in length; depth 1 to 1.6; eye 3.6 in head; snout 1; inter- 

 orbital 3; D. 1-34; A. 31; P. 13. 



Body oblong, moderately elevated; snout long; mouth small; 

 anterior profile gently concave, a little convex in front of eye ; from 

 dorsal spine to caudal peduncle the dorsal outline is a long, low 

 curve; jaws with strong incisors, the lower included, the teeth white 

 with golden brown tips ; eyes high up, the interorbital elevated ; gill 

 slit oblique; ventral flap wide; body uniformly sandpapery; dorsal 

 spine short, stout, straight, distinctly rough but without true super- 

 imposed hooks or spines, its length about 1.8 to 1.9 in head; dorsal 

 groove short, shallow posteriorly, reaching only about two-thirds of 

 the distance back from base of dorsal spine to origin of soft dorsal ; 

 distance betw^een origin of soft dorsal and dorsal spine slightly 

 greater than from snout to eye ; dorsal relatively low ; its rays from 

 about fourth to eighth somewhat elevated, their length about half 

 head; anal similar to soft dorsal; caudal truncate, slightly convex; 

 pectoral short, its length 2.5 in head ; pelvic spine stiff, not movable,^ 

 projecting little beyond the broad ventral flap. 



Color in life dull olive brown, usually with about 4 obscure darker 

 saddles crossing belly between pelvic spine and snout ; 2 similar sad- 

 dles crossing forehead, 1 just in front of eye, and 1 just above snout, 

 this obscurely connected around snout to the dark patch below, 2 

 similar saddles on back between dorsal spine and origin of soft dor- 

 sal, about 3 more crossing back and belly beneath soft dorsal and 

 anal, respectively; 2 narrow bands on top and bottom of caudal 

 peduncle, none of these bands or saddles connecting across sides of 

 body except just behind snout ; sides of body mottled, blotched, and 

 clouded with lighter and darker, never uniform but with no distinct 

 or constant markings whatever; lips abruptly pale; vertical fins 

 dusky brownish, the rays darker, the membranes pale, no red^ 

 orange, or clear yellow anywhere; caudal distinctly vertically 

 barred ; pale at base, then nearly black, then pale, then broadly black 

 to tip, 2 light and 2 dark bars in all. Some specimens are almost 

 plain dark olive brown, the figure here presented being taken from 

 one of these. One example shows a row of round wdiite spots along 

 base of anal. 



Color in spirits not materially changed, the cloudings slightly 

 fading. 



