302 BULLETIN 189, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 STELUFER FURTHD (Steindachner) 



Corvina furthii Steindachner, 1875b, p. 26, pi. 3, Panama Bay (original descrip- 

 tion) . 



Stellifer furthii Meek and Hildebrand, 1925, p. 622, Panama Bay (synonymy; 

 description; range). 



Head 3.5, 3.5; depth 2.8, 3.0; D. XI-I, 24, XI-I, 24; A. II, 9, II, 9; 

 P. 20, 20; scales 50, 51. 



Body moderately deep, compressed, its greatest thickness about 

 half its depth; back thin, elevated; outline nearly straight over eyes, 

 rather steep and gently convex from posterior margin of eyes to origin 

 of dorsal; head low, broad, the bones not excessively cavernous; 

 caudal peduncle moderately long, compressed, 2.6, 2.75 in head; 

 snout projecting well beyond premaxillaries, 4.2, 4.4, in head; eye 

 round, 4.4, 4.7; interorbital 2.8, 3.0; mouth inferior, wholly below 

 level of eye; lower jaw included; maxillary reaching below posterior 

 margin of eye, 2.5, 2.5 in head; teeth in each jaw in a band, the outer 

 teeth in upper jaw somewhat enlarged, but of unequal size; preopercle 

 with 2 strong spines at angle, the upper one directed backward, the 

 lower one directed downward, or even a little forward; gill rakers 

 short, none longer than pupil, 21, 21 on lower and 13, 14 on upper 

 limb of first arch; lateral line strongly arched anteriorly, becoming 

 horizontal about over origin of anal; scales ctenoid, becoming smooth 

 on head and chest, covering most or all of second dorsal, caudal, anal, 

 and pectoral fins, and extending more or less on first dorsal and on 

 ventral, the rows of scales anteriorly parallel with lateral line, 5, 6 

 rows between lateral line and first dorsal spme; dorsal fins somewhat 

 connected, the second spine rather strong, only about two-thirds 

 length of the third, the latter the longest, flexible, 1.6, 1.8 in head; 

 second dorsal highest anteriorly, the rays shorter than longest spines; 

 caudal fin rounded, the longest rays just below middlefof fin; second 

 anal spine moderately long and strong, not reaching tips of longest 

 rays, 1.8, 1.8 in head; ventral inserted below base of pectoral, 1.3, 1.4 

 (without filament) in head; pectoral long, pointed, reacliing well 

 beyond tip of ventral, about as long as head, 3.4, 3.8 in length. 



Color grayish, with bluish green reflections above; this color shad- 

 ing into the pale silvery of the lower parts ; rows of scales along back 

 and side with indications of dark lines; fins more or less olivaceous; 

 ventrals lighter; pectoral with a dusky axillary spot. 



Two specimens, 170 and 178 mm. (137 and 141 mm. to base of 

 caudal) long, both taken in the Gulf of Guayaquil, off Puerto Pizarro, 

 are included in the collection furnished by the Mission. These 

 examples were compared with others from Panama, with which they 

 seem to agree in all respects. 



Range. — Panama Bay to northern Peru. Previously reported 

 only from Panama. 



