442 BULLETIN 189, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



on lower margin mere knobs; opercle with 2 strong diverging spines 

 near posterior angle; gill rakers veryshort, spinous, about 7 or 8 more or 

 less developed on lower and 5 or 6 on upper limb of first arch; lateral 

 line decurved, missing on 2 or 3 seal es at base of caudal and reappearing 

 on 1 scale on base of caudal, with about 22 or 23 pores (difficult to 

 see); first nostril with a large fringed cutaneous flap; a still larger 

 fringed flap behind supraocular spine; very numerous other cutaneous 

 fringes and flaps present almost everywhere except on chest and 

 belly, especially prominent on margin of snout behind premaxillaries, 

 above base of pectoral and in and above the lateral line; flaps present 

 also on upper part of eye; many small fleshy tubercles present on 

 cornea of eye; scales moderate, cycloid, extending forward only to 

 occipital pit and somewhat on bases of caudal and pectoral, about 5 

 indefinite rows between lateral line and base of anterior dorsal spines, 

 and 4 or 5 between it and last ray of dorsal; dorsal fin not deeply 

 notched, the eleventh spine about four-fifths length of the twelfth, 

 the fourth and fifth spines longest, 2.6, 2.4 in head; soft part of dorsal 

 with convex margin, the longest rays a little longer than the longest 

 spines; caudal fin rather longer than snout and eye, with convex 

 margin ; anal small, its origin under first soft ray of dorsal, the second 

 spine scarcely longer than the third, 2.3, 1.9, in head, the longest 

 soft ray notably longer than the longest spine; ventral inserted a 

 little behind base of pectoral, reaching beyond vent, but not quite to 

 origin of anal, 1.5, 1.6 in head; pectoral large, reaching to or beyond 

 tip of ventral, its 2 uppermost rays simple, the next 7 divided, and 

 the lower 11 simple in the smaller specimen, the uppermost ray simple, 

 the next 7 divided, and the lower 12 simple in the larger specimen, 

 the fourth to sixth ray (counting downward) longest, 1.25, 1.25 in 

 head, 3.0, 3.1 in length. 



Color dark gray above; pale muddy gray underneath; back with 

 an indefinite dark blotch under anterior spines of dorsal, a second 

 blotch under middle of spinous part of dorsal, and a third one 

 under soft part of dorsal; tail abruptly paler under posterior rays 

 of dorsal; an obscure dark saddle on peduncle just behind dorsal fin; 

 a dark bar at base of caudal, posteriorly with a concave margin; 

 two more cross bars on caudal fin, these broken up and interspersed 

 with grayish markings in the larger specimen; lower part of side with 

 dark dots; head above dark gray, with indications of dark spots, its 

 lower surface with dark spots and elongate pale markings; upper 

 lip dark, with a series of pale dots or lines across its margin; fins all 

 grayish, marked with irregular dark stripes and spots; axil of pectoral 

 dark brown, with white spots. 



This species is represented in the collection furnished by the Mission 

 by 2 specimens, 77 and 175 mm. (60 and 136 mm. to base of caudal) 

 long, both taken m a dredge in Lobos de Tierra Bay. The larger 

 example (U.S.N.M. No. 128128) has been designated as the type. 



