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Genus STROMATEUS Linnaeus. 



92. STROMATEUS MACULATUS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



'Stromateus maculatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., voL 9, 

 1833, p. 296 (399) ; Valparaiso.— Jenyns, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Fisli., 

 1839, p. 74.— Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool., vol. 2, p. 248, Atlas Iclith., 1854, 

 pi. 3bis, flg. 1.— GuNTHEB, Cat. Fish. Brit. Miis.. vol. 2, 1860. p. 398.— 

 Steindachner, Fauna Chilensis, 1898, p. 299. — Abbott, Marine Fishes 

 of Peru, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 337.— Delfin, Cat. Peces 

 de Chile, 1901, p. 57. — Regan, Fish. Fam. Stromateidae, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 10, 1902. p. 204. 



Family CHEILODIPTERIDAE. 



THE CARDINAL FISHES. 



Genus AMIA Gronow. 



93. AMIA RETROSELLA Gill. 



Amia retrosella Gill, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 251; Cape San 



Lucas. 

 Apogon retrosella Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, Proc. California Acad. Sci. 



1895, p. 442, pi. 37. — Jordan and Evekmann, Fishes of North and Mid. 



Ameiica, vol. 1, 1896, p. 1108. 



Four specimens, field No. 09446, 6.8 to 7.6 cm. long, from Lobos 

 de Afiiera. 



Head 2.4 in length ; depth 2.85 ; eye 3.42 in head ; snout 4 ; maxillary 

 1.95 ; interorbital 3.42 ; D. YI-I, 9 ; A. II, 8 ; scales 2^-25 (+4)-9. 



Body angular, rather thick anteriorly, somewhat compressed poste- 

 riorly; caudal peduncle long, rather broad, its depth 2.5 in head; 

 head large; mouth large, oblique, the maxillary reaching past the 

 vertical from posterior border of pupil ; eye very large, its diameter 

 greater than the length of the snout ; teeth small, the outer row little 

 enlarged;. interorbital broad, flat, equal to diameter of eye; vertical 

 border of preopercle finely serrulate. Spinous dorsal low, second 

 spine longest, 2.75 in head; soft dorsal higher, 1.8 in head; caudal 

 lunate; anal spines weak, the second one-half longest ra}^; ventrals 

 under pectorals, tips reaching to base of anal ; pectorals longer than 

 ventrals, their tips reaching above middle of anal, length 1.6 in head. 



Color in alcohol, dusky yellov\\ everywhere punctulate with brown ; 

 a black stripe from eye around snout; spinous dorsal tipped with 

 dusky; a large area on distal part of soft dorsal dusky black; a short 

 black bar from middle of soft dorsal to below lateral line. (The 

 above description is based on the largest specimen.) 



Color in life, a bright but thinnish crimson, speckled dusky-like 

 silver showing through a thin crimson film ; crimson color and dusky 

 specks show chiefly on posterior margins of scales; silver showing 

 chiefly in centers ; less dusky below ; a short black bar on upper half 



