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about equal length, about 5 in head; soft dorsal higher, the longest 

 ray about twice longest spine; caudal truncate; anal spines small, 

 graduated, much shorter than soft rays, fin rounded; ventrals in- 

 serted slightly behind base of pectorals, their length 1.86 in head; 

 pectoral rounded, middle rays longest, 1.46 in head. 



Color in alcohol, brownish olive, almost black in places; body,' 

 dorsals, caudal and anal punctulate with small round, dark brown 

 or black spots: head plain. 



In general appearance this species bears a strong resemblance to 

 some of the Labrids. 



Genus CRATINUS Steindachner. 



100. CRATINUS AGASSIZII Steindachner. 



PEJE-ZOEKO. 

 Plate 7, tig. 1. 



Cratinns agassizii Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., vol. 7, 1878, p. 19; Galapagos 

 Islands. — Jordan and Eigenmann, Rev. Serranidae, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Com., vol. 3, 1890, p. 394. — Jordan and E\-ermann, Fishes North and 

 Mid. Amer., vol. 1, 1896, p. 1188. — Snodgbass and Heller, Shore Fishes 

 Galapagos Islands, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 6, 190.5, p. 370. 



Serranus agassizii Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ed. 2, vol. 1, 1895. 

 p. 281. 



One specimen, field No. 09562, lU cm. in length, from Paita. 



Head 2.70 in length; depth 4; eye 6.7 in head; snout 3.12; inter- 

 orbital (bone) 1.5 in diameter of eye; maxillary 2.64 in head; D. X, 

 13; A. Ill, 7; scales, counting downward and backward from origin 

 of dorsal to lateral line 12, in vertical series 8 ; tranverse series down- 

 ward and backward above lateral line 65; vertical series 80 (+5) ; 

 from base of anal upward and forward 26, in vertical series 18; 58 

 pores in lateral line; scales strongly ctenoid. Gillrakers rather 

 stout, armed with small spinules, the longest 1.72 in eye, 7-1-13. 



Body elongate, rounded; head long and pointed; eye rather small, 

 about 2.2 in snout, which is long and pointed; interorbital concave; 

 lower jaw projecting; maxillary reaching vertical from middle of 

 eye; a villiform band of teeth in upper jaw, with an outer row of en- 

 larged canine-like teeth and three or four enlarged teeth at symphy- 

 sis inside the band of villiform teeth; teeth of lower jaw unequal; in 

 front of jaws there is an outer row of slightly enlarged teeth; be- 

 hind the narrow band of villiform teeth is a similar row, on the sides 

 of the jaw the teeth in this row are much enlarged and the band 

 of villiform teeth outside is very narrow; villiform bands of teeth 

 on vomer and palatines; preopercle armed with small sharp, dwitic- 

 ulations. 



