74 BULLETIN 95_, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



to 2.85 in head; caudal truncate or slightly lunate; anal spines 

 rather small; ventrals not reaching vent, 1.78 to 1.92; pectoral 1.4 

 to 1.55 in head, its base 5.5 to 6. 



Color in alcohol, dusky olive-brown ; fins dusky, pectorals lighter, 

 yellowish ; small round light spots on the top and sides of the head 

 and traces of darker cross-bands on body in the young. In some 

 of the specimens there are traces of mottlings on the fins and body 

 and an indistinct trace of a white spot on back between lateral line 

 and base of caudal. 



102. PARALABRAX CALLAENSIS Starks. 

 CASICA; CABRILLA. 



Paralabrax caUaensis Starks, F'islies from Ecuadoi* and Peru, Proc. U, S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 1906, p. 787, pi. 65, fig. 2 ; Callao, Peru. 



One specimen, field No. 09408, 15.8 cm. in length, from Guanape 

 North Island, and one, field No. 09161, 21.5 cm. in length, from Chim- 

 bote, from fishermen. 



Following are the comparative measurements of these two in- 

 dividuals, those of the larger specimen appearing first: Head 2.3 

 and 2.35 in length; depth 3.15 and 3.18; eye 4.94 and 4.5 in head; 

 snout 4 and 3.6; maxillary 2.55 and 2.45; interorbital 6.16 and 6; 

 D. X, 14; A. Ill, 7; scales 15-90 (+5 or 6) -32. 



Body compressed, elongate, rather slender ; lower jaw strongly pro- 

 jecting; maxillary barely reaching vertical from posterior border of 

 pupil; preopercle armed with small sharp spinules; gillrakers long 

 and slender, 12+22, the longest 1.67 in eye; interorbital narrow, 

 flat; third dorsal spine longest, much longer than first and second, 

 2.35 in head; caudal truncate; second anal spine stout, longer than 

 the third, 3.5 in head; ventrals barely reaching to vent, 1.9 in head; 

 pectoral broad, breadth of base 3.6 in the length of the fin, which is 

 1.55 in head. 



Color in alcohol: Brownish olive; back and sides of body with 

 irregular, wavy bands of brownish, these become broken below the 

 lateral line posteriorly and on caudal peduncle into irregular oblong 

 or round spots ; sides of head with similar bands, these more distinct 

 and sharply defined; fins dusky, base of pectoral with a brownish 

 area and a light slim circular area across base of rays. 



In the smaller individual, the bands on the cheeks are replaced by 

 rows of large round dots on a darker band, approaching the colora- 

 tion of himieralis; on the opercle the bands are apparent. Eivula- 

 tions on sides of body obscured except on basal half of caudal 

 peduncle and caudal fin. The white spot on back between lateral 

 line and base of dorsal is not well marked in these individuals. 



