82 BULLETIN 95;, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of the eye; teeth in jaws in broad bands, with an outer row of en- 

 larged teeth ; vertical border of preopercle very finely serrate ; fourth 

 dorsal spine longest, 2.55 in head; caudal forked; second anal spine 

 longest and strongest, 3.3 in head; ventrals moderate, their tips 

 reaching midway from their base to origin of anal rays; pectorals 

 long, falcate, their tips reaching vertical from base of last dorsal 

 spine. 



Spinous dorsal fitting into a groove; soft dorsal with a scaly 

 sheath at base; caudal scaled; base of anal with a wide sheath of 

 small scales, smaller scales on membranes; a scaly area at base of 

 pectoral, finer scales reaching out on membranes to near tip of fin; 

 head in front of eye without scales. 



Color in alcohol : Dusky gray on back, becoming silvery yellow on 

 belly; fins blackish; opercular margin black; axil and base of pectoral 

 black ; axils of ventrals black ; a black area on posterior base of soft 

 dorsal and anal. 



Color in life: Silver-gray, slightly olivaceous above; fins dark; 

 opercle margined with black; axil of pectoral black; a black bar 

 crossing base of pectoral externally; a black spot at posterior base 

 of dorsal on back and fin, the spots of the two sides being con- 

 fluent; similar spots confluent around posterior margin of anal. 



Doctor Coker writes that this fish is excellent in quality of meat 

 and elegant in appearance. Silver-gray in color, neatly trimmed 

 with black. 



A small alcoholic specimen from Lobos de Afuera has the follow- 

 ing coloration: Back and sides dusky reddish brown, becoming 

 lighter ventrally ; spinous dorsal dusky, soft dorsal blackish distally, 

 with a light area at base of rays; caudal dusky; anterior two-thirds 

 of anal black; a black area on distal third of ventrals; pectorals 

 dusky. 



Coasts of Peru, Galapagos Islands, and Cocos Island. 



Genus CONODON Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



111. CONODON SERRIFER Jordan and Gilbert. 

 OJO DE UVA. 

 Plate 8, fig. 2. 



Conodon pJumieri Streets. Biill. U. S. Nat. Miis.. vol. 7, 1877, p. 50; Boca 

 Soledad, west coast of Lower California ; not Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Conodon serrijer Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 351 ; 

 Boca Soledad, Lower California. — Jordan and Evermann, Fish. North 

 and Mid. Amer., vol. 2, 1898, p. 1324. 



One example, field No. 331, 26.5 cm. long, from Capon, region of 

 Tumbes. 



Head 3.15 in length ; depth 3.3 ; eye 3.75 in head ; snout 3.75 ; maxil- 

 lary 2.76; interorbital 3.75; pectoral 1.13; D. XI, I, 12; A. Ill, 7; 

 scales 7-50 (+3) -15. 



