104 BULLETIlSr 95, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



3.61 in head; ventrals placed well forward, their tips reaching half- 

 way from base of ventrals to posterior end of vent ; pectoral longer 

 than ventrals, 1.5 in head; scales ctenoid, those on head and body 

 anteriorly small, crowded, those under base of last dorsal rays much 

 larger ; transverse rows anteriorly very oblique ; a small area on tip 

 of snout and mandible, anteriorly without scales ; lateral line curved 

 anteriorly, following outline of back, becoming straight above middle 

 of anal ; gillrakers long, 9+15. 



Color in alcohol : Olivaceous ; a narrow central streak on each scale 

 of lighter olive, these forming rows following the rows of scales; 

 fins somewhat dusky; a dark area on opercle. Description based 

 on a specimen 33 cm. long from Callao. 



In other specimens the head is 3.2 to 3.31 in length ; depth 3.28 to 

 3.62 ; eye 5.5 to 6.12 in head ; snout 3.8 ; maxillary 2.56 to 2.6 ; inter- 

 orbital 3.82 to 4.1; preorbital 8.8 to 9; pectoral 1.5; ventral 1.9 to 

 1.97; third dorsal spine longest, 2.2 to 2.5; second anal spine 3.15 to 

 3.6; gillrakers 9-1-15, the longest 1.92 in eye; D. IX-I, 23; A. II, 9 

 or 10. In these specimens the general color is rufous brown, dusky 

 on back. 



Dr. Robert E. Coker writes that this fish grows to a large size, 30 

 to 40 pounds, and is one of the most highly prized food fishes of 

 Peru. It is present all the year in the region about Callao,, but more 

 abundant in the summer. 



132. SCIAENA STARKSI, new name. 

 E03AL0; ROBALITO. 



Sciaena gilberti Starks, Fishes from Ecuador and Peru, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mas., vol. 30, 1906, p. 794, pi. 66. fig. .3; Callao; name preoccupied. 



Two specimens, field N'os. 09732 (=09100) and 09731 (=09101), 

 each 47 cm. long, from Callao. 



Starks, in his Fishes from Ecuador and Peru,^ describes and 

 figures this species and gives it the name S. gilberti. Abbott, in his 

 Marine Fishes of Peru, ^ also described a new species from Callao 

 to which he gave the name S, gilberti. As Abbott's use of the name 

 has priority over its use by Starks, we propose the name B. starhsi 

 for the species described by the latter. 



Head 3.36 in length; depth 4; eye 10.6 in head; snout 3.6; maxil- 

 lary 2.42; interorbital 3.3; preorbital 14.8; pectoral equal to ven- 

 trals, 1.98; D. X, I, 22 (i) to 23 (|) ; A. II, 10; scales 10-68-16. 



Body compressed, long, slender, spindle-shaped ; head slender, de- 

 pressed, the interorbital space very broad, 3.2 times horizontal di- 

 ameter of eye, which is lery small, 9.5 to 11 in head, 3 in snout; 

 mouth large, oblique, the lower jaw slightly included; maxillary 



iProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 1906, p. 794. 

 2 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Thila. 1899, p. 355. 





