FISHES OF WEST COAST OF PEEU. 147 



277 (part), 8.4 cm. long, and two, field No. 278 (part), 5. 7 and 6.6 

 cm. long, from Lobos de Af uera ; and one, field No. 120, 3 cm. long, 

 from Chimbote, taken in a trap at the north end of Ferrol Bay, near 

 shore. 



Head 3.63 (4.44 in total) in length; depth 3.25 (4) ; eye 6 in head; 

 snout 2.45 ; interorbital 4.5 ; ocular tentacle longer than eye, 3.6 ; 

 maxillary 2.57; pectoral nearly as long as head; D. XI, 1, 18; A. 20. 



Body robust anteriorly, compressed posteriorly, caudal peduncle 

 2.7 in head ; head short, cheeks tumid ; snout short, very steep ; inter- 

 orbital flat; a slight depression behind eye; lips fleshy, upper lip 

 fringed; mouth horizontal, maxillary extending to below anterior 

 border of eye ; teeth fine, villif orm, movable, forming an edge ; lower 

 jaw with strong canines. 



Spinous dorsal originating above posterior border of opercle ; dor- 

 sals high, separated by a notch, longest dorsal spine 2.34 in head, 

 longest ray 1.8; caudal rounded; membranes between rays of anal 

 deeply incised; lateral line strongly arched anteriorly, becoming 

 straight under third dorsal ray. 



Color in life, rich, deep dark red with green reticulations; the 

 green quite evident below but barely distinguishable above. Just 

 posterior to tips of most of the spines of the dorsal and anterior rays 

 of soft dorsal are narrow red spots, long in a vertical direction. 



This species differs from the " Trambollo " {Lepisoma xanti) 

 in being lighter, with more green, and^ the spots are reddish. This 

 description is based on a specimen 24 cm. long from Chincha Island. 



In the other specimens the rays of dorsal are 17 or 18. The pos- 

 terior canines, characteristic of the genus Alticus, are present in all. 



Genus SALARIAS Cuvier. 



178. SALARIAS RUBROPUNCTATUS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Salarias rtibropunctatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist Nat. Poiss., vol. 



11, 1836, p. 348; Juan Fernandez.— Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool., vol. 2, 1848, 



p. 271. — Steindachnee, Fauna Chilensis, 1898, p. 309. 

 Scartichthys rubropunctatus Jordan and Ea^bmann, Fishes North and Mid. 



Amer., vol. 3, 1898, p. 2396; Callao. — Abbott, Marine Fishes of Peru, 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 362. 



Coast of Peru and Chile, north to Panama. 



Genus EMBLEMARIA Jordan and Gilbert. 



179. EMBLEMARIA HUDSONI. new species. 



TRAMBOLLO. * 



Plate 13, fig. 2. 



Nine specimens, field No. 09537, 3.7 to 7.7 cm. long, from Sechura 

 Bay, between Bayova and Matacaballa, taken in dredge with shell- 

 fish at 5-6 fathoms. 



