NEW FISHES 193 



The collection contains a large number of specimens of this species 

 from Cocos Island, and from Seymour, Chatham, Narboro, Albe- 

 marle (Tagus Cove) Tower, James, Hood, Duncan, Harrington and 

 Charles Islands of the Galapagos Archipelago. 



Galeagra gen. nov. 



Characters. — Head similar in shape to that of Apogon but the 

 body somewhat more elongate. Subopercle, interopercle and opercle 

 with their angles armed with more or less prominent spines ; preoper- 

 cle with a double edge, the posterior edge serrated. Scales large, 

 ctenoid, thirty three in the lateral line; lateral line little curved, inter- 

 rupted ; pectoral greatly elongate ; dorsal fins two, the spines VIII-I ; 

 anal spines III ; soft parts of both dorsal and anal short ; teeth small, 

 present in both jaws, and in a V-shaped patch on the vomer; gills 

 four, with a slit behind the last ; gill-rakers long ; branchiostegals six. 



Affinities somewhat doubtful. The single specimen on which the 

 genus is based is evidently a deep-sea form. 



GALEAGRA PAMMELAS sp. nov. 



pi. IV. 



Type. — Cat. No. 6355, Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. 

 Wenman Island. 



Diagnosis. — Subopercle armed with a large spine at the angle ; in- 

 teropercle with a smaller spine ; opercle with several small spines at 

 angle and with a deep notch above angle ; preopercle with a double 

 edge, the anterior short, the posterior serrated ; scales large, 2-33-7, 

 serrated; lateral line not following outline of back, broken. D. 

 VIII-I, 10; A. Ill, 7; maxillary short, extending to the vertical from 

 middle of pupil; pectorals produced. 



Description of the Type. — Head two and seven ninths in length ; 

 depth three and five sixths; eye two and two sevenths in head, maxil- 

 lary two and two ninths ; interorbital four and one ninth. D. VIII-I, 

 10; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 2-33-7, pores 33. 



Body little elevated, vertical profile elliptical, with the greatest 

 depth at front of dorsal fin ; body more or less compressed ; head flat 

 above the oblique profile ; snout obtusely pointed, equaling the inter- 

 orbital width in length; mouth rather small, oblique, with equal jaws; 

 maxillary short, extending to vertical from middle of pupil, lower 

 edge smooth ; both jaws armed with a single series of small teeth ; a 

 V-shaped patch of eight or nine slightly enlarged teeth on vomer; 

 palatines apparently toothless ; head spiny, with small pre- and post- 



