276 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Yeutral : 



Length \2 



Distance from snout 39 



Dorsal rays (ca) 12 



Anal rays (ca) 16 



Number of scales in longitudinal series 45 



Number of phosphorescent spots 33 



Santa Barbara, Cal., July 15, 1880. 



I»E.<^CRlPTIOIV OF TWO IVEW SPECJES OF FliOUIVUEKS (PAROPEIRV!^ 



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By 1»AVI1> S, JOKDAN and CHARLES H. GILSERT. 

 Parophrys ischyrus, sp. nov. 



Body rhombic-oblong, less deep than in Platichtliys stellatufi or Lepidop- 

 setta hiU)icata, and with the head more pointed and jirotruding-, bnt less 

 so than in Farophrys 'vetulvs. Body tapering from the middle to the 

 head and tail, the four bounding lines but little curved and quite regu- 

 lar. Caudal peduncle strong, compressed, and rather long. Head com- 

 paratively long, a slight angle over the eye, and the snout protruding 

 and not obtuse. Lips full, simple. Mouth moderate, oblique, the lower 

 jaw slightly projecting and somewhat more developed on the blind side, 



5 ■+■ '*o 

 Teeth about '^ in number. 



10 + 22 



Teeth in one series, rather close set, some on both sides of the jaw. 

 but more numerous on the blind side, somewhat irregular in length, 

 some of them movable. In form the teeth are somewhat compressed and 

 incisor-like and bluntish, but not as notably so as in some related 

 spec^ies. No teeth on vomer and palatines. 



Maxillary reaching past the front of the orbit, nearly to the papil. 

 Anterior nostril with a flap. Posterior nostril almost sim.ple. Tongue 

 free. Eyes rather large, the upper directed upward, the lower slightly 

 in advance of the other. An area covered with smooth skin in and be- 

 hind orbit of upper eye. 



Interorbital space rather broad, somewhat elevated mesially, con- 

 tinuous, with a slightly marked ridge above the oi^ercle and forking 

 forwards, the lower branch ending in a blunt j)romineiice. 



Snout behind nostrils, iuterocular ridge, and posterior part of head 

 covered with scales like those on the body, but smaller and rougher. 

 Preorbital very narrow, naked. Skin of head continuous over the edge 

 of the preopercle. Gill oi)euings above not continued forward. Gill- 

 rakers short, slender, and weak, about 12 below the angle of the arch. 

 Branchiostegals seven. Lower i>haryngeal bones separate, each with 

 two rows of coarse, blunt teeth. 



Scales moderate in size, thick and firm, adherent, not closely imbri- 

 cated, anteriorly separated. Those on the tail oblong and a little im- 



