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Color translucent green, with the usual silvery band somewhat broader 

 than a scale. Belly white. A dark vertebral band made of three streaks 

 of dark points. Edges of scales with dark punctulations. Fins i)l;ii]i. 

 Lower jaw dark blood-color; the ground-color red, rendered dark by 

 punctulations. Bordering membrane deep red. 



TabJc of propotiioiud nieasurenieiils. 



Extreme lengtli from chin to tip of tail .5.75 inclics. 



Leiigtli from tip of upper jaw to base of tail 4.00 iuches = UK) 



Body : 



Greatest deptli lU 



Greatest width 8 



Least depth of tail 4.J- 



Length of caudal peduncle G 



Head : 



Length from tip of lower jaw 50 



Length from tip of upjier jaw ;J0 



Width of interorbital area (> 



Length of mandible from eye :}G 



Length of snout (J 



Diameter of orbit 5 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 7() 



Length of base 1(5 



Greatest height ' 7 



Aual: 



Distance from snout 78 



Length of base 14 



Caudal : 



Length of upper rays 13 



Length of middle rays 11 



Length of lower rays 14 



Pectoral length 11^ 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 03 



Length ' - 7i 



Dorsal rays - , 1,13 



Anal rays 1. 14 



This species is abundant in the bay of San Diego and in the harbor 

 of San Pedro. At San Diego we obtained in the winter, a very large 

 number of immature individuals. At Wilmington we secured one speci- 

 men nearly adult, and saw numerous others swimming about near the 

 surface in the muddy waters of the harbor. 



We have named this species for Miss Eosa Smith, of San Diego, who 

 has given much attention to ichthyology, and to whom the National 

 Museum is indebted for many specimens of San Diego fishes. 



San Diego, Cal., August 10, 1880. 



