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1>E!<«€RIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF SQVAK.IU8 ($^<{IJAI.IU8 AI.I- 

 CI.X:), FROiTE UTAH I^AKF. 



By PIERKE LOUIS JOUY. 



Squalius aliciae, sp. nov. 



Allied to Tujoma iniermcdia Giiard. 



Body elougate, compressed posteriorly, the back gradually elevated 

 from tlie snout to the dorsal. Dorsal and ventral outline similar. 

 Greatest depth of body (at ventrals) equal to length of head. Lateral 

 line comj)lete, slightlj^ decurved. 



Head short, rather stout, its breadth equalling three-fifths its length, 

 which is 44 in the total without caudal. Snout rounded, jaws equal, 

 maxillaries reaching to the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. 



Eye moderate, its diameter contained four times in the lepgth of the 

 head. Scales minute, 18-80-15, of about equal size. The pectoral fin 

 does not reach to the ventral, and equals the length of the head. 



2[easurements. — Length to base of caudal, .067""™ ; head, .010'"'" ; depth 

 at ventrals, .OIG™'" ; diameter of orbit, .001'"" ; mandible, .OOo-^"' ; inter- 

 orbital spa(;e, .0055'"'"; breadth of head, .009™'"; pectoral, .016"'"; long- 

 est dorsal ray, .014'"" ; longest ventral ray, .OlO""" ; longest anal ray, 

 .011""". Caudal broken. 



Eadial lormuhij: D. I, 8; A. I, 8; V. I, 7 ; P. 15. 



Teeth, 2, 4-5, 1 ; strongly' hooked, apparently withoift masticatory 

 surface. 



Color dark plumbeous above, with a median band of steel-blue extend- 

 ing along the sides of the body from the head to the caudal fin. Below 

 the lateral line i^inkish; cheeks silvery. 



Five specimens, collected in Utah Lake by Prof. D. S. Jordan, are 

 numbered in the United States National Museum 27412. 



United States National Museum, January 14. 1881. 



BESCKHPTIOIV OF A NE^V ClOBKOID FffSH (OTHONOPS EOS), FROITI 

 SAIV I>IEC;0, €Al>IFOKNIA. 



By ROSA SMITH. 



Othonops eos, gen. et sp. nov. 



One specimen of this interesting fish was collected for me by Mr. G. 

 W. Dunn at Point Loma, San Diego County, California. It is found 

 under large stones, and is of a bright pink color in life, fading to a dull 

 yellowish white in spiiits. This species is most closely related to Crys- 

 taUogohius nilssoni (Diib. & Kor.) Gill [Gohiosoma niIsso7ii Giinther, 

 Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. iii, 80), a species found on the coast of Norway, 



