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Genus Felichthys Swainson. 



This marine genus is composed of four species, two of which occur 

 in the Pacific and two in the Atlantic. We have the two Pacific 

 species, F. panamensis and F. pinnimacidatus from Buenaventura, 

 and F. pinnimaculatus, from Guayaquil. 



a. Dorsal spine not produced in a long filament, occipital process large and shaped 

 like a clover-leaf, anal with dark margin. Head 3.66-4.25; depth 4.66-5.5; 



D. I, 7; A. 28 to 30 panamensis Gill. 



aa. Dorsal spine produced in a long filament, occipital process normal; anal with 

 a large dark blotch on the anterior lobe. Head 4-4.75; depth 4-4.8; D. 

 1,7; A. 28 to 30 pinnimacidatus Steindachner. 



7. Felichthys pinnimaculatuS (Steindachner). 



j^lnrichthys pinnimacidatus Steindachner, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LXXIV, 

 Ichthyol. Beitr., IV, 1875, p. 15, pi. VIII, figs. 1-3 (Panama); Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882, p. 34 (Panama); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 

 p. 662 (Panama); Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d ser , 

 Vol. I, 1888, p. 148 (Panama); South American Nematognaths, 1890, p. 35 

 (Panama). 



Felichthys pinnimaculatus Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. IV, 1904. 

 p. 20 (Panama); Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, Vol. i, 

 1896, p. 117. 



6680 a, C. M., 453 mm. Guayaquil. Henn. 13553, I. U. M., 245 

 mm. Buenaventura. Eigenmann. 



8. Felichthys panamensis (Gill). 

 6679 a, C. M., 305 mm. Buenaventura. Eigenmann. 



9. Sciadeichthys troscheli (Gill). 



6723 a-e, C. M., 210-240 mm.; 13554, I- U. M., 195-260. Tumaco. 

 Henn. 



10. Netuma kessleri (Steindachner). 



6722 a, C. M., 245 mm. Buenaventura. Eigenmann. 



Family SYNODONTID^. 



II. Synodus scituliceps Jordan & Gilbert. 



5669 a-c, C. M.; 13506 ff-c, I. U. M. Tumaco, Colombia, Jan. 2,. 



1913, Henn & Wilson; 13507 a, I. U. M., Guayaquil market, Henn. 



The specimens from Tumaco and Guayaquil market agree with 



S. jenkinsi Jordan & Bollman, which Gilbert and Starks (California.. 



