FISHES I''K()M TIIK 1M:V ILhAdKiKDo AliCHirKLAGO. 281 



Family MONACANTHIDiE. 



53. Cantherines carolce .lordan & McGregor, new spccieH. (Pinto (5.) 



Head ',i^\r, depth 2; D. 1-38; A. 34; eye uA. IJody ollipti<'al, compressed; 

 iiiiterior i)n)ine somewhat eoucave, ol)li(iue ; uioiith small ; teeth largo, white, 

 and irregular. (Jill-opening somewhat in front of pectoral, its length 3^ in 

 head; dorsal spine very stout and straight; everywhere rough, Itut without 

 distinct liarbs; Ik iuh»»ad; dorsal rays 2 in head; anal ray 2 in lioad ; caudal 

 short and rounded, lii in head; pectoral 2^ in head. Tel vie hone with ven- 

 tral spino firmly attached, with about 10 radiating spinuies; ventral flap 

 little developed; caudal peduncle with four strong, bluntisli spines, turned 

 forward and arrayed in two i>airs, one above and one below the middle line. 

 Color dull grayish-olive; head linely speckled with darker; tins all pale; 

 lips whitish. Length 11 inches; two specimens from Socorro Island. 



The species is named for Mrs. Charlotte C. McGregor. 



54. Ceratacanthus scriptus (Osbeck). Thirteen specimens from Clarion and 



Socorro islands. A specimen has Vieen recently sent us from the Venailos 

 Islands at Mazatlan, by Dr. (ieorge Warren Rogers. 



Family TETRAODONTID^. 



55. Ovoides setosus (Rosa Smith). Very abundant about Socorro and Clarion 



islands; 48 fine specimens taken; mostly in .shallow water during low tide 

 at Clarion Island. These vary in color from pure lemon-yellow to indigo- 

 blue and dark brown, with round white spots. There are also various 

 intergradations, as yellow blotched with blue, the singular variations in 

 coloration being parallel with those of Kyphosim luteacens. 



Family DIODONTIDiE. 



56. Diodon hystrix Linnwus. Five specimens from Clarion and Socorro islands. 



Family EMBIOTOCIDJB. 



5 /. Abeona minima (Gibbons). One specimen. Todos Santos Bay. 



58. Brachyistius freuatus Gill. Five specimens from Guadalupe Island, 4 to 5 



inches in length. These are somewhat deeper than the typical form from 

 California, but we do not think them specifically distinct. Also taken at 

 Todos Santos Islands. Head 3; depth 2; D. viii-13; A, in, 22; scales 44 ; 

 eye in head 3; ])ectoral in head IJ^: A^entrallA; second anal spine 4i ; middle 

 caudal rays 2^. Bodj- short and compressed ; back elevated ; head depressed 

 above snout, which sharply projects; numth, small, projecting, maxillary 

 not reaching to opposite eye. Gillrakers 23, slender. Color olivaceous 

 above with darker blotches on each scale, forming lengthwise stripes; lower 

 parts tinged with coppery; a large moon-shaped black spot in axil of pec- 

 toral, nearly as large as eye, but not so wide ; fins pale, lower ones, especially 

 caudal, flushed with orange. 



59. Embiotoca jacksoui Agassiz. Specimens taken at Todos Santos, San IJenito, 



Cerroa, and (Juadalupe i8lan<ls. 



60. Taeniotoca lateralis (Agassiz). Two specimens from San Benito Islands. 



Family POMACENTRID^. 



A2UBINA .Jordan iV Mc(iregor, new genus. 



This genus is closely allied to Chromis, from which it differs in the long and 

 slender body, the low vertical fins, tlio very deeply forked tail, the jiointed 

 snout, and especially in the continuous lateral line which extends mucli 

 beyond the dorsal tin, and is wanting on but two or three scales. 



