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brina nasus has convinced Dr. Jordan that this is a different species. 
We here describe in detail the typical specimen under the name of 
Menticirrhus simus. 
Menticirrhus simus sp. nov. Type No. 28292, U.S. Nat. Mus. 
Depth 4 in length (5 in total); head 34 (44). D. X-I, 22; A. I, 8; 
scales 6-52-10. 
Body robust; back somewhat compressed and regularly arched ; 
depth about uniform between the first dorsal spine and the first soft 
ray; caudal peduncle rather heavy ; distance from last dorsal ray to be- 
ginning of middle caudal ray slightly more than 2 in head. 
Head subconical; profile steep, slightly depressed over the posterior 
part of eyes; snout abruptly blunted, turned up anteriorly, suggest- 
ing the form of snout in the genus Heterodon ; five large incisions in the 
upper lip, three large oval and three small round pores above them, 
as in other species of Menticirrhus; snout 34 in head ; eye 53 in head; 
mouth horizontal, inferior, the snout extending 4 of its length beyond 
the premaxillary; maxillary extending past middle of eye, slightly 
more than 3 in head. 
Teeth in lower jaw villiform in rather broad bands; upper jaw with 
a band of small teeth and an outer series of enlarged ones ; largest teeth 
of the outer series slightly longer than the anterior nostril; preopercle 
with fine widely placed teeth on its membranous border; gill-rakers ob- 
solete; pseudobranchie very large; lower pharyngeal teeth villiform, 
those of the inner series much enlarged ; first dorsal beginning behind 
base of pectoral; the first spine minute; the second spine highest, 
reaching to third dorsal ray, 11 in head; posterior margin of spinous 
dorsal deeply concave; dorsal soft rays low, subequal; caudal un- 
equally lunate, the upper lobe much the longer, 11 in head; anal in- 
serted under fifth dorsal ray; its spine weak, 5 in head; the anterior 
anal rays much the longer, but not extending to tip of last rays; ventrals 
12 in pectorals; pectorals 11 in head. 
“Seales large; all strongly ‘ctenoid ; those in the lateral line and those 
above it more or less covered with ‘sae ones. Soft dorsal, with a 
very narrow scaly sheath. Bases of pectorals and caudal adheres sealy, 
the rest of the fins naked. Color, grayish above, lighter below; lower 
parts of sides with numerous dark points; faint lines following the rows 
of scales above; spinous dorsal dusky, anal with dark specks; axil and 
inner margin of pectoral dusky; other fins plain ; lining of gill cavity 
dusky. ; 
This species differs from Menticirrhus nasus (Giinther) in the size of 
the eye, the size of the teeth, and the size and shape of the snout. Dr. 
Jordan has examined the type of M. nasus and verified the description 
of Giinther. The large size of the eye in M. nasus is not due to the im- 
maturity of the typical example. 

