I20 Naturai. History Buli.etin. 



sp., about five inches long; "goat-fish," Upciieus maailatus 

 (C. & V".), a mullet-Hke species with two long barbels, large 

 ctenoid scales, and three squarish spots on the sides. A 

 small specimen of pompano was marked with vertical dark 

 bands. A very pretty species of Serrauus or sea-bass was 

 abundant, and an excellent food-fish. It w^as colored a red- 

 dish 3'ellow, and marked by about eight longitudinal narrow 

 stripes or lines of blue. The dorsal fin was emarginate, with 

 eleven spines; anal spines three. Another ScrrcDiits was 

 characterized by ver}^ distinct round spots on sides of head, 

 and was much smaller than the preceding. 



Probably the most beautiful fishes secured were the "angel- 

 fish," of which there were several species, all characterized 

 by greatly compressed bodies and scaled fleshy parts of the 

 median fins. Two species probably belong to the genus Poin- 

 acanthiis.^ One of these, apparently jP. r///(r//«5 J. and G., had 

 the dorsal with fourteen spines, anal with three, eight spines 

 on the preopercle above the very long spine at its angle; anal 

 and dorsal produced into moderately long streamers. The 

 color in alcohol would indicate that the fish was originally 

 yellow. The surface had a peculiar velvety appearance, 

 owing to the ciliate scales. Another closely allied species had 

 longer streamers, one very large flattened preopercular spine, 

 general color black with three transverse curved bands of 

 white or 3'ellow on the bod\' and one on the tail. This may 

 be P. arcnatiis Lac. 



A small, probabl}' immature specimen of sculpin was secured 

 with the tangles, and a curious little sea- robin, Prioiiotiis 

 cvolans Gill? having a strongl}' serrated spine on first dorsal 

 and six small spines on the head. Pectorals wdth upper ray 

 extended into a filament, and three lower rays detached and 

 banded with brown and light yellow. The pectorals reach to 

 the end of the dorsal. A small "swell-toad," Tctrodoii s^cii- 

 gleri Bloch?, had two large teeth in each jaw and pectoral 

 fins resembling ears, giving a curious rodent-like aspect to 



iThe classification and names employed liere are thase used in Jordan iS; 

 G Ibert's "Synopsis of North vVmerican Fishes." 



