137 FISHES OF SINALOA. 509 
12. Xenistius californiensis (Steindachner). 
Several young specimens obtained. 
Silvery, with continuous streaks of bright warm brown 
along the rows of scales. 
13. Pomadasis macracanthus (Giinther). 
Common. 
14. Orthopristis reddingi Jordan & Richardson, n. sp. 
Plate xli. 
Allied to Orthopristis ruber (Cuv. & Val.) 
Plead31¢- :depthy 334; dorsal XI,’ 15; anal TEL 10; 
scales 8-52-15; 53 pores. 
Eye 4% in head; maxillary 3%; preorbital 4% in 
snout; pectoral 13 in head; longest dorsal spine 23; 
longest soft ray 33; second anal spine 4%; ventral 13; 
upper caudal lobe 1%; base of soft dorsal in spinous 134°. 
Body oblong, the back not much elevated; the anterior 
profile straightish, slightly depressed above the eye; 
mouth small, low, the maxillary reaching to opposite the 
nostril; teeth subequal, in broad bands; lower jaw in- 
cluded; nostrils both oblong, the anterior the larger; eye 
rather large, about as wide as the broad preorbital; pre- 
opercle very finely serrated on its posterior margin only, 
the serrations very weak; gill-rakers short and small, 
about 12; scales moderate, the rows above lateral line 
very oblique, those below nearly horizontal, the series 
from the scapular scale reaching middle of spinous dorsal. 
Spinous dorsal moderate, not deeply notched, the median 
spines injured in youth in the type specimen; soft dorsal 
low, free from scales; anal spines low, the second a little 
longer than third; soft rays scaleless; caudal lunate, the 
lobes unequal, the upper longer than lower, which is more 
obtuse. Ventrals rather long, inserted just behind axil of 
pectoral. Pectoral rather short, not quite reaching tips 
of ventrals. 
