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Color pearly gray, darker above; each scale of back 
and sides, with a bright bronze spot behind its center; 
these forming nearly continuous streaks along the rows 
of scales. These streaks run upward and backward an- 
teriorly and nearly horizontally on sides, when they are 
more or less interrupted or transposed. Head plain gray, 
dorsal with some streaks and clouds; outer fins plain; 
ventrals somewhat dusky. 
One specimen, 834 inches long, was taken by Mr. 
Richardson. 
This species is very closely allied to the Atlantic spe- 
cies, Orthopristis ruber (Cuv. & Val.), but has the body 
a little more slender and the head larger. 
The specimen from Guaymas provisionally referred to 
Orthopristis cantharinus (see Jordan & Fesler. Rept. 
U.S. Fish Com. for 1889 to 1891, 500, 1893), is perhaps 
a second specimen of Orthopristis reddingt. 
This species is named in honor of Hon. Benjamin B. 
Redding, first Fish Commissioner of California, a man 
deeply interested in scientific research, to whom Mr. 
Richardson has been indebted for many favors, in his 
former capacity of Superintendent of the California Fish 
Hatching Station at Sisson. 
15. Microlepidotus inornatus Gill. 
One specimen, to inches long, obtained. Common. 
16. Umbrina xanti Gill. 
Common. 
17. Micropogon ectenes Jordan & Gilbert. 
One specimen. 
18. Eucinostomus gracilis (Gill). 
Common. 
