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mouth small; the maxillary not reaching front of orbit; eyes large, the bony 

 interorbital space not grooved; occipital region with two clusters of low bony 

 radiating ridges; preopercular spine long, straight, reaching past axil of anal and to 

 below second dorsal spine, its upper edge with about seven small serrse, a strong 

 spine directed forward at its base, lower edge of spine smooth; no other spine on 

 head. 



First ray of dorsal filamentous, reaching fifth soft ray, the others progressively 

 shorter; tip of last soft ray reaching just past base of caudal, the height of the 

 soft rays nearly twice that of the body below them; the rays subequal in height, 

 higher than aU the dorsal spines, except the first ; anal beginning and ending slightly 

 behind soft dorsal. Lateral line evident, forking on head and on base of tail, 

 extending on fourth caudal ray for a very short distance. Pectoral fin broad, not 

 symmetrical, 1.25 in head; ventrals longer, 1.1; caudal fin excessively long, as 

 usual in the males of this genus, half longer than head. 



Color olivaceous brown above, white below, cheeks dusky; sides with quadrate 

 light gray spots, deeper than long and arranged in irregular quincunx, with roundish 

 dark spots and gray spots interspersed, those on back smaller, the pattern inde- 

 scribable, but well shown in the figure; head with round black spots and larger 

 gray ones ; first dorsal with four or five dark cross-shades ; the tips of the posterior 

 three spines darker, first or long spine with dark cross-bars. Soft dorsal with six 

 or seven rows of small dark spots intermingled with much smaller ones; caudal 

 with twelve cross series of small black spots; lower two-thirds of anal nearly white; 

 distal part black with small white spots; ventrals with three or four rows of round 

 black spots; breast and opercles with fainter spots, similar in fashion ; pectorals 

 colorless. 



This species is allied to Calliurichthys decoratus, differing in the less elongate 

 body and the coloration. The type is unique, presumably a male, judging from 

 the filamentous dorsal. It is nearly six inches long, including caudal. 



510. Calliurichthys zanectes^^ sp. nov. Jordan and Jordan. (PL IV, fig. 2.) 



Type No. 3904 Carnegie Museum, Honolulu Market. D. Starr Jordan coll. 

 Head 3.33 in length to base of caudal; depth 8.5; dorsal rays 9; anal rays 8; 

 pectoral rays 15; eye 4.5 in head; snout 2.66 to end of preopercular spine; maxil- 

 lary 4. 



Body very slender; head low; the snout rather long and depressed; the 

 maxillary not nearly reaching the front of eye; preopercular spine straight, rather 

 short, not reaching base of second dorsal spine, upper edge of the spine with a 



" zanecles, derived from fa an intensive particle, and vyjkttjs = swimmer. 



