'U8 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Hynnodus atherinoides. nrw siiciics. I'late 7i». 



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Hcail HI hn„,hv,iths „f tli. total Lngtl, t„ l,as,. „r ,-aM,lal; ^ivatrst .leptl, 15; Last ,U.|,tl, „f 

 .•amal pednnd.. ,.;>; I..n.tl. „f .iinut 7; dianu-t,.,- „t ,„l,it H; l..,,,,!, „f „u,xilla,v 11.5; intJ,H,ital 



wi. th .; greatest width „f lu.ad IH; distance ln„u ,ip ,A s„,„„ t„ v,.ntrals ;;;,; ,„r,..,„, „f d,„.al 8,;- 

 distant, be wee,, dorsals 12. D vii^,, 10; A. „, .; V. ,, 5; P. ,, or ,,. S.-ales i„ tl,,- lateral line 5^; 

 gill-rakers()- lb; braiichiostctrals 7. 



B,,dy extremely elongate, oeeiput depresse,l, broader than deep; s„o,U and interorbital spa,-e 



la tsh above, orbital runs not noticeably rai.sed; month ternnnal, obli,,ne; lower jaw inelnded: 



naMllary ,n part shppmfr nnder the very narrow preorbital, not reaihing vertieal Iron, front of pnpib 

 teeth very small, slightly curved, in single series in ja.ws and on palatine bones, in a patch on head of 

 vomer; tongne smooth; posterior nostril a transverse slit in front of upper part of orbit: the anterior a 

 wide pore with raised margin., directed forward, slightly.nearer e^e than tip of snout; preopercle 



ormmg a narrow projecting rounded lobe at angle, but not striate; iuteropercle expan.ied below to 

 form a very thin projecting lamina; opercle bearing a single strong spine, all other bones of hea.l 

 nMarmed; 4 gills. with a slit behin,l fourth arch; p.seudobranchia. very large; gill-rakers long and 

 slender. l> ■ 1(, m number, the longest one-third length of maxillary 



l»orsal spines slender, the first very short, about one-eighth' length of .second; a delinile well- 

 develoi,e,l spine at beginning of second dorsal; first anal spine le.ss than one-third len-.th of second- 

 all the spines strongly compressed. .\s the margins of all the fins are mutilate.l, their shape ,-an not be 



The .scales of lateral line j.ersisf, but all others have fallen. The extent to which the head w-,. 

 covered can not be ascertained. 



Color dark gray, darker alimg mai-gins of s.-ales; snout blackish; dorsals an,l anal ,hiskv; mouth 



lij.t but the gullet, branclualeha.nber,and perit.menn, jet-black; operclesai,pearbla..ki.sbexteriiallv 

 1 Wo s]iecimens were taken at station :!St)7. 



Syuagrops argyrea (Gilbert i<i Cramer). 



A rare species b,US s,,ecin,ens secured. The original account of the s,,ecies n.av be corrected as to 

 th,. lollowmg details: Leptb ot body :i.5 in total length without caudal; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 -. , 11, ,lepth of body; eye aviTages a little smaller, being contained 3..S to 3.4 in hea.l; a distinct slender 

 sui.plemental maxillary bo,,,.; ea,.h ramus of lower jaw nsuallv containing onlv 4 ( rarelv 5) c.^nines 

 mslea.l ot / as m type; upper end of ba.se of pectoral on a level with lower ma,-gin of orbi't 



Taken at thet,:.llowingstati,ms:Nos. .-iStn, Pailnlo Channel, 2S4 b, L'90 fathoms. :;q-'0 off th,- <o„ll, 

 coast of Calm 2S0 to 2.i5 fathoms; AOSi, off the north coast of Maui, 25:; ,o 2.17 fati,o„;s; 4I„2, Pailolo 

 Channel, 122 t,, 1M2 fatli,im.s. 



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Family SHKRA.MD.i;. 

 Grammatonotus, i,ew genus. 



Clos,.|y allied to C,//„»//„„.. diff..ring in having but one ope,-cular s|,ine, in the |,resence of hn-^e 

 por,..s on the hea.l. and ,u the tubular anterior nostril; the ,.anines ar,. gi-.-allv red,„.e,l in si/.e an.I the 

 suo„, IS not sea .d „, ln,„. of .hcye; lateral line single, running along base ot dorsal fin. en.iin-^ un.ler 

 last ray; s,.ales large, minut,.ly .-tenoi.l, rough; dorsal fin .■ontinuons, not not,.|,ed: soffdors.d -uid .mal 

 with i„„l,ile rays pn;„lu,.e,i into ],ointe,l lobes; ventrals verv ,.los,. to^^eth.-r. with on,, .pi,,,.' ..inl 5 ,.',vs 



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