fi22 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Ciiliir in lilV' light red, ;il)il(iiiicii ami opiTclt's silvi'ry. 



.1. I'dx is iicarer .1. j'k/ic.syv/is than ^1. .v^c/ui/kc/ioc;-/, agivcing with rnlicKci'iis in weaker sjiinaticm and 

 mure ecnnplete scaling of hea<l, in .«liaiK' of scales, and in the presence of 9 instead of 8 dorsal spines. 

 The two differ strikingly in outline and in the much shorter dorsal and anal hns of r"/itwc/;.s. In 11 

 specimens of ciw, not including the ty]ie, the liu rays are as follows: Dorsal. :i2, 32, ol', o2, oo, o'A, '.',3, S'.'i, 

 ?.:!, 3i, S4; anal, :1U, Ml, 81, .'il, :;(), MO, :!(), .-11, Ml, :u, :;i. 



In T) s|iecimens of .1. nilirxr.'ux, fioni Suruga Bay, .lajian ( .Vlliatross station 3734), the (in rays areas 

 follows: llorsal. L'T, L'7, L'7, L'7, 1'7; anal, 25, 25, 2(i, 27, 27. In both species the dorsal sjiines are 

 constantly " in numhcr. 



Specimens were taken at the following stations: No. .3858, Pailolo Channel, 128 to 1.38 fathonjs; 

 4070, north coast of Maui, 45 to 52 fathoms: 4072, north coast of Mani, 5H to 50 fathoms; 4077, north 

 coast of Maui, 00 to 106 fathon.s; 4102, Pailolo Channel, 122 to 132 fathoms; 4104, Pailolo Channel, 

 123 to 141 fathoms. 



Family ZKIIi.E. 



Stethopristes, new genus. 



Related to ('i/lln/i.-iis and slill more closely to Z,ii .Tordau ami I'owlcr, Krorji the latter it differs in 

 liaving the ventral spine greatly n-dnced and in having a continuous series of carinated spinous buck- 

 lers from thioat to amis. From < 'i/flnjisix it differs also in having 9 instead of 7 ventral rays. In 

 I 'i/t/i)j}si.i there are hut 3 or 4 sjiinous jilates, confined to the miil-ventral line behind ventral fins, the 

 thorax being transversely llattened and without plati'S. In /.ni tliere are iji a<ldition 2 flattened 

 plates on the thorax, which is broad and transversely llattened, without trace of keel. In Sliiliiijirlxlfs 

 the breast is sharply keeleil throughout, the ventrals appearing lateral in position. 



Slfllif:j:risli.i (iilhiTl, new Ki'lHis (if y.(nl:f {njs). 



Stethopristes eos. new si>ecies. Fig. 241. 



Tvpe, 130 mm. long, from Albatross station 3867, Paihilo Chamiel, between Molokai and Maui, 

 de|ith 2S4 to 201) fathoms; type. No. 51626, V. R. Nat. j\lus. 



Head 40 hundredths of total length without caudal; eye 17.5; least frontal width 10.5; length of 

 su(jut 16.5; length of maxillary 21 ; greatest depth of body .53; least <leiith of caudal peduncle 8; length 

 of second dorsal .spine ll; longest ventral ray 43; longest pectoral ray 14. 1). vii, 27, the last ray cleft 

 to the base; A. i, 20; V. i. 0; P. 14. Pores in lateral line S2 or 88; 15 olili.|ue niws of scales between 

 lateral line and iiiidille of base of soft dorsal; branch iostegals 7. 



Body ileeply oval, with liack and belly nearly t'cjually curved, deiJth greatest under nndiUe of 

 spinous dorsal; maxillary reaching vertical from front of pupil, its length measured from tiji of snout 

 half length of head; teeth ndnute, in narrow bands in jaws and on vomer, these not more than hall 

 the width of the ban<ls in the .Ia|ianese Zen ilea .Jordan and Fowler; preorliital of moderate width only, 

 half as wide as diameter of eye, concealing only a very little of proximal end of maxillary; eye very 

 large, slightly greater than length of snout; interorbital space and occiput flat, the median portion 

 occupiied by a deep elongate-oval pit x\ Inch lodges the long premaxillary processes; each side of occiput 

 occupied by a plate w ith minutely roughened surface, sending forward a triangular process which 

 terminates in a spinous poiid. above front of eye; the free margin of this ])rocess f(]rms the upjier 

 orbital rim, and is furnished with ndnute teeth which increase in size anteriorly; mandibles terminat- 

 ing posteriorly in a blunt S[iinous ]ioint and anteriorh' in a sharp spinous projection at each side of 

 symphysis; other bones of the head smooth, without spines or serrations; branehiostegal memhranes 

 moderately jfiined across throat, forming a free fold; gills 31, the lamina' short; no slit ln'hind last 

 gill; gill-rakers little developed, short an<l barely movable, on anterior arch; pseudobranc'hia' well 

 developed. 



.\iitrrior clorsal with strong short spines, the tin rounded in prolile; second, third, and fourth 

 spines about <'(iual in length, two-tliiids diameter of eye, the last s[iinc joined by \ery low mend)rane 

 to first soft ray; soft dorsal low, the rays increasing in length backwaril: dorsal rays, like those of 

 pectoral and anal tins, all simple, unbrancheil, llattened in their distal half; anal sinnlar to soft dons.al, 

 hut beginning and ending a litlK- more pipsteriorly ; it is precedc<l by a simple short strong curved 

 spine, connected l>y membrane with the lirst ray; ventrals very large, their tijis reaching to or beyond 



