()4G BULLETIN OF THK ITNITKD STATEi^ FIRH COMMISSION. 



of I'audal liii; scales of lateral line wholly like the others, none of them hearing spines; longitudinal 

 rows of scales converging slightly toward the l)ack. 



Color in life, olivaceous above, linely mottled with darker brown; 4 large dusky blotches on 

 and below middle of sides, the last at base of lower half of caudal; smaller dark blotches occur in the 

 lighter interspaces; to]i of head dusky, ilarker areas on cheek.s, on anteriorand upper j)artsof opercles, 

 and on lips; a numln-r of bright golden-yellow spots on .npper parts; 1 on median line of occiput, 

 I on anterior ]iart of o]iercle, 1 on opercular flap, and 1 at origin of lateral line; the remainder are 

 mostly arranged in cross-series on the back, and are associated with faint darker liars, which are located 

 at origin of dorsal, under lifth dor.^al siiiiic, under fourth and h-nth dorsal rays, and just behind last 

 dor.sal ray; the yellow spots constituting these bands seem an-anged in '2 longitudinal series, 1 on each 

 side along dorsal profile, the i ither i m the level of opercular flaji; in the latter series occur some faintly 

 marked spots intermediate between the cross-bands already inilicated: I(jwcr parts of head and hody 

 uniforudy whitish; peritoneum blackish. 



(Inly llie type obtaini'd. 



Chrionema sqiiamiceps, new S]>ecies. Plate SO. 



Type, lil mm. long, from station 4lliiS, off north coast Maui Island, depth 9."i to 152 fathoms; type. 

 No. 51t;:',5, r. S. Xat. Mns. 



Differing from ''. c/iri/.sc/c.v in the much more complete si|uamatiou of head, in the shorter anal tin, 

 and in coloration. 



Head .'So hundredths of total length ( without caudal ) ; snout 9; eye I-; maxillary i:i; interorbital 

 width L'.K; greatest dejith 14; least de|itli of caudal [lechmcle S..'). I). vi-l(i; A. IS; 1'. 2.3; V. i, h. 

 .Scales in lateral line (i7 and HH on the L' sides; 10 in a subvcrtical series between lateral line and fmut 

 of soft dorsal. 



Snout short, flattened, longitudinally slightly concave; interorbital space narrow, transver.sely 

 convex; mandible protruding anteriorly; teeth small, dejiressible, piresent on jaws, vomer, and pala- 

 tines, in narrow Viands except on frontof premaxillaries where they form a wide patch; vomerine band 

 not interrupted mesially; (lalatine ]iah'hes notoverlapping vomer, Initlying somewhat laterally at their 

 anteriorends; maxillary reaching vertical from frontof pupil orslightly behind that iioint, itstiii with- 

 out barbel or fleshy flap; nostrils well separated, the anterior round, the posterior a horizontal slit; gill- 

 membranes wholly separate, the left overlapping; branchiostegal rays 7; gills 4, a slit behind last arch; 

 pseudobianchiie large; gill-rakei-s longer and more numerous than in ('. chryseres, one-fourth the size 

 of the large eye, 18 in number on horizontal limb of outer arch; angle of jireopercle with 1 or 2 incon- 

 spicuous short spines; opercle with 2 sjiines, subopercle with 1, the lower opercular spine shorter than 

 the other two; 2 short "humeral" spines, as in the preceding species. 



Distance of spinous dorsal from tip of snout (3t> hundreths of length) slightly greater than length 

 of head; first spine the longest (1.5 hundreths), the last 2 more rapidly shortened than the rest, making 

 upper outline of fln rounded; sp_ines very slender and flexible, the first reaching origin of secoml 

 dorsal, when depres.sed; 3 free scales on median line between fins, .'i scales from base of last spine 

 to first soft i-ay ; first and all succeeding dorsal rays branched, the last forked to the base, the tirst ray 

 longest ( b") hundredths) ; last anal ray forked to base, tlie others simple; base of anal fin 43 hundreths 

 of length; caudal slightly c<incave, with the npper lobe longer than tlic lower; pectoral and ventral 

 fins agreeing in structure with C. i-hrjisirix. 



Scales slightly larger than in chii/sfrea, adherent, everywhere rough-ctenoid, except on breast; as 

 in cliriixenv, all the scales are marked with concentric rings and have no radiating ri<lges; head entirely 

 scaled, except a narrow area on median line near ti]i of snout, the scaled portions including the 

 preorbital, maxillary, gular membrane, mandibles, and entire lower side of head, excepit apparently 

 the branchiostegal mcmliranes; 6 series of scales between eye and jireopercular angle; lateral line 

 descending at first in a strongly convex curve to upper axil of pectorals, thence concaxely to opposite 

 ana! fin; it runs parallel with the anal, separated from its base by 6 scales, and reaches axis of body 

 only at extreme base of caudal; anterior scales of lateral line not spinous. 



Ground color light olive, whitish below, a series of o large V-shaped blotches on and below middle 

 of .side, with a smaller spot in the ndddle of each interspace; a black bar at liase of cauilal; three 

 dark bars, with lighter central areas, crossing the back but failing to reach middle of sides; these are 



