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BULLETIN OF THE TTNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



29. I), iv-il, iirjiie of the spines iiivuluccil, tln' last lay i-lcfl tu I)asc; A. S, tlic last ray clel't tu base; V. i, 

 "), tlic rays pnifiisely liraiicln'il, tin' iii<Miiliraiic juinini; tlic prctoral liu a little almvi' its iiii<ldle; ]'. 18. 



Fdrni (leprt'S.seil aiitericirly, wiilcr than ilcep; ncciput nearly Hat; a slight iininiinence im eaeh side 

 median line, minutely rntrusi'; liDiiy intemrliital spare very iiarmw, less than half diameter of pniiil, 

 and not grooved; snont very narrow and sharp, lonficer than diameter of orbit; montli liorizontal, 

 maxillary not reaehing vertii'al from front of orbit; preopercular sjiine robust, straight, its tip I'eaehing 

 slightly bi'ynnd opereidar margin, its inner I'dge with (i or 7 sti'ong slender eurveil s]iineli'ts, evenly 

 and clo.sely spared, dei-reasiug in length toward base of spine, the tei'ndiial one shortei' than the one 

 liefiire it, but cniveil in the same direction; nutei' eilge of spine smooth, but bearing a slmrt retrorse 

 spine near its l)ase; gill-opening a minute pun' sujieriorly jilaceil. 



None of the dorsal spines ]irodurcd or lilanientnus in the (y]>e, a female; lirst spine longest, reaching, 

 wlien declined, to base of second .soft dorsal ray; second dorsal and anal liiis beginning at the same 

 vertical; caudal rounded; jiectorals reaclnng well beyond ventrals, the latter slightly jiassing vent. 



(i round cnlur greenish olixc aliove, silvery white iin abili mien and thnial ; upper [larlsof head and 





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Fn;. 2.'il. — <'itllionf/niiis rnrnltinil.'< Gillicrt, new sjiccics. Type. 



body |)rofusely marked with reddish gilt in strip<'S and patches which almost wholly oonci'al the ground 

 color; in addition tliere are many minute round spots of coral-red, covering up])er ]iart of snont, 

 interorbital space with upper part of eyeballs, nii])er half of opercles, and the preopercular si)ine; a line 

 of them bounds tlie occiput, and a few mcupy the up]ier ]iart of cheek; they form an inconspicuous 

 cross-bar beldw spiiiiMis iliirsal and li below softdmsal; I hey oci-iipy also the membrane between lirst 

 and second dorsal s[>ines, and a few are found on tln' ili>tal half of venlials and tin' median caudal 

 rays; jiectorals largely translucent; ventrals with a broad black bar at base and one at tiji; nii'inbram's 

 of spinous dorsal largely dusky, soft dorsal translucent, with (1 oblii|ne olive-bidwii bars on tips of last 

 rays, the last one blackish; anal translnceiit, the last ia\s tipped with blai'k; camlal with .'1 broad olive- 

 brown bars, as wide as the translucent iiilei'sjiaces; irissiUcry, tinged with red. 

 ( Inly the type known. 



Callionymus rubrovinctus, new s])ecies. Fig. ITiL'. 



Type, LM mm. long, from station oS7li, channel between .Maui and l.anai islands, ileplh LIS to ^:! 

 fathoms; type, No. .'■iI.5S0, V. S. Nat. Mus. 



Head ( measured to opercular edge) 34 hundredths of total length without caudal; greatest width 

 liil; depth Ki; eye IL', much longer than snont. \K iv-.S; .\. S; I'. IT. 



Comparatively very short and heavy; snout \cry sliort, not more than two-thin Is iliameti'i- of I'ye; 

 month nnich ni /le obli<|ue than usual in the genus, maxillary reaching a little jiasl front of eye; inter- 

 orbital space very narrow, minutely grooved; oi-ci|iut broad, transversely rounded, minutely roughened 

 by anastomosing lines and jioints; preopercular s|iine very hjngand robust, iirojecling beyoml opercular 

 margin, its ti]) curved upward to form a slender hook, immeiliately anterior to which on the uppei' 

 margin are two stronger hooked spines, the posterior directed upward, ! he aiUerior upward and for- 

 ward; lower edge of preopercular spine smooth; the antroise denticle at base on outer face of )]re- 

 opercnlar s|iine, usually present in .species of ( 'ullinuiniins, is here wanting; branchial pore occu])ying 

 its usual position, immediately below origin of lateral line. 



