Occasional Papers of the Mitseum of Zoology 5 



Boleosoma nig nun ohnslcdi (Storer). — Musconetcong 

 River above Washington; Raritan tributary east of Chester; 

 Andover Junction; Trout Brook; Pauhn's Kill at Hainesburg 

 and below Stillwater ; also Yards Creek and Buttsville. 



Upeneus phillipsi, new species 

 Fig. I 



Description: Head y/2 ; depth 3 2/5 ; D. VIII-I, 8, i ; A. I, 

 6, I ; P. II, 14; V. I, 5 ; scales 30 in lateral line to caudal base 

 and 3 more on latter ; 3 scales above lateral line to spinous dor- 

 sal origin, also same to soft dorsal origin; 6 scales below lat- 

 eral line in vertical series to spinous anal origin ; about a dozen 

 predorsal scales; head depth at occiput i 1/6 its length; head 

 width 2; snout 2^-8; eye yA'y maxillary 3 1/3; interorbital 

 334 ; mandible 2^ ; second dorsal spine i 3/5 ; first ray of sec- 

 ond dorsal fin i}i ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^4 ; caudal 

 along upper lobe i ; first anal ray 2^^ ; pectoral i 2/5 ; ventral 



I 1/3- 



Body elongate, compressed, contour rather fusiform, though 

 greatest depth about spinous dorsal origin. Caudal peduncle 

 compressed, elongate, least depth about half its length. 



Head well compressed, rather deep, upper profile little more 

 inclined than lower, and flattened sides not constricted above 

 or below. Snout obtuse or convex in profile, and length about 

 14, its width. Eye high, close to upper profile, rounded and 

 hind edge nearly midway in head length. Mouth small, ter- 

 minal below and upper jaw but slightly protruding. Lower 

 jaw deep, and mandibular rami well elevated inside mouth. 

 Maxillary with posterior half exposed, expansion 2/3 of eye, 

 and nearly reaches opposite front pupil edge. At least a row 

 of very low obscure simple teeth in upper jaw. In lower jaw 



