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Length of head 4$—42 times in the total length.—Greatest depth of body 
from a little more than ten to a little less than eleven times.—No lateral 
line.” 
M. B. 6; D. 90; A. 70; P. 18. 
As will be thus seen, the two fishes are certainly congeneric, and are 
evidently very closely related. Even the slight discrepancies are appar- 
ently such (as in the case of the color) as result from difference of inter- 
pretation of the same characters. The vertical fins in the Californian 
form, however, are distinctly said to be “‘margined with black,” while 
in the Japanese form it is at least implied that they are not. It is quite 
probable, nevertheless, that even these alleged differences may be found 
to be rather of degree than of kind. In view, however, of the difference 
of distribution, it is reasonable to suppose that the two forms will be 
found to be distinct, and, as the genus appears to be perfectly valid, they 
will rank as species, with the following names: 
1. LYCODOPSIS PACIFICUS. 
Lycodes pacificus Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 381, 
Hab.—Japan. 
2. LYCODOPSIS PAUCIDENS. 
Leurynnis paucidens Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, p. 326. 
Hab.—California. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CHIROID FISH, MWYWRIOLEPIS ZONIFER, 
FROM MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNEA, 
By W.N. LOCKINGTON. 
Myriolepis, gen. nov. (Chirid@). 
Body oblong, rather stout; mouth moderate; cardiform teeth in both 
jaws, slightly larger anteriorly; no canines; teeth on vomer and _ pala- 
tines; preopercle entire; no spines about the head. Gill-openings sep- 
arated by a narrow isthmus; gill-rakers short. Branchiostegals seven. 
Pseudobranchiz present. Dorsal fins two, united at base, the first with 
about 14 rather stiff spines,.the second with as many soft rays. Anal 
short, of about 13 rays, without distinct spine. Scales very small, 
ctenoid, covering the whole surface of the body and head and the greater 
portion of all the fins except the first dorsal. Lateral line single. 
Etymology: puptov, myriad; Aezts, scale. 
This genus bears little resemblance to any of the previously known 
Chirida, its general appearance being quite Serranoid. It has, however, 
a bony stay connecting the suborbital and preoperculum, and possesses 
the technical characters of the Chiride, in which group it should form 
a distinct subfamily, differing especially in the shorter anal fin without 
distinct spines. 
Myriolepis zonifer, sp. nov. 
Lower jaw slightly projecting; snout to summit of ascending process 
of premaxillary inclined backwards at about 45°; forehead slightly con- 
