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PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [1885. 



2 . Caiilolatilus microps, Goode & Bean. 



General color reddish brown. A brown colored spot at the base of 

 Miost of the scales. A yellow streak nn<ler the eye extending forward 

 ibont halfway to the nostril. Spinous dorsal with a broad dark niar- 

 .:^in iutersj)ersed with some vague markings of brownish yellow. Entire 

 margin of soft dorsal with a narrow band of yellow replaced by bluish 

 uray along the extremity" of the fin. General color of spinous and soft 

 dorsal bluish gray, mottled with yellowish. Anal bluish white, with 

 1 he exception of a broad band of yellow along the lower third of the fin, 

 Ihis bounded by a rather broad light-bluish margin. Pectoral mostly 

 (lark on the membrane, lighter along the rays. Caudal dark, with some 

 streaks of yellow along the rays. Ventrals whitish. Under surface of 

 head bluish white. Snout, upper lip, and top of head dusky. Iris 

 iridescent with gold, green, and brown. A broad iridescent streak ex- 

 tending from and under the eye forward to the up])er lip, this mottled 

 with lighter and traversed by a yellow streak already mentioned. Some 

 j'aint traces of yellow in the axilla of the pectoral. Some very vague 

 indications of short dusky bands along the sides. 



Measurements of Caulolatilus microps. 



T-ength to end of middle caudal rays 

 I5ody: 



Greatest width 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



nead : 



Greatest length 



Length of longest gill- raker 



Greatest width 



AVidth of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Length of maxillary 



Length of mandible 



Distance from snout to orbit ... 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Lenstb of second spine 



Length of last spine 



soft : 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray . . " 



Millime- 

 ters. 



72 

 161 



48 



162 

 8 

 73 

 41 

 69 

 44 

 .^9 

 71 

 82 



191 

 .58 

 15 

 33 

 46 



275 

 46 

 56 

 25 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of fli'st spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of ii rst ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



(Caudal: 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length , 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal ." 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lat- 

 eral line 



Number of transverse rows below, lat- 

 eral line 



Number of gill-rakers 



Millime- 

 ters. 



295 

 199 

 6 

 16 

 35 

 53 

 26 



82 

 112 



161 

 117 



179 



vii, 26 



ii,23 



i, 16 



i,5 



117 



12 



42 

 8,15 



3. Coryphaena hippunis, Linn^, 



The examjile is a male with a very high and nearly vertical forehead. 

 The colors have faded ; at present the tail is mostly golden yellow; the 

 sides to a considerable extent show the same color with an overlaying 

 of bronze and a profuse sprinkling of black specks. The iris is yellow. 

 The anal is dusky, intermingled with yellowish. The dorsal is very 



