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ocellated above (described from the holotype). The specunen appears 

 to be now largely faded, but the following marks are more or less 

 faintly evident: A dusky transverse bar on upper half of caudal at 

 its base; a better marked spot on midline below bar; an elongate 

 narrow, short, duskj^ band behind the transverse bar in the approxi- 

 mate position of the caudal spot usually present in the smaller speci- 

 mens of the species of Bembrops; three short elongate bands on mid- 

 dorsal line in front of first dorsal; anal with blackish margin. The 

 paratype has the spot on the first dorsal reduced, the transverse bar 

 on the caudal very faint, and a few black scattered points on peduncle; 

 otherwise it seems faded. 



Holotype: USNM 45985. Albatross Sta. 2134; lat. 19°56'06" N., 

 long. 75°47'32'' W.; off Santiago, Cuba; 254 fathoms; Feb. 27, 1884; 

 85.5 mm. in standard length, 



Paratype: Caroline Sta. 99; lat. 18°14' N., long. 6A°5V W.; 220 

 fathoms; oft" Virgin Islands, Mar. 3, 1933; 50 mm. in standard length 

 (USNM 108395). 



Comparison: This species is easilj'^ distinguishable from the other 

 four Western Atlantic species treated here by its large scales. The 

 predominant number of anal rays in the other four species is decidedly 

 18, while in the two available specimens of this species the number is 

 17. It has, or at least averages, fewer pectoral rays than the three 

 Western Atlantic species of Bembrops. The gill raker count averages 

 rather low, comparatively. 



Bembrops macromma, new species 



Description: D VI; 14. A 18.P25.Sc55-59.GR5 + 14. Dorsal, 

 anal, and pectoral rays and combined number of gill rakers and 

 tubercles constant in the thi-ee specimens examined. 



Measurements of three specimens 185-202 mm. (154-169 mm. in 

 standard length): Caudal 20.0-21.5, pectoral 23.5-24.5, ventral 

 17.0-18.5, depth 13.8-14.8, peduncle 5.5-6.2, head 37.5-38.5, maxil- 

 lary 14.6-14.9, snout 10.5-11.1, ej^e 10.6-11.3; ratio of snout divided 

 by eye 0.9-1.1. 



A series of tlu'ee large, diffuse, dusky spots, equally spaced, the 

 fii'st over anus, the third under end of dorsal fin; the first placed just 

 below lateral line, the other two just above it; each of the two inter- 

 spaces between the spots with two rather faint transverse dusk}^ 

 bands more or less developed; a fainter and smaller spot on caudal 

 peduncle at base of caudal fin in a line mth the above thi'ee somewhat 

 more prominent spots; three faint smudges at dorsal profile over 

 interspaces of the four median spots; anterior part of the first dorsal 

 to the third spine black for entire height of fin, posterior part abruptly 



