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54. CORYPHOPTERUS BERNADOUI Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 3i in length; depth 5; eye3| in head; snout 3^; maxillary 2f. 

 Dorsal VI-II; anal 11; scales 25. 



Body robust; the head rather large and scarcely compressed; caudal 

 peduncle deep, 2| in head. Snout rather short and blunt. Eyes large, 

 separated by a narrow concave interspace; preor1)ital margin pro- 

 duced. Mouth oblique; lower jaw projecting; maxillar}' extending 

 a little past the anterior margin of orbit, tongue rounded. Simple 

 teeth in Imnds on jaws, the outer ones enlarged, a strong canine at each 

 side of lower jaw. Gill openings not extending Aery far anteriorly; 

 the isthmus broad, 3 in length of head. Gillrakers short and blunt, 

 2+10 on first arch. 



Nape top of head behind the posterior margin of the eyes closely 

 covered with small cycloid scales in about 2-1 scries; similar scales on 

 upper part of opercles. Scales on ])ody finely ctenoid; the free edge 



Fl<i. y.— CoiiYl-llUl'TEULS BKKNADOll. 



of most of them forming a right angle with the })()int directed back- 

 ward; rather large c3'cloid scales on breast. 



Dorsals well separated; when depressed the tips of the longest 

 spines reach the base of the first soft ray; none of the spines produced; 

 the soft dorsal slightly higher than the spinous. Origin of anal under 

 third soft dorsal ra}^; anal vays a little shorter than those of dorsal. 

 Pectoral scarcely reaching to vertical from vent, its tip slightly 

 pointed. Caudal rounded. 



Color of a rather faded alcoholic specimen, light, with .5 brow^n 

 blotches on back and 5 similar ones on side below the interspaces of the 

 former ones; the last spot at l)ase of caudal; faint traces of longitud 

 inal streaks on side. Spinous dorsal with a faint blotch posteriorly; 

 soft dorsal with a brown streak down the membrane in front of each 

 ra}^; the posterior ones narrowMy divided into 2 or 3 spots. Anal light 

 at base, growing dark toward tips of rays; 3 rows of conspicuous 

 white spots across the posterior i-ays. Pectoral with a slight dusky 

 tinge below; ventral rays dusk}- toward tips; caudal without color. 



