212 HCl.LKTIN OF THK BUKKAU <>1' FISHERIES. 



convex; tlii' skull is tliic-k, witli thre« (il)tiisi', Idngituiliiial ridires and two grooves separating them; 

 liack elevated; no teeth on tongue. Tliegeiuis contains two known species, Apuilun brirjhdiiii (Seale), 

 and tlie new species linnsercJlia alohn .Ionian tt Snyder. 



This new genus is named for Theodore Roosevelt, eminent as a naturalist ami as a promoter of 

 the scientific work of the various scientitic bureaus of the (Tovernment of the I'niteil States.- 



Theg«mera of Elfliii:i, distinguislied by the micrested cranium, may he thus compared: 



I. Dorsal lin ('oTiliiiuoiis. 



<i. CiiniiK' Icctli stnuiK: IkiiIv fusiform: no teclli on Ioiiltik' f = I'l-if^t'ifxunniili s^Spnmps/s), type rirr.frms Apriox. 



ari. CaiiilU' tc(.Ih \ ltv weak; inn-k more elt'Vatcd, 

 h. Top of craiiiuni tiroa*!. tiatrivti. tifcoiniiiti ni(jre coii\'f.\ willi uk"'. 

 r. Tonijlie toothless. 



'/. Body sutifilsiform. Ilir deplh 4 in lenj^lli i riul'i-ci'n&) Bowkksi.\. 



(hi. Body deeper, compressed, tlie depth 3 in lenjjtli l inarmplitluUmiii^i Pl.\TVINIU:s. 



cc. Tonj;ue w itii a patch of \iIliform teeth: l)ody snbfusiform [dtthiui') (:h.etoptervs. 



hli. To]J of craniuin narrow. c()nvex. tlie sknil thick, ^vith three oI»tnse lon^itndinal ri"l;ri-s sei)arali'd by shallow grooves; 



no leetli on tongne; tjack eli-vated Roosevei.th. 



H. Dorsal lin divided. 



' . ("raninni nol eav<-nions; skeleton linn; color rod. 

 /. Maxillary scaly. 



fi. (Jpercle without s])ine {carbuncidtts) Etelis. 



()if. Opercle wifli spine, (hrnjcoiflcf) tCxELiscus. 



Jj. Maxillary nake'I; opercle with a spine ( ai/tiilioiian'!') Etelides. 



(I, f'ranium cavernons; skelton soft; i-olor black VERii.rs. 



In .l/j.s(7((,s and TrDpiiJijiiiis. a^ in l.iiHninis, the tup .i|' the craniiini has three sliar]> ridijes. Xo 

 sjieeiesid' .lyK/'//(.« is known from Ha\\;iii. 



It. Rooseveltia aloha .Iord;ui & Snyder, new species." (Fig. 3, text.) 



Tliis species differs markeiUy from 7,'. hrigluuiii in having a imieh larger eye and a very narrow 

 Ijreorhital. the width of the latter being somewliat le.ss than half the diameter of eye. Jt. aloha is 

 withouttlie transverse yellow bands eharacteri.stic of li. hrUjImmi. 



ne;(d I'.l) in length to ba.>^e cd' caudal; depth 2.7; eye 3.5 in head; snout L'.7; interorbital .space 4; 

 preorbital 7..'i; maxillary 2.."); donsal \, 11; anal iii, 8; scales 7-67-10. 



Body deeper, the tlorsal contour more elevated, the snout shorter, than in U. hriiiliami; eve large, 

 high uj), witli a swollen cutaneous rim above; interorbital area somewhat convex; suborbital narrow- 



a Listed in Jordan & Seale. Fishes ot Samoa, Bull. U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, vol. xxv, 1905 (Dec. 15, 1906), p. 265, but 

 not hitherto described. 



