SANTA CATALIXA FISHES— JORDAN AND STARKS. 



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sal ra3's above Iheni: the last anal ray connected to caudal peduncle 

 by membrane. On a small specimen, 5^ inches long-, collected at San 

 Jose del Cabo, Cape San Lucas, Mex- 

 ico, there is a large pen-shaped second 

 anal spine having a strong median keel. 

 This is lost in our specimen and a single 

 flat blunt spine only is present. Pec- 

 toral tin rounded; its length a little less 

 than that of snout. Ventral repre- 

 sented by a single flat spine, inserted a 

 little behind base of [)ectoral; its leng'th 

 equal to that of anterior canine. Caudal 

 wide; its posterior edge lunate. 



Color dark brown, ever}" where 

 speckled with small irregular spots of 

 black; head a little darker than trunk; 

 lateral line a little darker than sur- 

 rounding color. Dorsal light at base, 

 g'rowing dark toward tips of rays; anal 

 more uniformly dusky; caudal black; 

 pectoral dusk}- toward tip. Inside of 

 gill cover, mouth, and body cavit}: coal 

 black. Here described from a speci- 

 men 30 inches in length collected by 

 Dr. C. F. Holder, at Catalina Island. 



It was previously known from two 

 very small specimens taken at Cape 

 San Lucas — the one by John Xantus, 

 the other by Richard C. McGregor. 



Family XIPHIID.E. 



XIPHIAS GLADIUS Linnaeus. 



The swordtish is occasionally taken 

 about Santa Catalina. It has been seen 

 by the writers oti' Santa Barbara, Santa 

 Catalina, and San Diego. 



Family ISTIOPHORID.E. 



TETRAPTURUS MITSUKURII Jordan 

 and Snyder. 



MARIIN-SPIKE FISH. 



This species, not rare in Japan, is 

 occasionally taken off Santa Catalina, 



,„1 -J. • "i !• „•! Jl \ W Fli;. 5.— TETRAPTURUS SIITSIKURII. 



where it is known as marhn-spike nsh. 



A specimen taken August 17. 190-1:, S feet,^S inches long, weighed 12() 



pounds. Another 12 feet long is on record. 



