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spines incrciisin^- in length to middle of spinous portion; the longest 

 luiddU' spines contained 2i in head; the spines next to soft dorsal are 

 half the length of anterior soft rays which are' a little longer than the 

 second spine. Anal low; its posterior rays the longest; their length 

 2i in head; anal spines differentiated from anal rays only by the 

 absence of cross articulations. Lower pectoral rays slightl\' thickened. 

 Ventral with one spine and 2 rays; the inner ray the longer, nearly 

 reaching to vent; its length equal to length of head without snout. 

 Caudal truncate. 



Color in spirits light gray, with T slightly darker inconspicuous 

 crossbars half as wide as eye; dark lines following the rows of scales 

 side of head slightly mottled with slate color; a slate-colored blotch at 

 tip of mandible and indications of bars on lower side of head of similar 

 color. Spinous dorsal dark in front grow'ing light l)ackwards; anal 

 dusky; the tips of the rays lighter; pectoral dusky at base; caudal 

 slightly soiled with dusk}-. 



The type and sole specimen is 94- mm. in length and is Cat. No. 

 56397, LT.S.N.M. 



This species is named for Dr. Charles Frederick Holder. It is 

 referred provisionally to the genus iStarl-.sla. From the type of that 

 genus, Starl'sia cremnohafes^ it differs in the presence of nuchal fila- 

 ments, in the smaller scales, and in larger numbers of ffn rays. It 

 may prove to be the type of a distinct genus. 



CHiENOPSIS ALEPIDOTA (Gilbert). 

 { Luciohlemims alepidotus Gilbert). 



The following description is of three specimens, two of them males, 

 from Avalon Bay, from 125 to 165 mm. in length. 



Head 3| in length. Depth 3i in. head: eye 7i to 8^; snout 4i to 5, 

 maxillary If. Dorsal XIX or .XX, 36 to 38; anal II, 37 or 38. 



Head ver}^ pike-like; the lower jaw thin and projecting, the snout 

 sharp and its outline straight from eyes to its point, as viewed from 

 the side; as viewed from above it is rather broad and rounded in 

 front. Maxillary long, reaching far past eye, its upper edge behind 

 eye slipping under a dermal sheath. A row of even enlai'ged teeth in 

 jaws and a band of villiform teeth behind them in front; a single row 

 of rather large blunt teeth on palatine and a few very small teeth on 

 vomer. The latter are scarcely to be seen until the jaws are dried. 

 Interorbital space narrow, its width half diameter of eye. 



Dorsal commencing at nape, running continuous to caudal; its last 

 ray joined to base of caudal by membrane. Dorsal spines distinguished 

 from soft rays by being more slender and lacking cross articulations; 

 none of the rays branched. In the female the spines are no higher 

 than the rays; the longest equal to the length of the snout. In the 

 male the spines and the membrane between them are greatly elevated 

 and are from one and one-half to two times greater than the depth of 



