(64 NEW FISHES FROM PACIFIC COAST — GILBERT. 



ward on each side to upper angle of gill openings, the second parallel 

 -with it, starting from origin of dorsal. Lining of buccal and gill cavi- 

 ties, and peritoneum silvery white. 



Numerous specimens from station 2996 (112 fathoms), the largest 

 7 inches long. 



18. Micropogoii megalops sp. nov. 



Depth, 4| in length ; head, 4 ; maxillary reaching vertical from mid- 

 dle of pupil, 2^ in headj snout, 3f, equaling interorbital width; width 

 of preorbital, 1^ in snout. Eye very large, a trifle less than snout, 4 

 to 44 in head. Outer series of teeth in upper jaw little enlarged. Pre- 

 opercular spines very strong, arranged as usual in this genus. Gill- 

 rakers all short, 9 above the angle, 16 below. 



Dorsal spines stronger than in 71/. ectenes, the third the longest, barely 

 reaching origin of soft dorsal when depressed, equaling length of snout 

 and eye. Caudal, double truncate. Second anal spine strong, 2^ to 3 

 in head. Outer ventral ray slightly produced, 1§ in head. Pectorals 

 extending beyond veutrals. If in head. 



D. X. I., 27 to 29; A. II, 7; hit., 1. 50/,. 



Scales of a moderate size, seven in a vertical series between lateral 

 line and base of dorsal. 



Coloration as usual in this genus ; no conspicuous oblique streaks 

 following rows of scales above the lateral line. Axil and base of pec- 

 torals blackish. Lining of gill cavity more extensively black than in 

 other species, the branchiostegal membrane and opercular flap abruptly 

 silvery white within. 



Four specimens were obtained from station 3021 (14 fathoms), the 

 largest 10 inches long. 



19. Cynoscion macdonaldi sp. nov. 



Snout sharp; lower jaw protruding. Mouth moderate, somewhat 

 oblique, the maxillary reaching vertical from middle of orbit, 2f in head. 

 No enlarged canines on either jaw. 



Teeth in front of premaxillaries mainly in two distant rows, uniting 

 laterally to form a narrow band. The inner row is composed of smaller 

 teeth directed downward and backward, the outer series of stronger 

 conical teeth, a few scattering teeth between the two rows. Teeth in 

 the lower jaw in a narrow, irregular double series. 



Eye small, 5^ in head ; snout 4f . Both vertical and horizontal limbs 

 of preopercle minutely serrulate. Opercle ending in a flattened pro- 

 cess showing two short spinous points. Gill rakers about two-thirds 

 diameter of pupil, strong, toothed, two above angle, ten below. 



Scales very strongly ctenoid, becoming greatly reduced on nape, 

 about twenty-five transverse series between occiput and front of dorsal. 

 A narrow, definite, scaly sheath at base of dorsal and anal; these fins 

 otherwise naked. Caudal scaled for a short distance on basal portion. 

 Scales above lateral line rapidly increasing in size backwards, thirteea 



