666 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxi. 



Dorsal : 



Distanco from Hiioiit linudredths.. 50 



Length oC base do 40 



Aual: 



Distance from snout do 73 



Longlh of b.iHo do 10.5 



Distant!* from jx'.ctoral to snout do 37.5 



Distant^e from ventral to snout do 47 



Tbe distance from ventral to snout is erroneously given for the type 

 by O ()()(! e and Bean' as 27 hnndre<lMis. In the Pacific specimen tlie 

 lins are injured so that we can not distinguish between spines and soft 

 rays. The dorsal contains in all 11) rays, the anal 9.'^ 



' Oceanic Ichthyology, p. 185. 



'lu the type the distance from the snont to ventral equals 47 hundredths of the 

 length of the lish without caudal liu. The Pacific form agrees with the tyi)e in 

 the structure of the opercular bones and in dentition, but the scales as noted by 

 Dr. (Jilbert are more distinct. — \\. A. Bkan. 



