152 ALBATROSS EXPLORATIONS, FISHES JORDAN AND liOLLMAN. 



cave behind, its edge fringed. Ventral projecting considerably be- 

 yond disk, their length (from anterior margin of vent backwards) 1J in 

 their breadth. Caudal spine large, its length equal to snout and half 

 eye, its margin with 8-10 sharp forward-projecting spinules; its inser- 

 tion anterior to middle of tail measured from pectorals, its tip reaching 

 front of caudal. Caudal flu (measured from end of spine) equal to 

 snout and eye. Length of tail greater than that of disk by a distance 

 equal to eye and spiracle. Body (in young specimens) entirely smooth 

 except for the presence of one (or two) sharp spine ou middle of back. 

 Color plain brown, paler toward margins of disk; no spots or distinct 

 markings ; under side not mottled ; caudal dark above, margined with 

 pale. 



The above description was taken from a young female specimen 7 

 inches long. This specimen has the snout wholly smooth. Auother 

 about an inch shorter has two spines ou middle of back and the snout 

 prickly. Both specimens were dredged at Station 2795, with the pre- 

 ceding species. The snout is wholly smooth in the type. We have 

 named this species for Dr. G. Brown Goode, Director of the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



4. Synodus evermamii sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Related to Synodus poeyi Jordan, but the snout shorter, 

 the interorbital space broader; the pectorals reaching middle of ven- 

 trals, which are If iu head ; coloration, dark above ; lining of gill cavity 

 and of shoulder girdle, black. 



From other related species the present one may be known by the large 

 size of the scales. 



Type: No. 41,144, IT. S. National Museum. 



Hab.— Pacific Ocean, off coast of Colombia, from 8° 6' 30" N., 78° 51' 

 W., and 7° 57' N., 78° 55' W. Stations 2797 and 2795. 



Description. — Head, 3^ to 3f in length ; depth, 6^ to 7 (7£-S^ in total). 

 D. 1, 10; A. 1, 10. Scales, 4-47 to 49-5. 



Body terete, rather robust; snout short, rounded rather than pointed, 

 4 in head. Mouth large ; maxillary 1^ in head. Interorbital area con- 

 cave, rugose, its least width 5| in head; supraorbital ridge prominent, 

 finely striate. 



Origin of dorsal nearer adipose fin than snout by three-fourths width 

 of interorbital area. 



Anterior rays of dorsal coterminous with posterior when depressed ; 

 the last rays not filamentous; the free edge of the fin little concave; 

 dorsal fin higher than long by nearly an eye's diameter, its length 2} in 

 head. Lower jaw barely projecting. Lateral line with a blunt keel. Tip 

 of ventrals reaching half way to vent (farther in young) ; their length 

 lf-li in head. Pectorals extending to near middle of ventrals, lf-lf 

 in head. Lobes of caudal equal. 



Color, dark above, pale below ; 8 to 10 dusky greenish oblong spots 

 along lateral line; between which and below lateral line are traces of 



