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of eye or almost equal to pupil. Scales very large, ctenoid; little 

 reduced on breast and nape ; about 8 before dorsal, where they are 

 little smaller than on body; top and sides of head with large scales; 

 scales on cheeks in four rows; two rows on upper part of opercles. The 

 scales on head lost in some of the specimens. Dorsal spines slender, 

 filamentous, fifth longest, 1| in head ; first 2 in head, last 3i to 4. First 

 soft dorsal ray 2f in head, the an te-pen ultimate longest and about equal 

 to head. First anal ray equal to snout, the ante-penultimate 1^ in head. 

 Middle caudal rays very long, somewhat more than half length of body. 

 Pectorals li in head. Ventrals 1£. 



Color, olivaceous, darkest above ; scales with a few black dots, some 

 of the posterior occasionally dark-edged. Sides with 8 to 10 obscure 

 dusky vertical bars, which are narrower than the interspaces and in 

 some specimens wholly obsolete. Snout bluish ; opercles with a dark 

 shade; lips, gular region, and anterior brauchiostegals very dark in 

 males. Upper part of spinous dorsal darkest, with a few lighter dark- 

 edged oval spots, a well-marked black blotch between last two spines; 

 soft dorsal dusky, usually with about three well-developed rows of 

 lighter, dark-edged oval spots. Anal dusky, crossed by two narrow 

 bluish streaks. Some of the last rays occasionally have a few spots 

 similar to those on dorsal. Caudal, pectorals, and ventrals dusky, 

 tinged with blue; ventrals edged with pale. 



Many specimens of this abundant species were dredged at Station 

 2800 in seven fathoms and in Station 2805 in fifty-one and one-half 

 fathoms. 



19. Scorpaena russula sp. nov. 



Diagnosis.— Allied to Scorpcenafernandeziana Steindachnerand Scor- 

 pcvna sononv Jenkins & Evermann. It is distinguished from the former 

 by its naked opercles aud pale ventrals and anal, from the latter by 

 having no coronal spines ; the maxillary 2 in head and no large black 

 spots on spiuous or soft dorsals. 



Type: No. 41,1G0, U. S. National Museum. 



Hab.— Pacific coast of Colombia, Stations 2797 and 2795, 8° 6' 30" 

 N., 78° 51' W., and 7° 57' N., 78° 55' W. 



Description.— Head 2^ to 2i (3 to 3^); depth 3} to 3£ (4 to 4i). D. 

 XT, 1-10 ; A. III-5. Lateral line, "45 to 47. Length of type, 6 inches. 



Body robust, compressed; back little elevated, profile very gently 

 arched from snout to origin of spinous dorsal. Mouth large ; maxillary 

 reaching posterior margin of pupil, 2 in head. Snout 4i in head. Eyes 

 large, 3i in head. Interorbital space narrow, concave, its width a little 

 less than one-third eye. Occipital and suborbital pits absent. Gill- 

 rakers short and thick, 5 or G developed. 



Nasal spines short and sharp, not longer than length of nostrils. Pre- 

 ocular spine very prominent, larger than others on top of head. Supra- 

 ocular spine not so strong as postocnlar and tympanic, which are close 



