17-S ALBATROSS EXPLORATIONS, FISHES JORDAN ANO BOLLMAN. 



Color light brown, irregularly barred and marbled with darker; sev- 

 eral irregular grayish bars most distinct on posterior parts, a distinct 

 narrow dark bar behind gill-opening. Anterior part of dorsal and 

 anal fins pale, posterior dark ; anterior part with 4 to 7 dusky oblique 

 areas, posterior part with 3 to (i roundish inky-black spots. Caudal 

 black narrowly tipped with white. All the scales with a narrow dark 

 edge. 



This small sole is very closely related to the others of the genus. We 

 are, however, unable to identify it with either of the two species, S. atri- 

 cauda and &. elongatus, found on the Pacific Coast, and therefore give it 

 a new name. Mauy specimens were dredged at a depth of thirty-three 

 fathoms at Station 2795. 



32. Symphurus leei sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Related to Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert), but 

 the body with four wide black cross-bauds, and the form more elongate. 

 Type: No. 41,134, U. S. National Museum. 



Hab.— Station 2804, off the Pacific coast of Colombia, 8° 16' 30" N., 

 79° 37' 45" W. 



Description.— Head 4 to 4J (4£ to 42) ; depth 3| to 4 (4| to 4£). D. 95 

 to 100 ; A. 80 to 85. Scales 80 to 90, 35 to 38 in a cross-series. Length 

 of types 4 J inches. 



Body more elongate than in 8. atricauda or S. atramentatus, approach- 

 ing that of S. elongatus; outline of under part of head more oblique than 

 in the other Pacific Coast species. 



Eyes larger than in the preceding species, the upper in advance of 

 lower, their vertical diameter 5 to 5J in head. Cleft of mouth extending 

 slightly farther back than in S. atricauda or atramentatus, but not be- 

 yond eye as in 8. elongatus; maxillary reaching posterior border of eye 

 3fj to 4 in head. Snout 5£ to 5§ in head. 



Opercular flap larger than in other Pacific species. 

 Scales comparatively large, not so firmly imbedded as in S. atricauda 

 or atramentatus ; those on opercles rather large. 

 Ventrals 3^ to 3£ in head. 



Color light brown, speckled with darker, and with three or four broad 

 black cross-bands, width of mediau bands 2£ to 3 in head, the posterior 

 band widest. Caudal and the posterior f of the dorsal and anal black; 

 no black spots on dorsal. Scales thickly punctulate, but with no dis- 

 tinct darker edgings. 



Many specimens of this species were obtained at Station 2804 at a 

 depth of 47 fathoms. It is evidently very different from 8. atramentatus, 

 and needs comparison only with 8. elongatus, from which it seems to be 

 sufficiently distinct. We have named the species for Prof. L. A. Lee 

 and Mr. Thomas Lee, naturalists on board the Albatross when the spe- 

 cies was discovered. 



