NO. 1478. SANTO DOMINCO FISHES— EVFAiM ANN AND ('LA UK. 855 



side), these arising from a common center iiiul point) no- outward 

 and backward and branching- at the end into smaller rounded ridges, 

 between which are intercalated other fine round ridges, somewhat 

 resembling the gills of a nnishroom in general disposition, and termi- 

 nating in the finely crcnulate margin of the disk; caudal broadly 

 rounded, scales small, weakly ctenoid; head, cheeks, and breast naked. 



General color in alcohol, yellowish brown, somewhat mottled witli 

 olivaceous above, the sides with minute punctulations which are more 

 crowded in the centers of the scales along the side forming indistinct 

 horizontal dark lines along the rows of scales; belly white; fins some- 

 what dusk}", the dorsals dark-edged, anal with a black line near the 

 margin, caudal blackish at the' tip; in some lights there appears to be a 

 series of faintly dusky blotches along the sides and along the back; 

 peritoneum apparently Idackish. 



This lish appears to be closely related to ^S'. punctatum Perugia, 

 which it resembles in generel coloration and in the number of scales. 

 It differs from that species, however, in having a nmch longer snout, 

 shorter pectoral, smaller eye, and in having fewer rays in the dorsal 

 and anal fins, and the lower part of the head is not evidently punctate. 



Only one specimen obtained, the type. No. 5;^>276, U.S.N. M., 2.375 

 inches long, small brook in San Francisco Mountains, Santo Domingo, 

 collected September, 1905, by August Busck, for whom we take great 

 pleasure in naming the species. 



