354 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



A beautiful and strongly marked species; 2 specimens dredged and 33 others, 

 rJinging in size from 55 to 2 inches, caught in the tangle, off Culebra and Vieques 

 islands, from coral bottom, in depths of 15 and 16 fathoms; the type (No. 49361, 

 U S. N. M.), 2 inches long, taken in the tangle at Fish Hauik station 6093, off Culebra 

 Island, 5.25 miles southwest of Cnlebritaslight-house, February 8, 1899, iu 15 fathoms. 



This species is named for Mr. Albertus H. Baldwin, the artist of the expedition, 

 in recognition of his excellent drawings and paintings of American fishes. 



5. Calamus kendalli Evermann »& Marsh, new species. "Pluma." 



Head 3.1; depth 2.1; eye 3.5; snout 1.5; maxillary 2.4 ; interorbital 3.5; jireorb- 

 ital2.1; D. xii, 12; A. iii, 10; pectoral 1; ventral 1.8; caudal 1.3; scales 7-53-16. 



Body deep, back strongly elevated, more so thau in C. hajonado, bat less than in 

 C. calamus or C. proridens, the anterior profile a uearly regular curve, lacking the 

 abrupt nuchal elevation of those species; eye large, larger than in C. proridens ; Tor 

 8 rows of scales on cheek; teeth about as in C. prorideus ; molars in 2 or more rows 

 on sides, those of inner row much the largest, those in front becoming more numer- 

 ous and merging into cardiform teeth, the most anterior of which, iu each Jaw, are 

 somewhat enlarged; in front of upper jaw are 2 much enlarged antrorse canines, 

 curved slightly upward; highest dorsal spiue 2.7 in head, second anal spiuc 4.6. 



Color in spirits : Sih'ery, sides with bluish longitudinal lines following the rows of 

 scales, plainest above; a pale-bluo line bordering the orbit below; some blue lines 

 on preorbital, not evidently reticulated and not as numerous as in U. proridens ; iris 

 yellow; otherwise as in C. proridens, to which this species is very close. 



Type No. 49362, IT. S. N. M., 10.5 inches long, collected at Mayagiiez, January 20, 

 1899; 2 others, each 8.5 inches long, from Mayagiiez and Arroyo, are more slender 

 (depth 2.3 and 2.45 in length), but not differing in any other character. 



Named for 'Dr. William Converse Kendall, scientific assistant, U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



6. Doratonotus decoris Evermann & Marsh, new species. 



Head 2.6; dejtth 3.4; eye 4; snout 3.5; maxillary 4; interorbital 4.6; D. IX, 10; 

 A. Ill, 9; pectoral 1.6; veutral2.2; caudal 1.6; scales 1-26-6. Body moderately elon- 

 gate, compressed throughout; the back a little elevated, the caudal peduncle deep 

 and rather long; dorsal and ventral outlines nearly alike, the dorsal somewhat more 

 strongly arched; anterior profile not trenchant, almost straight from snout to front 

 of dorsal, very slightly convex in iron t of dorsal and very slightly concave between 

 eye and tip of enout ; head pointed, interorbital space broad and flat ; eye large, high 

 in position, middle of pupil nearer tip of snout than end of opercle; snout long, 

 somewhat longer than diameter of eye, moderately produced, the lips l)road in front, 

 characteristically labroid; mouth not large, the maxillary not reaching front of 

 orbit, the jaws equal, armed with strong sharp teeth, about 4 canines in front of 

 upper jaw, 2 in front of lower; teeth on sides of jaws also canine-like, smaller than 

 those in front, but not distinctly different from them; a few smaller teeth behind 

 the main row of large ones; vomer and palatines toothless; soft dorsal and anal 

 each with a basal sheath of about two rows of large scales, that of dorsal extending 

 over half the fin or more, that of anal lower, the fins otherwise naked; dorsal fin 

 continuous, with a shallow notch, the spines slender and pungent, the second longer 

 than the first, the following ones graduated to the fifth, which is shortest, thence 

 increasing in length to the ninth, which is longest, 2.3 in head; soft dorsal with 

 its middle rays highest, 2.2 iu head; anal with three slender, sharp, graduated 

 spines, the third longest, 2.2 in head; the soft part similar to soft dorsal, longest 

 rays 2.3 in head ; i)ectoral large, symmetrical, of 11 rays, the middle ones longest, 

 reaching past tip of ventral nearly to vent; ventral moderate, pointed, reaching 

 half way to vent; caudal rounded; scales large, cycloid, the lateral line on second 

 row below the dorsal, interrupted near the end of dorsal and beginning again on 

 the row below, on caudal peduncle. 



Color in life: Body chiefly green, darker green on back, lighter below; lower 

 parts of head and breast light yellow: a broad white bar from eye obliquely across 



