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9. Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermanu & Marsh, uew species. 



Head 4; depth 5.5; eye 3.5; snout 4.4; maxillary 2.2; mandible 2.5; interorbital 

 width 3 in eye; preorbitalG; scales 27-8; D. vii-13, the longest spine 1.5 in head, 

 the longest ray 1.2; A. 12, the longest ray 1.25 in head; pectoral 1; ventrals 1.1; 

 caudal 0.4. 



Body long, slender, tapering; head short; snout blunt; month large, oblique; 

 jaws subequal, maxillary reaching ]»osteri«r border of pupil; isthmus narrow, the 

 gill-openings reaching forward to below preopercle; eyes large, high, close together, 

 the interorbital very narrow and without median keel; no fleshy process on inner 

 edge of shoulder girdle; teeth on jaws in narrow bands, those of outer series some- 

 what enlarged ; opercle short, about 3 in head. Fins moderate ; origin of spinous 

 dorsal slightly behind base of pectoral, its sjjines 7 in number, not hlamontous; 

 interspace between dorsals less than diameter of eye; soft rays of dorsal and anal 

 reaching, when depressed, beyond base of caudal; caudal long and pointed, as in 

 (Johius oeeanicus; pectoral pointed, reaching beyond origin of anal; ventral disc 

 moderate, free from belly, the longest rays barely reaching origin of anal. Scales 

 very large, weakly ctenoid; nape, cheeks, and breast scaled, the scales somewhat 

 smaller than on body, about 9 scales before the dorsal. 



Color: Pale olivaceous or straw color, bade and up])er part of head with profuse 

 fine dark punctulations ; under parts pale, breast somewhat dusky ; dorsal lins barred 

 with white and dark, a large jet-black ocellus on posterior part of spinous dorsal j 

 other fins pale, the ventral disc somewliat dusky in front. Length, 2.75 inches. 



Known only from the type and 4 cotypes dredged by the Fish Haick at station 6074, 

 off Puerto Real, in 8.5 fathoms, January 25, 18!)!). Type No 49366, U. S. N. M. 



This interesting little fish belongs to a genus hitherto known only from the Pacific, 

 from which 4 species have been described, tlie type species {B. chlamydes Jordan) 

 from the coast of Colombia, and three others (B. ocellala Gilhevt, B. macropoma Gilhert, 

 and B. slitjmatiira Gilbert) from the Gulf of California. 



Named from Ensenada del Boqueron, near which the type was obtained. 



10. Microgobius meeki Evermanu & Marsh, new species. 



Head 3.75; depth 6; eye 3.5; snout 5.5; interorbital 7; preorbital7; maxillary 2; 

 mandible 1.5; scales 5.5-12 ; D. vii-17; A. 16. 



Body slender, greatly compressed, tapering regularly from pectorals to caudal ; head 

 moderately heavy, interorbital space very narrow; eye large, high; mouth large, 

 oblique; maxillary reaching posterior border of orbit; lower jaw projecting; teeth in 

 bands in each jaw, the outer series greatly enlarged and strongly recurved, those of 

 lower jaw largest; isthmus rather narrow, the gill-openings continuing forward. 



Body densely scaled, the scales strongly ctenoid, those anteriorly somewhat 

 reduced; nape, breast, and entire head naked. Origin of .spinous dorsal from snout 

 3.5 in length; dorsals very close together; spines of first dorsal filamentous, exceed- 

 ing head in length; soft dorsal and anal long, their bases about equal, about 2.5 in 

 body, their last rays reaching past base of caudal when depressed; caudal pointed, 

 its longest rays about equal to head; pectoral about equal to head, reaching origin 

 of anal; ventrals united, almost reaching origin of anal. 



Color: Light-olivaceous, dusted over uniformly with fine dark punctulations; a 

 large dark shoulder-spot between the base of pectoral and origin of spinous dorsal; 

 a few indistinct dark areas on side of head ; lower jaw dark at tip ; an obscure dark 

 blotch at base of caudal; fins all rather pale except ventrals, which are dark, per- 

 haps bluish in life; caudal somewhat dusky; anal dark-edged. Length 1.5 inches. 



This species seems related to M. eidepis Eigenmann & Eigenniann, described from 

 Fortress Monroe, Va., but difi'ers in the smaller and strongly ctenoid scales, greatly 

 compressed body, and in the coloration. 



Described from a single specimen, 1.5 inches in length (No. 49367, U. S. N. M.), 

 collected at Fish Rawk station 60S7, in 15.25 fathoms, between Culebra and 

 Vieques islands. 



Named for Dr. S. E. Meek, assistant curator of zoology, Field Columbian Museum. 



