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ZOOLOGY. 



List of specimens. 



46. HYSTEEOCARPUS TRASKII, Gibbons. 

 General Report upon Fishes. 



Body siibelliptical in its profile ; nape convex ; frontal line depressed ; eye circular, of medium 

 size ; posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn in advance of the 

 anterior rim of the orbit. In the male the upper regions are dark or purplish brown, unicolor ; 

 yellowish olive, spotted with black, on the lower portion of the flanks ; throat and belly golden 

 yellow. In the female the back is ash colored, with irregular black patches, approximating 

 somewhat to interrupted bands across the sides ; belly lemon yellow. 



List of specimens. 



Catalogue i No. of : Sex and 

 number. ; specimens, j age. 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



Collected by 



Original Nature of spe- 

 number. 1 cirnens. 



561 

 562 



Adult. Fort Beading, Cal. j ! Dr. Newberry Alcoholic. 



Young. do | j Dr. Hammond _. do 



47. HOLCONOTUS RHODOTERUS, Agass. 

 PLATE XXXV. General Report upon Fishes. 



General aspect elongated, neither elliptical nor fusiform. Frontal region subconcave. 

 Head subconical ; mouth small ; posterior extremity of maxillary not quite reaching the ante 

 rior rim of the orbit. Eye rather large and circular. Branchiostegals five. About forty-four 

 scales in the lateral line. Bluish grey or olive above ; silvery or yellow upon the sides, with 

 rose colored spots disposed in longitudinal series. 



List of specimens. 



48. ENNICHTHYS MEGALOPS, Grd. 

 PLATE XXXVII. General Report upon Fishes. 



General appearance gibbous. Dorsal sheath very short. Mouth large and oblique. Eyes 

 very large, circular. Four rows. of scales upon the preopercle. Branchiostegals six. Eighty- 



