NEW FISHES 



The collection contains a large number of specimens of this species 

 from Cocos Island, and from Seymour, Chatham, Narboro, Albe- 

 marle (Tagus Cove) Tower, James, Hood, Duncan, Barrington and 

 Charles Islands of the Galapagos Archipelago. 



Galeagra gen. nov. 



Characters. Head similar in shape to that of Apogon but the 

 body somewhat more elongate. Subopercle, interopercle and opercle 

 with their angles armed with more or less prominent spines ; preoper- 

 cle with a double edge, the posterior edge serrated. Scales large, 

 ctenoid, thirty three in the lateral line ; lateral line little curved, inter- 

 rupted ; pectoral greatly elongate ; dorsal fins two, the spines VIII-I ; 

 anal spines III ; soft parts of both dorsal and anal short ; teeth small, 

 present in both jaws, and in a V-shaped patch on the vomer; gills 

 four, with a slit behind the last ; gill-rakers long ; branchiostegals six. 



Affinities somewhat doubtful. The single specimen on which the 

 genus is based is evidently a deep-sea form. 



GALEAGRA PAMMELAS sp. nov. 

 pi. iv. 



Type. Cat. No. 6355, Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. 

 Wenman Island. 



Diagnosis. Subopercle armed with a large spine at the angle ; in- 

 teropercle with a smaller spine ; opercle with several small spines at 

 angle and with a deep notch above angle ; preopercle with a double 

 edge, the anterior short, the posterior serrated ; scales large, 2-33-7, 

 serrated; lateral line not following outline of back, broken. D. 

 VIII I, 10 ; A. Ill, 7 ; maxillary short, extending to the vertical from 

 middle of pupil ; pectorals produced. 



Description of the Type. Head two and seven ninths in length ; 

 depth three and five sixths; eye two and two sevenths in head, maxil- 

 lary two and two ninths ; interorbital four and one ninth. D. VIII I, 

 10 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 2-33-7, pores 33. 



Body little elevated, vertical profile elliptical, with the greatest 

 depth at front of dorsal fin ; body more or less compressed ; head flat 

 above the oblique profile ; snout obtusely pointed, equaling the inter- 

 orbital width in length; mouth rather small, oblique, with equal jaws; 

 maxillary short, extending to vertical from middle of pupil, lower 

 edge smooth ; both jaws armed with a single series of small teeth ; a 

 V-shaped patch of eight or nine slightly enlarged teeth on vomer; 

 palatines apparently toothless ; head spiny, with small pre- and post- 



