NEW FISHES 2O7 



and sixth of two scales placed high so that the upper overlaps the 

 lower anterior scale of scaly area behind eye ; opercles with large 

 scales. Snout, lower jaw, top of head before eyes and circum-ocular 

 region naked. Dorsal fin begins at vertical from base of pectoral, of 

 uniform height throughout except posterior end which is a little ele- 

 vated. Caudal peduncle deep, outlines concave, depth two and two 

 fifths in head ; upper and lower outlines of caudal fin convex, angles 

 produced, median posterior margin straight ; middle rays two in head, 

 upper rays two thirds longer, lower about one half longer than median 

 rays, upper and lower rays thickened. Anal similar to soft dorsal, 

 highest posteriorly ; spines three, the first very small, hidden beneath 

 the skin close to the second. Second and third of equal size, same 

 length as anterior soft rays of anal ; pectoral of fourteen rays, the 

 upper the longest, one and one third in head. Ventrals simple, short, 

 two in head. 



Scales large, twenty-two oblique series along lateral line. Lateral 

 line beginning on fourth scale from ridge of back, and running back- 

 ward over sixteen scales of third row below dorsal fin, then inter- 

 rupted, beginning again on second scale below in same oblique series, 

 and running backward over five more scales on middle of side of 

 caudal peduncle. 



Coloration in Alcohol. Plain green, dorsal and anal with green 

 base and margin, yellow mesially ; dorsal with a small, median series 

 of dark spots posteriorly. 



Coloration in Life. Above light brownish-gray, with bluish-green 

 iridescence, pinkish below, brightest on throat, chin and lips; dorsal 

 with light blue-green margin and base; pectorals light yellow, first 

 ray blue ; ventrals pinkish ; anal pinkish-brown with light-blue spots ; 

 caudal light brownish like body with first upper and first lower rays 

 blue-green ; blue spot above eye ; snout dark olive above ; iris golden. 



Another specimen was light olive-brown above, greenish on sides 

 with pink margined scales. 



Variations. The number of scales in the different rows on the 

 cheek varies somewhat, but there are always six in the arc formed be- 

 neath the eye by the uppermost scales of each vertical series. The 

 smaller specimens have the angles of the caudal less produced than 

 the larger ones such as the type. The tubes of the lateral line are 

 irregularly branched on each scale. The two parts of the lateral line 

 generally overlap on one scale row only, but occasionally on two. 



Our specimens are from Albemarle, Narboro, Duncan and Seymour 

 Islands. 



