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HELLER AMD SNODGRASS 



lateral line ; below this point to middle line of belly are twenty-three 

 vertical series of scales. 



Dorsal fin long, notched before the last spine, spinous part low and 

 slightly rounded, middle spines highest, two and five sixths in head. 

 Soft dorsal much higher than spinous portion of fin, one and seven 

 ninths in head ; posterior rays reaching base of caudal fin. Pectoral 

 fin rounded, middle rays longest, extending to vertical from second 

 anal spine ; rays fourteen. Ventral fin with three rays, the middle 

 one longest, one and three fourths in length of head. Caudal fin 

 rounded, twice the length of longest dorsal spine, rays thirteen. 



Coloration in Life. Above dark brownish-red, blotched and spot- 

 ted with dusky ; sides of the body with six broad, blackish transverse 

 bars ; ventral surface whitish with ruby-red spots ; vertical fins like the 

 sides ; pectorals dark barred with red rays ; ventrals light like the belly. 



This species is closely related to L. xanti of the Pacific coast of 

 Mexico, differing in the wider interorbital, the larger number of dorsal 

 spines, the more rounded dorsal profile of the head and the darker 

 and more reddish coloration. We have examined seven specimens 

 of L. xantiirom Mazatlan, Mexico, and La Paz, Lower California, 

 and each of these possesses eighteen dorsal spines. 



Secured only at Iguana Cove, Albemarle Island. 



Named for Dr. Oliver P. Jenkins, of Stanford University. 



MEASUREMENTS OF Lepisoma jenkinsi. 



ENCHELIOPHIS JORDANI sp. nov. 



pi. xvn. 



Type. Cat. No. 6345 Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum, 

 Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island. 



