354 SNODGRASS AND HELLER 



33. CHyENOMUGIL PROBOSCIDEUS (Gunther). 



Mugil proboscideus GUNTHER, Cat., in, 459, 1861, Cordova Island, 

 Chcenomugil proboscideus, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes North and Mid. 



Amer., i, 816, 1896. JORDAN & MCGREGOR, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. 



for 1898 (1899), 275 (Socorro Island). 



Range. West coast of tropical America; Socorro Island. 



34. QUERIMANA HARENGUS (Gunther). 



Myxus harengus GUNTHER, Cat., in, 467, 1861, Pacific coast of Central 



America. 

 Querimana harengus, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 



i, 817. 



Range. West coast of America from Mazatlan to Peru ; Galapa- 

 gos Islands. 



Seven specimens from Tagus Cove, Albemarle, the first reported 

 from the Galapagos. The largest is 38 mm. long. 



Family 

 35. SPHYR^ENA IDIASTES Heller & Snodgrass. 



Sphyrcena idiastes HELLER & SNODGRASS, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., v, 1903, 

 190, pi. II, Seymour Island. 



Range. Galapagos Islands. 



Two adults, one from Seymour the other from the north coast of 

 Narboro ; several young from Tagus Cove, Albemarle, and from Hood. 



Family HOLOCENTRIDJE. 



36. MYRIPRISTIS OCCIDENTALS Gill. 



Myripristis occidentalis GILL, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 87, Cape 

 San Lucas. JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., i, 

 847, 1898. 



Range. Cape San Lucas to Panama ; Cocos Island ; Galapagos 

 Islands. 



Abundant at Cocos Island and at Galapagos Archipelago; not 

 known from the Revillagigedo Islands. Over 50 specimens taken 

 at Duncan, Seymour, Barrington, Hood and Tower islands. We 

 have compared these specimens with specimens of M. occidentalis in 

 the Stanford University collection from Panama. Since the species 

 has not been well described we give the following 



Description of a typical specimen. Head 3 ; depth 2.5 ; eye 2.5 

 in head; interorbital width 4.3 ; snout 5 ; maxillary 1.75. D. X-I, 

 14; A. IV, 12; scales 3-36-6. 



