22 Mr. C. T. Fvegan on Fishes from 



]6. Lepidotriyla Smithil, ?p. n. (PI. II. fig. 4.) 



Depth of body about 4 in the length, length of head 3. 

 Diameter of eye 3^-4 in ihe length of hiad, interovbital width 

 about 4. Snout § the lengtli ot head or less, with a slightly 

 en alginate or uolehed and trebly serrated or entire anterior 

 edge, nnd with a jiair of short spinous processes, the distance 

 between the apices of wliicli is equal to or a little greater 

 than the diameter of eye. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior margin of eye; depth of suborbital nearly equal to 

 the length of snout; no distinct transverse groove behind the 

 orbits. Scales of the lateral line each v/ith a short spine, 

 58-63 in number, each of the anterior ones conesponding to 

 two of those below it ; 23-26 spiny scutes along the bases of 

 the dorsal fins. Dorsal VllI-IX, 15, the second and third 

 spines si 1 equal and \ the length of head. Anal 14. Pec- 

 toral as long as the head, extending to above anterior \ of 

 aiial. Ventral extending a little beyond origin of anal. 

 Caudal truncate. Olivaceous, with a tinge of pink; a blackish 

 sjiot on the upper part of the spinous dorsal between the 

 fourth and sixth spines ; an obscure dark stripe along the 

 soft dorsal ; inner surface of pectoral blackish, with small 

 white spots ; other fins uniformly pale. 



Five specimens, 70 to 90 mm. in total length. 



17. Gohius elapoides, Giinth. 



Pierogohius daimio *, Jord. & Snyder, should be added to 

 the synonymy of this species, from which it is said to differ 

 in the absence of a band on the caudal. The numerous 

 specimens I have examined certainly belong to one species ; 

 in some there is no trace of a dark vertical bar at the base 

 of the caudal, in others there is a bar or vertically expanded 

 spot, usually rather faintly marked, more rarely as dark as 

 the bars on the body and like them edged with yellow. 



18. Tridentiger marmoratus, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 5 in the length, length of head 3^. Snout 

 as long as eye, the diameter of which is 5 in the length of 

 head. Width of osseous interorbital space |— f the diameter 

 of eye. Maxillary extending to below posterior edge of eye. 

 50-52 scales in a longitudinal series, 16 or 17 between soft 

 dorsal and origin of anal. Dorsal VI, 13, the third and fourth 

 spines the longest, | the length of head and a little longer 

 than the longest soft rays. Anal 12. Pectoral ^ the length 

 * Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. 1901, p. 91, tig. 17. 



