Jordan and Evermann . Fishes of North A merica . 23 75 



longer from the inner outward, longer than eye ; nuchal filament a little 

 in front of dorsal, in form, oblong, entire, laminated, a little broader at 

 its free edge, as long as eye; scales large, cycloid; lateral line inter- 

 rupted before front of anal, anterior part rounding over eye with only 2 

 rows of scales between it and the dorsal, posterior part median ; gill mem- 

 branes broadly united, free from isthmus. Body brownish yellow, fins 

 brown, the base and the caudal darker. Bay of Guanta, near Barcelona, 

 in Venezuela; 1 specimen, 33 mm. long to base of caudal. (Mocquard.) 

 Not seen by us. (Named for its collector, M. Chaper.) 



Acanthoclinug chaperi, MOCQUARD, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1885, 19, Bay of Guanta, Vene- 

 zuela. 

 Paraclinus chaperi, MOCQUAKD, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1886, 41. 



881. EMMNION, Jordan. 



Emmnion, JORDAN, in Gilbert. Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1896, 454 (bristolce). 



Body elongate, covered with caducous, cycloid scales of small size; lat- 

 eral line straight, ending near base of last dorsal ray. Head moderate, 

 decurved anteriorly, without cirri; mouth moderate; teeth in jaws in 

 bands, the outer enlarged; no teeth on vomer or palatines ; dorsal notched, 

 its anterior f- of flexible spines of moderate height; ventrals I, 3, the rays 

 thickish, the tin inserted slightly before pectorals; caudal free. Galap- 

 agos Islands. (r, in; nviov, sea moss, or alga.) 



2721. EMMNION BBISTOLJE, Jordan. 



Head 5f ; depth 7*. D. XXV, 13; A. I, 27; P. 13; V. I, 3; Br. 5; scales 

 3-50-11, the count not certain. Body slender, moderately compressed, 

 the dorsal profile forming a nearly straight line from occiput to first dorsal 

 ray, from thence descending very gently to base of caudal; ventral profile 

 about straight. Head broad, slightly convex above, its width \\ in its 

 length ; anterior profile from first dorsal spine to a point above eye straight, 

 thence abruptly descending to tip of snout; mouth horizontal, the lower 

 jaw included; maxillary reaching nearly to posterior margin of eye, 

 about 2 in head. Teeth present on both jaws, canine-like j upper jaw 

 with 8 enlarged teeth in front, about 2 or 3 series of much smaller teeth 

 behind these, only 1 series of which extends into posterior region of 

 mouth; lower jaw with a series of teeth in front and on sides which is 

 greatly enlarged in front; a patch of very small teeth behind the enlarged 

 front teeth; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Premaxillary very pro- 

 tractile; snout blunt, 4 in head; eyes large, round, placed close together, 

 3 in head; interorbital region very narrow, less than pupil; nostrils 

 equal. Caudal peduncle 2f- in head; branchiostegal membranes deeply 

 united, free from isthmus; gills 4, a small slit behind the fourth; no 

 cirri above eyes, nor filaments on nape ; head naked, body covered with 

 cycloid scales, those on nape much smaller; belly naked. The scales on 

 the body are apparently caducous as all have fallen, but the points are 

 very distinct and they seem to have been embedded on their anterior edge, 



