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aa. Orbital cirrus wanting ; no cirri at nape. 



c. Dorsal rays XII-19; anal 15; body rather slender, the depth about 5 in length ; 



body with bands and spots. DECOR ATUS, 2751. 



cc. Dorsal rays XI-15; anal 17; body very slender, the depth about G in length; 



color blackish, nearly plain. NIGRICANS, 2752. 



2749. ENTOMACRODUS CHIOSTICTUS (Jordan <fe Gilbert). 



Head 4| in length; depth 5. D. XII-15; A. 15; eye 3fc to 4f in head; 

 varying with age. Body moderately elongate, compressed, the head 

 short, blunt, almost globular, about as broad as deep, and a little longer 

 than broad. Mouth inferior, with little lateral cleft, the lower jaw 

 included; width of cleft of mouth | length of head. Teeth small, weak, 

 finely pectinate ; canine teeth small, not so long as diameter of pupil. 

 Supraorbital cirrus divided into 4, its height that of eye ; a few minute 

 slips at the nape. Interorbital space channeled, narrower than eye. 

 Maxillary extending to behind middle of eye. No crest on top of head. 

 First dorsal low and even, its spines rather slender, the last spines short, 

 scarcely connected by membrane with the soft rays; soft dorsal well 

 separated from caudal; caudal subtruncate, with rounded angles; anal 

 lower than soft dorsal, with a little longer base; pectorals a little longer 

 than head; ventrals about as long. Color in life, olive brown above, 

 lighter below; 5 broad, dark bars from dorsal fin to middle of sides, 

 each terminating above on the fin, and below on sides in a pair of black 

 spots; sometimes only the dark spots are distinguishable, the bars being 

 obscure; sides below spinous dorsal with numerous black specks, and 

 with numerous oblong spots of bright silvery; sometimes a silvery streak 

 from upper portion of base of pectorals to base of caudal ; a broad salmon- 

 colored streak on each side of ventral line; sometimes the space between 

 the silvery lateral band and the base of the anal is d,arker, the vertical 

 bars again appearing as pairs of black, vertical blotches ; head yellowish 

 olive, darker above, and reticulating with narrow brown lines, these 

 appearing as parallel bars on the upper lip, and radiating from the median 

 line on the upper side of the head ; vertical fins light grayish, with black 

 spots, which appear as wavy bars on the caudal fin ; pectorals and ven- 

 trals pale, the former with a yellowish shade at base ; orbital tentacles 

 bright red. Pacific coast of Mexico. Known from 4 specimens (the 

 largest 2 inches in length), taken in a deep rock pool at Mazatlan. Two 

 others taken by the Albatross from Clarion Island. (w>> v , snow ; rfrzxro?, 

 spotted.) 



Salarias chiogtictus, JORDAN <fe GILBERT, Synopsis, 363, 1883, Mazatlan, Mexico. (Coll. 

 Jordan & Gilbert.) 



2750. ENTOMACRODTTS MARGARITACEU8 (Poey). 



Head 5 in total length with caudal; depth 6i. P. XII-14; A. 1, 14; eye 

 4| in head, well forward. Body large, snout abruptly decurved; mouth 

 very low, maxillary reaching anterior nostril, which has a little tentacle; 

 (canines small) ; small tentacle over eye ; gill membranes broadly connected, 

 free from isthmus ; dorsal deeply emarginate, almost divided ; anal begin- 

 ning under middle of body without caudal, and anal papillae and caudal 



