Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2405 



of dorsal with numerous pearly dots nearly as large as pupil; branchi- 

 ostegal membrane black posteriorly; the lateral bars extended to base 

 of dorsal, the anterior ones usually forming conspicuous black blotches 

 which extend well up on the fin; other fins unmarked. Length H inches. 

 Gulf of California; two specimens from Albatross Station 3005, in 21 

 fathoms. (akertidGOTOz, scaleless.) 



Lucioblennius alepidotus, GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 103, Lower California 

 (Coll. Albatross) ; JORDAN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 233, pi. 37. 



898. PHOLIDICHTHYS, Bleeker. 



Pholidichthys, BLEEKER, Boeroe, 406,1856 (leucotcenia) . 



Body elongate, tapering, naked; snout obtuse; no cirri; teeth unequal, 

 on jaws only; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins distinct, but connected by a 

 membrane ; the dorsal formed of flexible spines ; the soft rays, if present, 

 not distinguishable from them; ventrals inserted scarcely before the pec- 

 torals, of 2 rays. Lateral line and vertebra undescribed. Tropical parts 

 of the Pacific. (Pholis; iifiv$, fish.) 



2761. PHOLIDICHTHYS ANGUILLIFOBMIS, Lockington. 



Head 6| in total length with caudal; depth 16. Body exceedingly 

 elongate, much compressed, naked; upper profile of head forming a con- 

 tinuous convex curve to the tip of the snout, which is about equal in 

 length to the eye. Eye lateral, round ; interorbital space about $- of the 

 diameter of the eye, convex transversely. Posterior extremity of maxil- 

 lary vertical with the hinder margin of the eye. Tip of snout a little 

 below the level from the center of the eye ; mouth moderately oblique, 

 lower jaw slightly the longer. Teeth of lower jaw in a close-set row, the 

 largest in front, diminishing along the sides ; teeth of upper j aw similar, 

 but smaller ; palate smooth. Vertical fins continuous, but distinct ; dor- 

 sal entirely spinous; anal commencing a little behind the middle of the 

 entire length of the fish ; ventrals 2-rayed, very slightly in advance of 

 the pectorals, which are about equal in length to the distance of their base 

 from the eye. Color in spirits, dark blackish brown mingled with white 

 upon top, sides, and lower parts of head; interorbital area and top of 

 snout white. Gulf of California; a single specimen dredged off San Jose 

 Island, Amortiguado Bay. Total length !-/ inches. Head inch. The 

 example is broken across, the branchiostegals are defective, the caudal fin 

 broken and some fin rays missing, so that the fin formula can not be 

 exactly given. The dorsal fin has above 60 rays. The body is much more 

 slender than that of P. leucotcenia, Bleeker, and there is no trace of the 

 longitudinal bluish- white band of that species. (Lockington. ) (Anguilla, 

 eel ; forma, shape. ) 



Pholidichthys anguilliformis, LOCKINOTON, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1881, 118, San Jose 

 Island, Lower California. (Coll. W. J. Fisher.) 



