2854 Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 



fiiis without scales. Dorsal beginning a little in front of the vertical 

 from pectoral base, the third spine a little the highest, but the ones behind 

 it not much shortened ; soft dorsal higher than spinous, its outline rounded ; 

 pectoral rounded behind, reaching to below the base of eighth dorsal 

 spine; third anal spine the longest, not nearly so long as the soft rays, 

 the anal fin similar in shape to the soft dorsal; ventrals reaching past 

 vent, scarcely to front of anal, their ends rounded, as are all the fins; 

 caudal broadly rounded. Color in spirits brownish red, sides with clear- 

 cut, distinct, white spots about as large as pupil, about 6 at base of dorsal, 

 6 or 7 along lateral line, following its arch, a horizontal series of 4 extend- 

 ing back from opercular flap, about 3 from base of pectoral following 

 curve of ventral outline, 2 at base of anal, 1 behind lower edge of caudal 

 peduncle and 1 above anus; a well-marked streak above maxillary follow- 

 ing its outline; lips colored like rest of head; dorsal dusky, with vague 

 white spots; ventrals and anal nearly black, with a reddish tinge; anal 

 with a narrow white border below; pectoral and caudal uniform yellow- 

 ish. Magdalena Bay, Lower California; only the type, 6 inches long 

 known. (rt<t>ofif}$, snowed over, from the white spots.) 



Epinephelus niphobles, GILBERT & STARKS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1896, 442, Magdelena 

 Bay, Lower California. (Type, No. 47582. Coll. Albatross) 



Page 1164. Species 1558 should probably be called Alphest 

 (Cuvier & Valenciennes). The name afer, given to a specimen from 

 Guinea, may belong to some other species. 



Page 1168. Add: 



1560(a). DERMATOLEPIS ZANCLUS, Evermann & Kendall. 



Head 2f; depth 2^; eye 8 in head; snout 3^; maxillary 3; mandible 2. 

 D. XI, 19; A. Ill, 10; scales difficult to count, but about 30-130-35, those 

 above lateral line counted obliquely backward and downward from origin 

 of dorsal, those below from origin of anal upward and forward to lateral 

 line. Branchiostegals 8 ; gill rakers 8 + 12, short and stout, the longest If 

 in orbit. Body stout, compressed, oblong-elliptical, the dorsal and ventral 

 outlines about equally curved; head moderate, the profile rising from tip 

 of snout to origin of dorsal fin, thence descending in a regular, gentle 

 curve to caudal peduncle; a depression above nostrils and a slight one on 

 nape; interorbital very narrow, equal to orbit; mouth moderate, somewhat 

 oblique; premaxillaries protractile; maxillary broad at tip, reaching ver- 

 tical at posterior edge of the pupil; supplemental bone well developed; 

 lower anterior edge of maxillary covered by the broad dermal flap of the 

 premaxillary ; eye small, high up ; nostrils close together and close to eye, 

 the anterior small and round, the posterior oblong-oval, much larger than 

 the other. Small cardiform teeth on each jaw, those in front movable, 

 scarcely canine-like; similar teeth on vomer and a long, narrow band on 

 each palatine. Preopercle coarsely serrate, the serrse short and blunt, 

 more or less obscured by the skin; opercle with a broad dermal border, 

 somewhat produced at lower angle. Fins all large; origin of dorsal 

 slightly in advance of base of pectoral, its distance from tip of snout equal 



