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dark lines following the rows of scales, those below lateral line oblique as 

 well as those above; spinous dorsal dusky; caudal, anal, and ventrals 

 bright yellow; opercles dark within. Pacific coast of tropical America, 

 Cape San Lucas to Panama; a very common and well-known food-fish; 

 taken by Dr. Gilbert, at Mazatlan, Punta Arenas, and Panama. (Named 

 for John Xantus de Vasey.) 

 Umbrina xanti, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 256, Cape San Lucas (Coll. Xantus) ; 



JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I.e., 423, 1889; EVEEMANN & JENKINS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



1891, 159. 

 Umbrina analis, GUNTHER, Fishes Central America, 387 and 420, 1869, Panama. 



1852. UMBRINA SINALOiE, Scofield. 



Head 3-^jj depth 3f; eye 3f; snout 3J-; interorbital space 4J; tip of 

 snout to end of maxillary 2|. D. X-I, 28; A. II, 6; scales 7-51-10 (scales 

 7 between front of dorsal and lateral line, 10 between line and vent ; 51 

 pores in lateral line to base of caudal). Pectoral If in head; ventral If; 

 second anal spine 2^; third dorsal spine longest, If in head; gill rakers 

 6 -f 9, rather slender, about as long as pupil ; distance from snout to anal 

 1| in length of body (1-J- in xanti} barbel slender; caudal slightly lunate, 

 the upper lobe the longer. Color dark above, greenish in life, silvery 

 below; a dark blotch on opercle; conspicuous dark-olive stripes follow 

 the center of the scale rows upward and backward on the sides and back, 

 stripes about -J- as wide as pupil; spinous dorsal dusky; ventrals and 

 anal pale, without punctulations; lining of gill cavity quite dark; gill 

 membranes of opercle pale; peritoneum pale. Resembles U. xanti very 

 closely; but is distinguished by the dark gill cavity, the small scales, 

 small second anal spine, and more anterior position of anal. The stripes 

 on the body are slightly darker, not so undulating, and there are a few 

 more of them, due to the smaller and more regular scales. Length 8 

 inches. Mazatlan, Mexico. Several specimens obtained in company with 

 U. xanti, and equally abundant. 



Umbrina sinaloce, SCOFIELD, Proc. Gal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 220, pi. 25, Mazatlan. (Coll. Hop- 

 kins Exp. to Sinaloa. Type, No. 1632, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.) 



1853. UMBRINA GALAPAGORUM, Steindachner. 



Head 3$ to 3f; depth 31- to 3^; eye 5 in head; snout longer than eye, 3 to 

 3| in head. D. X-I, 28 or 29; A. II, 6; scales 50 to 53. Second anal spine 

 short and thickish, 3 in head. Back elevated, the anterior profile steep 

 and rather convex; snout blunt, much protruding; mouth small, horizon- 

 tat, the maxillary reaching just past pupil, 3 in head; preopercle finely 

 and sharply serrate; gill rakers very small; pectoral short, 1^ in head; 

 longest dorsal spine 2 ; caudal fin slightly lunate, the upper lobe the longer ; 

 scales above lateral line in very oblique series, in oblique series below 

 lateral line anteriorly. Color, grayish, yellow below; faint dark lines 

 along the scales on the upper half of the body, golden lines on scales below ; 

 dorsals finely punctulate ; fins pale; gill cavity pale within. Galapagos 

 Archipelago. Here described from 1 of Dr. Steindachner's original types. 

 TTmbrina galapagorum, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitr., vn, 20, 1878, James Island, 

 Galapagos; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, L c., 423, 1889. 



