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membrane covering 2| more ; the second and third spines the longest, a 

 membrane connecting the last spine to the body for its whole length, 

 when fin is depressed the ends of the last spines reach to the front of sec- 

 ond dorsal; the second dorsal to the end of last ray covers 8 plates, the 

 membrane covers 1 more; the second and third rays are the longest, the 

 last ray is connected to the body for about \ of its length; base of 

 anal covering 8^ plates, the rays very long and not differing much in 

 length, the last ray not connected to body by a membrane; the fin begins 

 in front of soft dorsal but is about coterminous with it, its rays when 

 depressed reaching past ends of soft dorsal, reaching 6 plates past base of 

 its last ray; pectorals barely reaching to tip of last dorsal spine, the fin 

 pointed above, first and second rays the longest, the lower rays produced 

 beyond the membrane, making a notch in posterior outline of fin ; origin 

 of ventrals directly below base of pectoral, their tips reaching 6 plates 

 beyond their base; caudal long and truncated; vent directly behind base . 

 of ventrals. Color light brown above, white below; back with many 

 narrow brown bars placed at irregular distances apart ; head with many 

 blended brown spots, 1 under eye, 1 on front margin of eye, 1 or 2 on top 

 of head, 1 behind eye, 1 on preorbital, a similar spot on base of pectoral 

 rays; pectoral dusky; first dorsal with 3 rows of spots across the rays, 

 a very narrow brown border to fin, second dorsal with similar spots, not 

 arranged in rows; anal light above, uniform brown below; ventrals 

 white ; caudal fin dark at base and 3 or 4 dark spots toward middle of 

 fin. Ochotsk Sea; one specimen collected at Robben Island by Captain 

 Blair. It is 8 inches in length, (accipiter, a hawk; in allusion to the 

 large fins.) 



Podothecus accipiter, JORDAN & STARKS, Proc. Gal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 816, pi. 88, Robben Island. 

 (Coll. Capt. J. G. Blair. Type in L. S Jr. Univ. Mus.) 



2410. PODOTHECUS HAMLINI, Jordan & Gilbert, new species. 



D. IX to XI-8; A. 9 or 10; P. 15. Head3f in length; depth, not includ- 

 ing spines of dorsal plates, 8f ; width at base of pectorals 7 ; length of 

 caudal peduncle, from base of last anal ray, 2f ; snout long and slender, 

 depressed, produced beyond the mouth for a distance equaling a little less 

 than | its length, the tip formed of 2 spines, the space between which is 

 covered with membrane ; a pair of strong, nearly erect spines at their base, 

 between which are 2 or 3 very small spines on the median line ; a second 

 pair of strong spines at posterior end of premaxillary fossa, the ridges 

 bounding which may bear 1 or more pairs of small prickles; preopercle 

 with a wide wing-like crest terminating in a bluntish spine; snout long 

 and slender, its lateral profile concave as seen from above or below ; sub- 

 orbital crest with 3 very strong, backwardly hooked spines; interorbital 

 space very narrow, deeply concave ; fins all low; supraocular ridge strong 

 and much elevated, the interorbital space deeper and narrower than in any 

 other species of this group, its least width 1} in orbit; postorbital spine 

 small; ridges on sides of snout minutely serrate; an irregular 'group of 

 small spines above and behind anterior nostril; lateral ridges of head 



