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part of middle dorsal fin (or for 12 scales) where there is \\ l.n-ak, the'line 

 dropping down 3 scales, then continuing with one or two interruptions i,. 

 base of caudal ; belly and breast sealed ; dorsals 3, the first of 3 short 

 flexible spines, close to the second, which has 12 longer, rather stitlVr, 

 spines, separated from the third by a space one- third diameter of eye; 

 anal long and low, the membranes deeply notched between the rays; 

 pectoral of 15 rays, broad and short, reaching posterior end of second 

 dorsal; ventral 2, slender. 



Color in alcohol: Brown, body crossed by 4 broad blackish bars, one at 

 the origin of second dorsal, one under last spines of same fin, the third 

 between second and third dorsals, and the fourth under third dorsal; an 

 inky-black bar across caudal peduncle at base of caudal fin; head and 

 under parts rusty; fins all barred with light and dark; caudal with a 

 narrow light bar at base, then a black one, then a broader white one, 

 followed by a much broader dark bar containing some white areas, the 

 fin finally tipped with white. Puerto Rico. Two specimens of this well- 

 marked and interesting species were obtained by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 expedition to Puerto Rico, the'type 1.5 inches long (No. 49368, U.S.N.M.), 

 taken on the Cardona Light-House Reef, at Ponce, February 1, 1899, and 

 another specimen of about the same size taken at the same place the 

 preceding day. 



(Named for Dr. David Starr Jordan.) 



Gillias jordani, EVERMANX & MARSH, Kept. TJ. S. Fish Com. 1899 (Dec. 19, 1899), 357, 

 Cordona Light-House Reef, Ponce, P. R. (coll. Evermann & Marsh.) 



Page 2357. After Malacoctenn lugubris (Poey), insert: 



2696 (a). 1HALAC OCTEMS CULEBUvE, Evermann & Marsh. 



Head 3.35; depth 5; eye 4.2; snout 4.5; maxillary 2.2; mandible 1.8; 

 interorbital6.5; scales 2-35-1 1 ; D. xxi, 8; A. n, 18; pectoral 1.3; ventral 

 1.3; caudal 1.4. 



Body slender, compressed; bead rather long, pointed, upper profile con- 

 vex ; mouth large, the maxillary nearly reaching posterior border of orbit ; 

 lips thick, jaws equal; teeth very small, conical, a single row in each 

 jaw; a single nasal, ocular, and nuchal filament; dorsal fin moderately 

 high, originating above the origin of lateral line, a shallow notch in 

 front of last two dorsal spines, the membrane free from caudal ; anal 

 origin under about tenth dorsal spine; caudal somewhat pointed; pec- 

 toral large, reaching anal; ventrals moderate, not reaching anus, of two 

 rays, no spine evident; lateral line distinct throughout, running high 

 anteriorly, where it is slightly curved, turning abruptly downward over 

 the origin of anal, thence median to base of caudal. 



Color in spirits: Body every where mottled with dark brown, in some- 

 what regularly arranged blotches, a series of about nine of these at the 

 base of dorsal, barely extending upon the fin; a similar series of much 

 smaller ones at base of anal, not evident on all specimens; below the 

 series at base of dorsal are two other series of the same blotches less deep 

 in color and not so well defined, extending the length of body and some- 

 times forming, with the upper series, more or less broken vertical bars; 



