6 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 9I 



Anal fin of 13 soft rays, first and last short and slender, all of them 

 with asperities basally similar to those of soft dorsal rays. Anal origin 

 under base of seventh dorsal ray. 



Pelvic fins each of i strong spine, equal to first dorsal spine in 

 length, and a tiny spine in the axil (hinged like the larger one) with 

 its base rather heavy and its tip soft and tapering. Occasionally this 

 tip is absent. The large spine is covered with minute asperities for 

 nearly half its length. Distally, it is grooved like the dorsal spines. 

 Origin of pelvic spine under base of first dorsal spine. Pelvic girdle 

 rather wide beneath; width of girdle (inclusive of bases of the ap- 

 pressed spines) is one half the length of the spines, whereas the same 

 measurement enters the length of the spines two and one half times 

 in the type of Hollardia hollardi. 



Pectoral fins rather short and rounded, of 14 rays, the first (upper) 

 one very short and slender. Upper end of pectoral base below mid- 

 depth of body at this point, opposite middle of gill opening. Pectoral 

 rays with asperities on both sides. Longest ray slightly less than 

 orbit diameter. 



Caudal fin more or less rounded, of 10 principal branched rays and 

 I shorter undivided supporting ray above and below. Length of caudal 

 fin equals half body depth. 



Teeth minute, conical, strictly in one series. There are 38 to 44 

 teeth in each jaw. 



Body rather compressed (more so in young), thick-set, widest at 

 the head, deepest at end of spiny dorsal in the adult, and at first dorsal 

 spine in half grown. Depth 2.17 in standard length (adult) to 1.84 

 (half grown). Head 2.69 (adult) to 1.84 (half grown). Eye enor- 

 mous, twice in head. Literorbital wide, 1.4 in eye diameter. Snout 

 l)lunt, 1.75 in eye. Gill opening very restricted, half above and half 

 below level of upper border of pectoral base, lower extremity of the 

 slit not reaching down to level of lower part of pectoral base. Pseudo- 

 branchiae well developed, but restricted to the upper half of the oper- 

 cular wall. Squamation rough, resembling that of lloUardla hollardi 

 but the individual scales much smaller. Lateral line not evident. 



Coloration in alcohol yellowish white, with a black spot about one 

 third eye diameter on the upper part of the side under origin of soft 

 dorsal. A color sketch from life shows the body marbled orange-pink 

 above, pale on belly, the large spot dark brown ocellated with a narrow 

 orange ring and a larger white ring. Dorsal spines orange-pink, fins 

 otherwise colorless. Pupil black. Iris white. 



(Eriomma, from Ipi, an intensive particle, and ofxiia, eye; in al- 

 lusion to the enormous eyes and the ocellated spot.) 



