152 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Caudal fin 4? in the length. 



Origin of anal equidistant between snout and base of 

 caudal. 



Ventral fins large, one-sixth longer than the head, the 

 inner rajs connected by a membrane, the tips of the longest 

 rays extending to the 8th or 9th anal ray. 



Pectoral spine long and slender, 1 in head, curved, reach- 

 ing a little beyond origin of ventrals, the outer edge of the 

 spine smooth, the inner with sharp, recurved teeth. Pec- 

 toral pore large. 



Color nearly plain, the back somewhat darker than be- 

 low, the inner rays of the pectoral and ventral fins dusky; 

 fins otherwise plain, light. 



Head 5; depth, at dorsal spine 5; greatest depth 4?; D. I, 

 6; A. 46; V. 13-14. 



"We have named this species for Mr. Morton W. Fordice, 

 a student of American fishes. 



151. Auchenipterus brachyurus (Cope.) 



XXXIII. Epapterus Cope. 



152. Epapterus dispilurus Cope. 



Eiianouus longipinuis Steiudncbuer. 

 Locality: Hyavaiy, types of longipinnis. 



XXXIV. Felichthys Swainson. 

 Pseiidauchenipterus Bleeker. 



153. Felichthys jequitinhonhge (Steindachner.) 



Locality: Jeqnitinliorilia. 



154. Felichthys flavescens sp. nov. 



Type, No. 7362, oue specimen, 9, .10 m. Kio San Francisco. Hartt. 



Elongate compressed, tapering rapidly to a slender caudal 

 peduncle; depth everywhere much greater than the width. 

 Head short and deep, its greatest depth little more than its 

 greatest width, which is 1| in the length of the head; width 

 at the rictus 2; head covered with loose skin, the surface of 

 the bones not evident; frontal bones not swollen nor honey- 



