94 Direclor s Annual Report. 



Scales 2-26-8. Body oblong, elevated, compressed. Snout very 

 much produced. Anterior teeth conical, no posterior canines. 

 Branchiostegals 6. Fins: Caudal with its outer ra^s rather pro- 

 duced. Pedlorals 2 into head. Base of anal 2 iiito base of dorsal. 

 Color in spirits: Deep bluish, a yellow splotch extending from lower 

 part of pectoral axis to a little above a lateral line on the shoulders; 

 this splotch is as wide as the orbit. Pedlorals dusky with a deep 

 blue band across posterior third. Dorsal and anal fins )'ellowish, 

 without markings of an}' kind. The caudal is yellowy with the 

 three outer raj'S on each margin bluish green. Ventrals greenish. 

 Two specimens. lyength 10 inches. Guam, June 14, igoo. Hab. 

 East Indian seas, west part of Pacific, Marianas, Hawaiian Islands. 



157. Gomphosus pacificus sp. nov. 



Head 2.50; depth 4; eye 7.5; interorbital 6: D. viii 13; A. iii 11. 

 Scales 2-27-9, the tubes of the lateral line much branched. Body 

 oblong, compressed, the snout much produced. Teeth small, coni- 

 cal; no posterior canine teeth. Branchiostegals 6. Height of cau- 

 dal peduncle 3 into head. Fins: Caudal truncate. Pectorals are 

 half as long as head, their base 6 into head, and their shortest fin 

 ray is one-half the length of the longest ra}-. The base of anal is 

 contained 2.55 times into base of dorsal. Ventrals short, about 3 

 into head. Color in spirits: Head, including lower part, back, 

 caudal peduncle and sides a sepia brown, the scales with a black 

 spot at base. The thorax and belly is lighter, being a bistre, with- 

 out the dark spot at base of scales. A narrow, indistinct whitish 

 line half as wide as eye in axis of pedlorals and extending two rows 

 of scales above the base of the fin. The pedlorals are brown, with 

 a broad indistinct white band across their outer half, the base of 

 the fin black. Ventrals yellowish white, with outer ra5'S reddish 

 brown. Posterior half of caudal yellowLsh. The inner half of dorsal 

 and anal is dark greenish, while the outer half is yellowish white. 

 One specimen. Length 6.20 inches. Guam, June 14, 1900. This 

 species is probably more nearly related to G. pedoralis than any 

 other described form, but it differs markedly in having the under 

 chin sepia brown instead of white, in having a whitish band on the 

 pedlorals, in the different length of the base of anal fin into base of 

 dorsal, and in having a whitish line behind the pedlorals; also in 

 the different markings of the dorsal and anal fins. Hab. Marianas. 

 Type is No. 157 B. P. B. M. 



Genus CHEII/IO LacepEde. 



158. Cheilio inermis Bl. 



Head 3; depth 7; eye 5.66; maxillary 4.20; mandible 2.59; 

 interorbital 4 into length of snout; D. ix 14; A. in 12. Scales 50. 

 Body elongated and nearly cylindrical, mouth more or less pro- 

 tradlile. Teeth in a single row, the two anterior teeth in each jaw 



