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A small specimen was taken by Snodgrass and Heller in the Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago, "from the stomach of a tunny at Tagus Cove, 

 Albermarle Island," and referred by them to C. taylori. It has 5 gill- 

 rakers on one side and 4, with 2 rudiments, on the other side and cer- 

 tainly is not 0. taylori. The gill-rakers are longer than in 0. indefati- 

 gabile or 0. galeoides, resembling those of 0. scrippsi, of which species 

 it may be the young, although the teeth are relatively larger. (Named 

 for Miss Ellen B. Scripps, whose generous gifts to the Seripps Institu- 

 tion have been a great help in the study of the zoology of Southern 

 California). 



Hippoglossina stomata Eigenmaun and Eigenmann. 

 One specimen was purchased in the San Diego market. Eyes sinis- 

 tral. Vertebrae 11 + 27, with hypural ; the anterior 5 vertebrae much 

 smaller than those following, the length of the second only half that 

 of the eleventh ; these anterior 5 vertebrae directed slightlv downward. 



Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert) 

 Three .young specimens, 73, 76 and 96 mm. long, without caudal, in 

 the Scripps Institution, were taken at a depth of 292 meters off La 

 Jolla. 



Pleuronichthys verticalis Jordan and Gilbert 

 This species is common in the San Diego market. A specimen 

 190 mm. long, without caudal, was collected in the San Francisco 

 markets by Dr. D. S. Jordan. It is dark brown on the eyed side ; a 

 black spot, not oeellated, on lateral line near middle of its length; 

 indistinct darker spots on each side of caudal peduncle, and elsewhere 

 on body, corresponding to certain of those on the other specimen ob- 

 tained; vertical fins with darker bars, and with a very narrow white 

 border, widest anteriorly ; dorsal fin light anteriorly ; extreme tips of 

 rays of paired fins white. Another specimen, 210 mm. long, was col- 

 lected with the specimen just described. Its coloration is highly varie- 

 gated: the large median spot is strikingly oeellated by a white ring, 

 and smaller white spots are scattered over the body, surrounded by 

 dark rings, which form reticulations about the white spots anteriorly. 

 Other specimens vary from this ornate type of coloration to a per- 

 fectly plain type. 



