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brown spots coveriniti- almost the entire ])ody. It differs from 

 Paralahrax nebulifer in having the scales on top of head extend- 

 ing forward to opposite middle of eyes instead of to opposite 

 front of eyes as in the latter species. 



The statement by Jordan and Evermann that the lower jaw 

 does not project so far as in FaraJabrax nebulifer is not true of 

 any of the many specimens examined by ns. 



A specimen 19 inches in length has the third spine of the 

 dorsal reaching to the base of the second ray of the soft dorsal. 



This species is known from San Pedro (Jordan and Gilbert, 

 1880, p. 456), south to Mazatlan, Mexico (Jordan, 1895, p. 45). 



87. Paralabrax clathratus (Girard). 



CABRILLA. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 1197.) 



Though Dr. Eigenmann (1892, p. 150) reports the adult of 

 this species to be "rarely if ever seen in the bay" (San Diego), 

 we took several large specimens on set-lines at Roseville, finding 

 it about as common as Faralabrax nebulifer. It may at once be 

 known from other species of Faralabrax by the absence of small 

 round spots on the body, in having the third, fourth, and fifth 

 dorsal spines about equal in length, and the preorbital narrow, 

 its width less than half that of the eye. The statement by Jordan 

 and Evermann that the second anal spine is longer than the third 

 is not true of any of our specimens, where it is equal to or shorter 

 than the third. 



The following color description was taken from a fresh speci- 

 men 19 inches in length : 



Steel gray on lower half of sides ; the scales along the middle 

 of body dark on posterior edges. Back coal black with light areas 

 indicating cross bars arranged as follows : a light spot under an- 

 terior dorsal rays; a wide light bar under middle of soft dorsal; 

 and one under posterior end of soft dorsal. Sides and lower part 

 of head yellowish ; fins all tinged with yellow. 



Small specimens from four to five inches in length are red- 

 dish brown on sides and back, with longitudinal rows of oblong, 

 bluish, silvery spots forming broken streaks. A row on back fol- 



