Vol. 3] Starks-Morris. — Marine Fishes. 235 



21.'). Gibbonsia evides (Jordan and Gilbert). 



SENORITA; KELPFISH. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1898, III, p. 2352.) 

 Three specimens taken at San Diego. This species has not 

 been hitherto known south of Point Conception. Dorsal, V, 

 XXIX to V, XXXI, 7 to 10 ; anal II, 26 to 27. 



Color in life : usually dark wine color or dark reddish brown, 

 with irregular cross mottlings of darker on sides; the colors not 

 blended, but sharp-cut against each other. Small irregular 

 golden or silvery spots usually present on lower part of sides, 

 but often absent ; small light spots on lower part of head. Dorsal 

 and anal with l)road cross marks on the dark body color: trans- 

 parent in the intervals. Some specimens uniform dark reddish 

 brown, without markings ; lighter below ; transparent areas on 

 fins reduced to small dots. Some specimens moss green on back 

 and sides ; a longitudinal band of pure lavender, bordered above 

 and below with lighter, on upper part of side, becoming narrow 

 posteriorly and reaching a point opposite soft dorsal. It is much 

 constricted at irregular intervals, or sometimes broken into ob- 

 long spots. A round black sopt ringed with dark red above base 

 of pectoral ; another under posterior end of spinous dorsal ; a 

 smaller one under front of soft dorsal. Some or all of these 

 often absent. Lower part of sides mottled irregularly with moss 

 green and lavender; the colors nowhere blended into each other; 

 the lavender abruptly lighter at edges, the green slightly darker. 

 Irregular points of pure M^hite sparsely scattered over sides. 

 Four dark bands radiating from eye ; one to nape ; one to oper- 

 cular flap ; one to snout ; one downward and slightly forward. 

 Large and small irregular silvery white spots on sides of belly. 

 Dorsal and anal with nearly vertical dark bars across the rays; 

 those on dorsal lavender, on anal dark brown. The intervals be- 

 tween the bars on dorsal transparent, mottled with small dark 

 markings ; the intervals on anal with a few fine bright orange 

 spots. Front of soft dorsal dark brown ; pink at tips of rays ; 

 posteriorly the membrane is transparent; the rays are spotted. 

 Caudal and pectoral with irregular cross markings of reddish 

 brown. 



