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The following color note was found with these specimens: — ‘‘Those with 
crest, bars slate light green, belly white, lips and chin darker. Tip of anal rays 
pale slate, membrane nearly black. In some, brown vermiculations over green 
bars. Those without crest — similar to others, with dark brown spots on 
caudal portion and dorsal and anal fin.” 
These specimens bear out the conclusions of Giinther (loc. cit.) regarding 
the sex of this species and the identity of S. edentulus and S. rivulatus. Eleven 
of these are adult males 3:6 to 476 inches long, possessing the color of 8. rivulatus 
and the crest on the head. 
Twenty-three of these, 21¢ to 4% inches long are adult females, of these 
twenty are without a crest, or with a slight indication of crest, the remaining 
three, which are the largest have a low but distinct crest. These conform in 
color with S. edentulus. There are five young individuals 14 to 1% inches long, 
which do not show any crest, and the coloration is not easily made out. All of 
the above of both sexes in addition to the fringed cilia on the nostril and the 
simple one above the eye, have one on each side of the nape elose to the occiput. 
BROTULIDAE. 
Ogilbia ventralis (GiL1). 
JorpDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U.S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 2503. 
Brosmophycis ventralis Git, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1863, p. 253. 
Two specimens 275 and 33 inches long from Acapuleo. M. C. Z. 29541 
(1 specimen). 
The statement by Jordan and Evermann (loc. cit.) that the snout is 7 in 
head must be a mistake as Gill gives it as 5 and from an examination of his Types 
and of our specimens it is found to be 45 to 5, depending somewhat on the size 
of the specimen. 
Petrotyx hopkinsi Herter & SnNopaGrass. 
Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1903, 5, p. 222, pl. 18. 
One specimen 53 inches long from Chatham Island, shore. 
BATRACHOIDIDAE. 
Batrachoides pacifici (GUNTHER). 
Jorpan & EvERMANN, Bull. 47, U.S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 2314. 
Batrachus pacificti GUNTHER, Cat., 1861, 3, p. 173. 
Two examples, Nos. 3140, 3141, M. C. Z. 29712, 83 and 11 inches long from 
Panama Bay. 
