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told by Dr. George W. Rogers and others that specimens 

 weighing 150 pounds are not uncommon. The specimen 

 from which the species is described was taken by the ex- 

 plosion of dynamite outside in the deep water not far from 

 the island called Isla Blanca. 



Head 3^ in length; depth 3^. Scales, small, smooth- 

 ish, about 130. Dorsal XI, 16; anal, III, 11. Snout 3 in 

 head; maxillary 2; eye 8. Gill-rakers 3 + 8; pectorals 

 iy~; 4th dorsal spine 3|; longest dorsal rays 3; longest 

 anal ray 2^; caudal lobe i3/^; ventrals 2%. 



Body robust, not strongly compressed, the head large. 

 Lower jaw much projecting. Posterior nostril three times 

 diameter of anterior. Preopercle scarcely notched, its 

 angle scarcely salient, its teeth a little enlarged. Gill- 

 rakers short, thick, few in number. Dorsal deep notched, 

 2d spine a little lower than the 4th. Soft dorsal high, 

 slightly angulated. Anal very high, with exserted rays. 

 Caudal well forked, lobes unequal. 



Color olive brown, almost uniform; no spots or bands. 

 Dorsal, anal and caudal with broad black margin nar- 

 rowly edged with whitish. Pectoral and ventral darker 

 behind. Pectoral with pale edge. 



The type, a specimen weighing in life seventy-live lbs., 

 has been sent as a skin to the British Museum. Its length 

 was 40 inches to base of caudal fin. 



112. Mycteroperca pardalis Gilbert. Cabrilla Pin- 



TITA. 



This species is said to be rather common at the Venados 

 and other islands in the neighborhood of Mazatlan. A 

 single specimen was obtained by us; a head was also 

 found in the market. Dr. Gilbert tells us that he has 

 seen salted specimens apparently of this species preserved 

 by the fishermen at Guaymas, together with specimens of 



