450 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



eye ^%; pectoral i%'; ventral 2^; anal ray 2-|; caudal 

 i|. Longest dorsal spine 2|; longest dorsal ray 2|. 

 Gill-rakers short 3 + 8, not longer than pupil. 



Body robust, rather elongate. Head large, low, its 

 profile not steep, a depression before eye. Canines in 

 both jaws, rather strong. Nostrils well separated, the 

 posterior scarcely longer than anterior. Lower jaw 

 strongly projecting. Preopercle slightly notched, the 

 angle little salient. Dorsal rather deeply notched, the 

 fourth spine not especially elevated. Second dorsal high 

 and long, with rounded angles. Caudal slightly lunate. 

 Anal high, but not falcate, its middle rays much elevated 

 but not exserted; both outlines nearly straight. 



Color olive almost black above, with four series of ob- 

 long blackish, cloud-like blotches along sides; these 

 irregular in size, the largest twice length of eye. Fins 

 all dark, clouded with darker. A little dark red on pec- 

 toral and on the lower edge of anal and caudal. Pale 

 edge on dorsal, anal, and caudal very slight; none on 

 pectoral. Cheeks and opercles clouded, the cheeks 

 faintly reticulate, the lower parts grayish, faintly mottled. 

 Inside of mouth pale. 



114. Mycteroperca xenarcha Jordan. 



One specimen, 22 inches long, from the Venados 

 Islands. 



Head 27^; depth 3. Dorsal XI, 16. Anal III, 11. 

 Scales 25-110 to 115-50. 



Body rather deep and compressed; head compressed, 

 with rather short, sharp snout, which is 4 in head; profile 

 steep and nearly straight. Mouth large, the maxillary 

 reaching scarcely beyond eye, 2 in head. Lower canines 

 small; upper canines (two in number) strong, scarcely 

 directed for.ward. Eye small, 7 in head. Preorbital 



