96 



along the base of the dorsal and anal fins ; two similar, but vertical, 

 streaks through and below the eye 5 another in front of the pectoral fin, 

 commencing above, and terminating on the base. The first dossal with 

 a narrow, black margin. All the specimens were enveloped in a thick 

 mucous covering, which completely obscured the markings of the body. 



GOBIODOJ^T CERAMEI!^SIS, {Blkr.) Gthr. [No. 19250J. 



Gohius ceramensis, Bleekek, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, Ceram, ii, 704. 

 Gobiodon ceramensis, Gunther, Cat. Fish., iii, 1861, 88. 



D. 63-L,. A. J. 

 Scales none. Height of the body is contained 3J times in the total 

 length, and the length of the head 4J times in the same. Head and 

 body compressed, the former as high as long; eyes close together; the 

 l^roflle of the snout descends nearly vertically from between the eyes. 

 Lower jaw with canine teeth in front, behind the outer band. Caudal 

 rounded. Brown, with blackish fins. 



SGOKPJEOTDiE. 



SEBASTOPSIS GUAME:^SIS, {Q. & G.) [Xos. 15106, 15136J. 



Soorpcena guamensis, QuoY & Gaimard, Voy. Uran. Zool., 1824, 326. — Gunther, Jour. 



Mns. Godeffr., ii, 1874, Fische der Sudsee, i, 74, pi. .56, f. B. 

 Soorpcena ruhropunctata, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., iv, 1829, 324. 

 Sebastes minutus, Cuv. & Val., op. cit., iv, 1829, 348.— Gumther, Cat. Fish., ii, 1860, 106. 

 Scorposna cMlioprisia, Euppell, N. W. Fische, 1837, 107, pi. 27, f, 3. — Gunther, Cat. 



Fish., ii, 1860, 121. 

 tScorpcena polylepis, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., ii, 1851, 173. 

 Sebastes pohjlcpis, GUnthkr, Cat. Fish., ii, 1860, 106. 



D. ll-12i. A. f . L. lat. 42. 



Height of the body is one-third of the total length (without caudal), 

 and the length of the head is about two-fifths of the same. No teeth 

 on the palatine bones. Occiput scaly ; scales extending to the groove 

 between the eyes. Diameter of the eye equals the length of the snout, 

 and is twice the width of the interorbital si)ace. The end of the max- 

 illa extends beyond the vertical from the center of the eye. Eleven 

 simple rays in the pectoral fin. The fifth to the eighth dorsal spines 

 the longest, more than one-third of the length of the head. I^o cuta- 

 neous appendages. Light brown, marbled with dark brown; a large, 

 rounded, blackish spot on the operculum. 



