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hortler. In alcohol the ■jeneral color is <ira,vish hlack, yellowish below, 
the tawny-ochraceous or yellow hccouiinjc darker, almost black, and the 
white s]>ots on body becoming yellowish. 
This species seems to bi* related to L. ohscinatiia (I'oey), but dill’ers from 
it markedly iu color. I’nerto Kico; only the type known, a specimen 15 
inches long collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Finh Hawk at 
ilayagiiez, January 20, 1809. (Named for David Starr Jordan.) 
I.ticndontis jordani. Kvermax.v & Marsh, Kept. U. .S. FjsIi Com. 1899 (Dec. 19), 352, 
MayagUez, P. R. (Type, Xo. 49358, U. S. N. ^1. Coll. Evermann i.t ^tarsh.) 
Page 447. After Stokephorns pro(hictn8 (Poey), insert: 
734 (a). STOLEI’HOIU'S (ilLKKRTI, Evermann tV Marsh. 
Head 3.25; depth 3.4; eye 4; snout 6; maxillary 1.7 ; mandible 1.7; inter- 
orbital 4.9; D. 15; A. 23; pectoral 2.1; ventral 3.5; caudal 1.3; scales 42-9. 
Body comparatively deep and strongly compressed, the belly trenchant, 
without serrations; snout thick, much projecting; maxillary reaching 
nearly to root of mandible, scarcely serrate; eye moderate; tip of lower 
jaw reaching vertical from front of eye; distance from lower posterior 
angle of cheek to Aertical from posterior margin of opercle much less 
than from same ]>oint to eye; dorsal inserted far in advance of anal, just 
behind insertion of ventrals, midway between anterior edge of eye and 
base of caudal. 
Color in spirits: Back light olivaceous with dark punctulations ; rest of 
body below a line from shoulder to upper base of caudal silvery; faint 
traces of golden behind eye; no lateral band. 
This species is very close to Stolephorua garmani, Evermann A Marsh, 
ditiering chiefly in the much smaller eye, the more uniform color of the 
back, the somewhat more sharply compressed l)elly, and the more nearly 
entire maxillary. 
Puerto Rico; only the type, a specimen 4.5 inches long, known. This 
was collected by the U. S. Fish Commission expedition to Puerto Rico, 
at Palo Seco, near San Juan, January 13, 1899, associated with N. produc- 
tii8. (Named for Dr. Charles Henry Gilbert.) 
Stolephoma gilberti, Evermann &. Marsh, Kept. U. S. Fi.sli Com. 1899 (Dec. 19, 1899), 352, 
Palo Seco, P. R. (Type, Xo. 49359, IT. S. X. ^I. Coll. Everniami ifc Marsh.) 
734 ()>.) STOI.EI'HOUDS (iAKM.VM, Evermann &. Marsh. 
Head 3.2; depth 3.3; eye 3.5; snout 5.5; maxillary 1.7; mandible 1.7; 
iuterorbital 5 ; D. 14 ; A. 23 ; pectoral 2 ; ventral 3.5 ; caudal 1.3 ; scales 42-9. 
Body comparatively deep and strongly compressed; the belly not 
strongly trenchant, without serrulations; snout thick, much jtrojecting; 
maxillary reaching nearly to root of mandible, very finely and weakly 
serrate; eye large; tip of lower jaw reaching vertical from front of eye; 
distance from lower posterior angle of cheek to vertical from posterior 
margin of opercle much less than from same point to eye; dorsal inserted 
far in advance of anal, just behind insertion of ventrals, midway between 
anterior edge of pupil and base of caudal. 
