Jordan and Evermann .—mFishes of North America. 3171 
as well as those on cheek, louch reduced in size, embedded, so that their 
outlines can not be distinguished. 
The following measurements of the type specimen are given : 
One-hiiu- 
lu.m. dretbs of 
Total length 85 leustb to 
Length to base of caudal 70 cLidal. 
iLtreatest depth 33 
Least depth caudal peduncle 15|^ 
Length of caudal peduncle 8 
Distance from tip of upper jaw to end of opercular flap 37 
Length of snout 6 
Diameter of eye 7^ 
luterorbital width 3f 
Ti}) of snout to end of maxillarj" 19 
Length of pectoral 27 
Tip of snout to base of upper pectoral ray 35 
Tip of snout to base of veutrals 31 
Length of veutrals 13 
First anal spine 3i 
Second anal saline 6 
Third anal spine 41 
First soft anal ray 81 
Longest soft anal ray 15 
First dorsal spine 4 
Last dorsal spine 9 
Longest dorsal ray 15 
Caudal..*. 23 
Color, nearly uniform warm Ijrown on head, body, and fins; a dusky 
opercular blotch; soft dorsal, anal and caudal only narrowly margined 
with white. 
One specimen known, from Panama. 
(Oau/<adzog, wonderful.) 
Hhegma thaumasium , Gilbert MS., Panama (Coll. C. H. Gilbert. Type, No. 5978, L. S. Jr. 
TJiiiv. Mas.) 
Page 1300. After Haunitlon scitdderi, Gill, insert the following: 
1«67 (a). H;E.ML'L0X IIELEX.E, Boulenger. 
Head 31; depth 2^; eye 31 in head; interorbital width 3L D. XIII, 16; 
A. Ill, 12; scales 11- 87- 20, 67 i»ores. 
Prolile very much arched from snout to origin of dorsal; muzzle not 
leaching beyond lower jaw, little shorter than eye; mouth litth* obliime; 
ma.villary reaching anterior^ of eye; teeth very small; 2 very small pores in 
chin; preopercle very feebly serrate; head scaled, excej)t snout and chin ; 
gill rakers very short, 1.5 on lower arm of arch; dorsal spines feeble, iu- 
oreasiug to the fourth, which almost eijuals 1 length of head, then de- 
creasing to the last, which is contained 1.1 times in head; soft dorsal low, 
covered with scales; i»ectoral fab'iform, longer than head, 1’^ times ventral; 
