3172 
Bulletin ^ 7 , United States iVational Museum. 
anal spines small, increasing to the third, which is 5 in liead; soft anal 
low and scaly; caudal almost completely scaled, deeply emarginate, the 
median rays less than half the external ones; cainlal ])ednncle ^ times 
longer than deep ; scales above lateral line in very oblique series. Grayish 
above, with oblique brown lines, somewhat undulating; silvery beh)w. 
Length 22 cm. One specimen from Bay of Santa Elena, Ecuador. (Bou- 
lenger.) (Named for the type locality.) 
Hcemulon fteleme, Boclenger. Bollettino dei Mus. di Zool. ed Anat. Comp, della Uiiiv. di 
Torino. Vol. xiv, No. 3.35, 3, Feb. 15, 1899, Bay of St. Elena, Ecuador. (Coll. Dr. 
Enrico Festa.) 
Page 1334. After I'omadasis ramosus (Poey), insert the following: 
1706 (a). PO.M.4D.4SIS L.iBR.tCIFOKME (Boulenger). 
Head .3; depth 3i; eye 4; snout slightly longer than mandible, by J 
diameter of eye, which is little more than interorbital width ; maxillary 
reaching anterior ^ of eye; 1). XIII, 12; A. Ill, 7; scales 8 or 9-68-22; 
teeth very small; 2 pores in chin; preopercle strongly serrate, strongest 
at angle; head scale'i, except snout and lips; gill-rakers 13 on lower arm 
of first arch, the longest equaling ^ length of gill-filaments. Dorsal spine 
strong, the fifth longest, 2 in head, from which they decrease to next to 
last, which is 44 in head, and a little shorter than last; soft dorsal scaled 
at ba.se, its longest rays a little shorter than longest spine: pectoral 14 in 
head, scarcely shorter than ventrals; .second anal spine very strong, 3A in 
head, third 2 in head; longest anal rays shorter than anal spine; caudal 
peduncle longer than deep ; scales arranged in series scarcely oblique above 
the lateral line, which has. o4 pores. Color uniform silverj'. Length 17 cm. 
One specimen known, from the Bay of St. Elena, Ecuador. (Boulenger.) 
{Lahrus; forma, form.) 
PriHipotna labraci/orme, Boci.EXGER, Bollettino dei Mns. di Zool. ed Anat. Comp, della 
Univ. di Torino, Vol. Xiv, No. 335, 3, Feb. 15, 1899, Bay of Santa Elena, Ecuador. 
(Coll. Dr. Enrico Festa.) 
Page 1351. After Calamus proridens, Jordan A: Gilbert, insert: 
1721 (a). ( AL.ilU S KEMl.iLU, Evermauu A Marsh. 
(Plum A.) 
Head 3.1; depth 2.1: eye 3.5; snout 1.5; maxillary 2.4 ; interorbital 3.5 ; 
preorbital 2.1 ; D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 10; pectoral 1; ventral 1.8; caudal 1.3; 
scales 7-.53-16. 
Body deep, back strongly elevated, more so than in C. bajonado, but less 
than in C. calamus or C. proridens, the anterior profile a nearly regular 
curve, lacking the abrupt nuchal elevation of those species; eye large, 
larger than in C. proridens ; 7 or 8 rows of scales on cheek; teeth about as 
in C. proridens ; molars in 2 or more rows on sides, those of inner row much 
the largest, those iu front becoming more numerous and merging into 
cardiform teeth, the most anterior of which, in each .jaw, are somewhat 
enlarged; in front of upper jaw are 2 much enlarged antrorse canines, 
curved slighly upward; highest dorsal spine 2.7 in head, secoml anal 
sjiiue 4.6. 
