Jordan and Evennann. — Fishes of North America. 3185 
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2570 (a). BOLL.M.iXNI.V BOQCERONENSIS, Evermann & Marsli. 
Head 4; depth 5.5; eye 3.5; snout 4.4; maxillary 2.2; mandible 2.5; 
interorhital ^vidtli 3 in eye; preorbital 6; scales 27-8; D. YII-13, the 
longest spine 1.5 in head, the longest ray 1.2; A. 12, the longest ray 1.25 
in head; pectoral 1; ventralsl.l; caudal 0.4. 
Body long, slender, tapering; head short; snout blunt; mouth large, 
oblique; jaws subequal, maxillary reaching posterior border of pupil; 
isthmus narrow, the gill-openings reaching forward to below preopercle; 
eyes large, high, close together, the interorbital very narrow and without 
median keel ; no fleshy process on inner edge of shoulder girdle; teeth on 
iaws in narrow bauds, those of outer series somewhat enlarged; opercle 
short, about 3 in head. Fins moderate; origin of spinous dorsal slightly 
behind base of pectoral, its spines 7 in number, not filamentous; inter- 
space between dorsals less than diameter of eye; soft rays of dorsal and 
anal reaching, when de^iressed, beyond base of caudal ; caudal long and 
pointed, as in Gobiiis oceatiicus; pectoral pointed, reaching beyond origin 
of anal ; ventral disk moderate, free from belly, the longest rays barely 
reaching origin of anal. Scales very large, weakly ctenoid; nape, cheek, 
and breast scaled, the scales somewhat smaller than on body, about 9 
scales before the dorsal. 
Color : Pale olivaceous or straw-color, back and upper part of head with 
profuse flue dark puuctulatious ; under parts pale, brea.st somewhat 
dusky; dorsal fins barred with white and dark, a large jet-black ocellus 
on posterior part of spinous dorsal ; other fins pale, the ventral disk some- 
what dusky in front. The only known Atlantic member of the genus. 
Length 2 to 3 inches. Puerto Eico. Known only from 5 specimens 
dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission expedition to Puerto Rico, off 
Puerto Real, in Ensenada del Boqueron, January 25, 1899. (Named for the 
type locality.) 
Bollmannia hoqueronensis, Everm.\nn A: Marsh, Eept. U. S. Fish Com. 1899 (Dec. 19, 
1899), 356. Ensenada del Boqueron, off Puerto Real, in 8.5 fathoms, at Fish Hawk 
station 6074. (Type, Xo. 49366, U.S.X.M. Coll. Evermann & Marsh.) 
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2575 (a). .IHCROBOBII S 3IEEKI, Evermann & Marsh. 
Head 3.75; depth 6; eye 3.5; snout 5.5; interorbital 7; preorbital 7; 
maxillary 2; mandible 1.5; scales 55-12; D. vii-17 ; A. 16. 
Body slender, greatly comytressed, tapering regularly from pectorals to 
caudal ; head moderately heavy, interorbital space very narrow ; eye large, 
high ; mouth large, oblique ; maxillary reaching posterior border of orbit; 
lower jaw projecting; teeth in bands in each jaw, the outer series greatly 
enlarged and strongly recurved, those of lower jaw largest; isthmus 
rather narrow, the gill-openings continue forward. 
Body densely scaled, the scales strongly ctenoid, those anteriorly some- 
what reduced; nape, breast, and entire head naked. Origin of spinous 
