318S 
Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 
between the blotches a lighter shade of brown is interwoven with pale 
streaks of ground color; head nearly pale below, save some dark on chin 
and isthmus; two wide streaks from eye across cheek; opercle dark 
brown; top of head with the color of body; lips with brown and i»ale 
stripes; posterior half of maxillary pale; dorsal rather dark; caudal 
uniform gray or faintly barred ; anal similar to dorsal in color; the rays 
with pale tips forming a white edge; pectoral like caudal; ventrals jiale. 
Length al)Out 1.5 inches. 
A plainly marked species most closely related to JLT. hujuhria tPoey). 
Puerto Rico; only 3 specimens known, all from the coral reefs about 
Cnlebra Island, February 9, 1X99. 
(Named for the type locality.) 
Malacoctenua cul bra, Kvekm.vx.v & Marsh. Kept. U. S. Fi.sh Com. 1899 (Dec. 19, 1899), 
357, Culebra Island. (Type, No. 49369, U. S. N. M. Coll. Evenimmi A; Marsh.) 
Page 2358. After Malacocteniia giUii (.Steindaehner), insert: 
•’697 (a). MAL.UOl'TKM S MOORKI. Everniann & Marsh. 
Head 3.6; depth 3.7; eye 3.5; snout 3.4; maxillary 4.5 ; mandible 4.5; 
interorbital 4; scales 3-4.5-5. D. xxii, 11; A. ii, 20; pectoral 1 in head; 
ventral 1.2; caudal 1.2; longest dorsal spine 1.5, ray 1.2; longest anal 
ray 1.5. 
Body short, rather stout, compre.ssed; head .short, snout short, but 
pointed; mouth rather small, little obli(iue, the gape scarcely reaching 
orbit; teeth in each jaw in a single .series; gill membranes broadly united 
across the isthmus; eye small, iuterorbital sjiaco wide; dorsal outline 
rising abruptly to above eye, thence gently curved to origin of dorsal lin, 
and from there nearly straight to base of caudal lin; ventral outline regu- 
larly convex. 
Color in alcohol : Light olivaceous, the body crossed by about 9 or 10 
broad dark vertical bars, which extend upon dorsal fin, the.se usually 
broadest above, the pale interspaces therefore broadest on lower half of 
body; the fourth fronrlast is a narrow dark line, the one following it is a 
double spot, the next narrow and indistinct, the last, at base of caudal, 
more distinct, followed by 3 small irregular white s])ots; top of head 
brown ; side of head with fine punctnlations ; a dark line running forward 
from eye, a dark spot below eye, 2 or 3 dark blotches on .anterior edge of 
opercle; under surface of head crossed by 3 or 4 irregular, indistinct dark 
lines; caudal and anal with fine du.sky punctnlations; pectoral and ven- 
trals pale. 
This species is close to M. (jilUi, from which it may be distinguished by 
the larger dorsal and anal fins, the greater de]>th, wider interorbital, and 
the coloration. 
Puerto Rico; known only from the type, 1.4 inches long, obtained by 
the L’. 8. Fish Commission expedition to Puerto Rico, P'ebruary 11, 1X99. 
(Named for Dr. II. F. Moore, naturalist on the U. S. Fish Commission 
steamer Jlbatross.) 
MalacocUnui rnoorei, Evek.max.v &. Mar.<h, Kept. U. .S. Fi.sh Coin. 1899 (Dec. 19, 1899), 
358, Culebra Island. (Type, No. 49370, U.S.N..M. Coll. Evenuaiin &. Marsh.) 
