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893 (a). CORALLIOZETUS, Evermann ifc Marsh. 
Coralliozefus, Evekm.\nn <fe Marsfi, Kept. U. S. Fi.sh Com. 1899 (Dec. 19, 1899), 3G2 (cardonce). 
Body slender and strongly compressed, without scales; head large, snb- 
cylindrical, bluntly jiointed; mouth large; teeth not hooked, about 8 
enlarged conical ones in front of each jaw, smaller ones behind; vomer 
with teeth; dorsal fin with a notch between the rays and spines, the 
membrane connected with caudal; caudal tin rounded; pectoral large, 
ventrals small and inserted slightly in advance of pectorals. A strongly 
marked genus, conspicuous in appearance by its heavy head and thin 
body, probably related to Ophioblenniits, from which it is technically sepa- 
rated by the absence of hooked canine teeth, the convex caudal, and the 
entire absence of a lateral line. 
{HopdXXtoi', coral; Z?/r£oo, I seek.) 
275:5 (a). t ORALLlOZETL'S CARDOX.K, Evermann .V Marsli. 
Head 4; depth 5.6; eye 5; snout 4; maxillary 2; D. XVII, 11; A. 21; 
pectoral 1.3; ventral 1.8; caudal 14. 
Body scaleless, slender, much compressed ; head large and heavy, not 
compressed nor depressed ; snout very short and blunt; mouth large, hori- 
zontal, low in position, the maxillary reaching far beyond the eye; eyes 
small, close together, placed high and well forward; teeth conical, in a 
patch on the front of each jaw, an outer row of about 8 teeth (4 on a side) 
ill each jaw, much enlarged; a single row of smaller teeth on sides of each 
jaw; teeth on vomer; a small llap at the nostril and two short lilameuts 
above eye, one much the smaller; no appendages at the nape. Dorsal fin 
long and high, of slender, flexible spines, and longer soft rays, a notch 
between the soft and spinous portions; anal longer and lower than soft 
dorsal; anal and dorsal free from caudal ; caudal rounded; pectoral large, 
wide as body, reaching anal or beyond; ventral small, inserted before 
pectoral, of 3 rays, the innermost very slender. 
Color in spirits : Body dark red, much paler in one specimen ; head every- 
where inky, this color du.sted upon the body, particularly on the anterior 
portion ; a pale gray bar downward and backward across cheek ; fins pale, 
except ventraLs and front of dorsal, which have color of head; a row of 
small rosy spots along bases of anal rays, seemingly in the flesh; some- 
times a similar fainter row along base of dorsal. Known only from Puerto 
Kico, where 3 specimens, each about 1 inch long, were obtained in I'obru- 
ary, 1899, by the U. S. Fish Commission expedition to that island. 
(Named for Cardona, a little islet off Playa de Ponce, on the reef of 
which the type was collected.) 
Coralliozetus cardonce, Ever.m.\nx Sc Marsh, Kept. U. S. Fish Com. 1899 (Dec. 19 
362, Cardona Islet, P. R. (Type, No. 49377, U.S.N.M. Coll. Everiuann Sc ’'(arsh.) 
