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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Color in alcohol,- head and body rather dark brownish, a lighter crossband around body at nape 
and across opercles; another light band surrounding body between the 2 dorsal fins; 3 dark brown 
lines radiating from the eye, the first downward across cheek to tip of maxillary, the second 
backward across cheek toward base of pectoral, the third upward and backward to origin of lateral 
line; spinous dorsal blackish, especially on last spine; soft dorsal, anal, and caudal dusky, narrowly 
edged with white; pectoral pale, crossed by about 6 obscure brownish crossbars; ventrals black or 
very dark brown, the outer rays somewhat paler. 
The above description is based upon the type, No. 50639, U. S. N. M. (field No. 20), a specimen 1.5 
inches long, obtained from the coral rocks in front of Waikiki, near Honolulu, August 22, 1901. 
This species is distinctly related to A. alutus of the coast of Florida, from which it differs mark- 
edly in color and in the more slender body. Only one specimen was obtained. 
Genus FOWLERIA Jordan & Evermann, new genus. 
Fowleria Jordan & Evermann, new genus of Apogonidx ( aurita ). 
This genus differs from Apogonichthys only in the character of the lateral line, which is developed 
only on the anterior part of the body. 
Several species occur in crevices of coral rock in the South Seas. All of them are of very small 
size and some are brightly colored. 
This genus is named for Mr. Henry Weed Fowler, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia. 
24. Apogon snyderi Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
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Head 2.7 in length; depth 3.1; eye 3.7 in head; snout 3.7; interorbital 4.5; maxillary 2.2; mandible 
2; gape 3; I). vii-i, 9; A. ii, 8; C. 17; P. 10; scales 2-25-5; Br. 6. 
Body short and stout, moderately compressed, the dorsal and ventral outlines about equally 
curved; head rather large, conic; snout conic, the anterior profile very slightly curved from tip of 
snout to origin of spinous dorsal; mouth oblique, jaws subequal, the lower slightly included; maxillary 
long, reaching not quite to posterior edge of pupil, its width at tip 2 in eye, supplemental bone well 
developed; interorbital space rather broad, slightly convex, preorbital narrow, least width 3 in eye; 
teeth on vomer and jaws, the latter in villiform bands; none on palatines; gillrakers slender, 10 on lower 
limb of first arch; caudal peduncle compressed and deep, the least width about 4 in its depth; scales 
large, deep, closely imbricated, strongly ctenoid and loose; lateral line beginning at upper end of gill- 
opening, nearly straight to base of caudal fin, 4 scales in front of spinous dorsal; nape with a striated 
shield; edge of opercle thin and smooth; both margins of preopercle and edge of interopercle serrate, 
teeth strongest at angles; a series of moderately strong teeth along lower edge of orbit ; origin of spinous 
dorsal nearer snout than base of last dorsal ray; first dorsal spine very short, fourth longest, about 2 
in head, second 2 in the fourth, seventh 2 in second; first soft rays longest, 1.8 in head; caudal deeply 
emarginate, longest rays about 1.6 in head; anal similar to soft dorsal; somewhat smaller, its origin 
under last rays of soft dorsal; ventrals pointed, scarcely reaching vent, 1.9 in head; pectoral reaching 
vertical of vent, 1.7 in head. 
Color in alcohol, pale yellowish brown, darkest above; a darker brownish band extending from 
upper edge of opercle along side, just above lateral line, to posterior edge of soft dorsal; another 
broader, more distinct brown band from tip of snout through eye and along middle of side to base of 
caudal fin, covering lateral line on caudal peduncle; caudal peduncle at base of caudal fin with a 
broad dusky crossbar, usually darkest on upper half, sometimes obscure, sometimes with a darker 
blotch or spot in the upper portion; upper parts of head covered with fine dark brown punctulations; 
lower jaw similar, but somewhat paler; membranes of anterior 2 or 3 dorsal spines black, others 
finely punctulate; soft dorsal pale at base, above which is a broad indistinct dark crossband, the 
color confined chiefly to the interorbital membranes, this color extending to near tip of last rays; outer 
part of soft dorsal pale; anal similar to soft dorsal, the black bar narrower and nearer base of fin, rest 
of fin white; caudal dusky on membranes of outer 1 or 2 rays, the fin otherwise white, with a few fine 
punctulations on the interradial membranes; ventrals pale; distal parts of the first and second rays 
and their connecting membrane black; pectoral pale; axil and base of pectoral somewhat dusky. 
Color in life (field No. 198, O. P. J.), pale red; 2 longitudinal pearly lines on body; first dorsal 
with a dusky olivaceous anterior border; white lines along fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh spines, the 
