Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the U. S. Fish Commission, 
Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW OCEANIC FISH FOUND OFF SOUTHERN NEW 
ENGLAND. 
By CARL H. EIGBNMANN, 
Professor of Zoology , University of Indiana. 
Psenes edwardsii, sp. now 
Head 3; depth 2; I), xii-i, 30; A. in, 28; V. i, 5; lateral line about 140. Depth 
of head over middle of eye little less than its length; eye 1 in snout, 3.6 in head, 1.4 
in interorbital; width of body at axils 2.5 in length of head; maxillary reaching front 
of eye; no adipose lid; top of head fatty, with few pores; pectoral broadly rounded, 
Psenes edwardsii. 
1.5 in head; ventral shorter than head by half diameter of eye; highest dorsal spine 
2 in head; highest dorsal ray 1.T5 in head. Translucent; back thickly covered with 
pigment cells; these extend below the lateral line, and along base of anal; abdominal 
region entirely free from pigment; spinous dorsal, ventrals, and caudal dark; other 
tins dusky; a dark band on the soft dorsal and anal just beyond the scaly base. 
