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This genus bears some resemblance to Blennius, but the dentition is entirely different, approaching 
that of Cluenopsis. An inhabitant of tropical America, in rather deep water; 4 species known, 2 of 
which are Atlantic. 
a. Eye without cirrus. 
b. Depth 5 in length; dorsal rays 33; ventrals not pure white a tlantica 
aa. Eye with a long cirrus on eyeball above pupil. 
c. Maxillary longer, reaching posterior edge of orbit; body without dark crossbar; ventrals pale; tip of caudal not 
black , - ., pandionis, 272 
272. Emblemaria pandionis Evermann & Marsh, new species. 
Head 3.7; depth 5.8; eye 3.6; snout 5; maxillary 2; mandible 1.8; D. xvn, 18; A. n, 23; P.13; 
V. i, 2; C. 13. Body slender, tapering, greatly compressed; head comparatively heavy; snout short, 
decurved; mouth large, horizontal, maxillary reaching posterior border of eye; each jaw with a patch 
of teeth in front, outer enlarged, bluntly conic, slightly incurved, these continued laterally on upper 
jaw in a single series of similar but smaller teeth, and on lower jaw in a single series of similar but 
Fig. 104 . — Emblemaria pandionis. 
smaller, blunter teeth; palatines each with a row of blunt teeth; vomer probably without teeth; no 
teeth on tongue. Fins moderate, rays not filamentous; first 17 rays of dorsal simple, not jointed nor 
branched, remaining rays jointed and elevated, longest a little greater than snout and eye, the two 
anterior rays of anal not jointed nor branched; pectoral broad, short, its length 1.3 in head; ventral 
longer, filamentous, 1.2 in head; caudal short, pointed, 1.8 in head. An unbranched ocular cirrus 
on upper part of eye, its length about one-third that of eye; nasal tube slender and simple. 
Color in alcohol: Pale flesh-color; middle of side with a series of about 15 small brown blotches, 
largest anteriorly; above these and along base of dorsal are 2 or 3 irregular series of smaller dark spots, 
those along base of dorsal quite black; a similar series along base of anal; head spotted like body; 
dorsal fin with numerous dark sp>ots and blotches, most distinct anteriorly; caudal and anal fins 
somewhat dusky; pectoral and ventral pale; a few small brownish specks on throat and on breast in 
front of ventrals; a very dark-brown, almost black, oblong spot, placed obliquely on lower jrnrt of side 
above tenth anal ray, a narrow bar of same color just in front of it; this conspicuous color-marking 
present on left side only. 
Known only from the type (No. 49535, U. S. N. M.) , 1.5 inches long, caught in the tangle at Fish 
Hawk station 6084, between Vieques and Culebra islands, in 11 fathoms, and one cotype of same size 
taken in the dredge at Fish Hawk station 6086, 8.5 miles northeast from Isabel Segunda, Vieques 
Island, in 14.75 fathoms, the bottom at each station being coral, sand, and shells. 
This interesting species is related to E. ocidocirris Jordan, from La Paz, Lower California, from 
which it seems to differ chiefly in the longer maxillary and in the coloration. 
Named for the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk , Pandion being the generic name of 
the fish-hawk or osprey, Pandion carolinensis. 
