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291. Halieutichthys smithii Everraann & Marsh, new species. 
Head 2; depth 6; eye 4; interorbital 2 in eye; D. 1-5; A. 4; P. 17; V. 5; 0. 9. Body not so 
wide as in II. aculeatus, the anterior edge being more evenly rounded, the lateral edges less divergent, 
and the posterior angles less salient; spines on body small and obscure, those on margin more prominent; 
tail smooth, without spines; snout broad; rostral spine small; eye very large; interorbital space wide; 
margin of body with a prominent fringe of filaments. 
Color much as in II. aculeatus but lighter and without any reticulations; proximal half of pectoral 
pale, then a broad jet-black band on about nine of the interradial membranes only (the rays being pale) , 
the outer fourth pale; caudal pale, somewhat dark at tip. 
Fig. 112. — Halieutichthys smithii. 
This species is close to II. caribbxus Garman, from which it differs in the much larger eye, wider 
interorbital, more remote nostrils and the coloration. 
One specimen, the type (No. 49537, U. S. N. M. ) 3.25 inches long, collected by the Fish Hawk at 
Station 6063, in Mayaguez Harbor, in 75 fathoms, taken by the beam trawl on sand and coral bottom. 
We name this interesting species for Dr. Hugh M. Smith, chief of the Division of Scientific Inquiry 
of the United States Fish Commission. 
