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This species is abundant about San Diego, and thence southward as far as Mazat- 
lan. It is a good food fish, similar in quality to the preceding species, but reaching a 
smaller size. 
69. PARALABRAX ALBOMACULATUS. 
Serranus albomaeulatiis Jenyas, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, 3, pi. 2, 1840 (Galapagos Archipelago); Giiuther, 
Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., I, 10.5, 1859 (copied); Steindachner, Ichth. Beitriige, IV, 4, 1875, pi. 1, f. 2 
(Panama; Gahix)agos) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 376, 1885. 
Paralabrax alhomaciilatus Jordan & Bollinan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889,181 (Charles and Albemarle 
Islands; Galapagos). 
Gomoperca {alhomaculata) Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 80. 
Serranus humeralis Giintber, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877, 68. 
Rabitat. — Galapagos Islands, north to Panama. 
Etymology. — Albus, white; maculatus, spotted. 
The specimens examined by us are in the museum at Cambridge and came from 
Indefatigable Island, James Island, and Albemarle Island, of the Galapagos group. 
No. 10,222, 2 feet in length, from Indefatigable Island, is the special type of our de- 
scription. The peculiar and handsome coloration of this species separates it at once 
from the others. According to Dr. Steindachner this species is quite common in the 
deep channels separating the Galapagos islands from each other. Other specimens 
lately examined were taken by the Albatross. 
70. PARALABRAX HUMERALIS. 
Serranus humeralis Cuv. & Vnl., II, 246, 1828 (Chili) ; Lesson, “ Voyage Coquille, Zool., II, 236; ” Gay, 
Hist. Chile, Zool., II, 149, 1847 ; Giiuther, I, 104 (copied) ; Kner, Neue Fiscbe aus dem Museum 
Godeffroy, 1868, 4 (Peru) ; Steindachner, Ichth. Notizeu, VH, 3, 1868 (Chili). 
Serranus semifasciatus Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool., II, 151, with j)late, 1847 (Juan Fernandez). 
Percichthys godeffroyi Gunther (Iquiqne) {Jide Steindachner). 
Habitat. — Coasts of Peru and Chili. 
Etymology. — Humeralis., pertaining to the humerus or shoulder, from the dusky 
shoulder. 
We know this species from specimens (10097) in the museum at Cambridge, col- 
lected at Callao, Peru, by Dr. Steindachner. Theso specimens are doubtless identical 
with the very young examples originally described by Cuvier and Valenciennes, 
although their coloration is not quite the same. 
These specimens differ iu several respects from the description of Serranus hume- 
ralis given by Dr. Kner, but all probably belong to one species. 
The figure and scanty description of Serranus semifasciatus Gay seem to agree fairly 
with Paralabrax humeralis.* The general characters, so far as shown in the figure 
agree very well, especially as to the general form, the armature of the preopercle, and 
the forms of the fins. The description is taken from the drawing, and is valueless as 
regards details, the fin rays, except those of the spinous dorsal (x) not being counted. 
The account of the coloration is apparently drawn from life, which doubtless ex- 
plains the difference between it and that above given in the text. 
* Dr. Steindachner observes (Ichth. Beitr.) VII, 24, 1878): “Percichthys godeffroyi, Gunther, aus 
Iquique ist eiu Meeresbewohner, gehort zur Gattung Serranus uud fiillt mit Serranus humeralis C. V. = 
S. semifasciatus Gay zusammen, euier Art <lie nach Dr. Giinther’s systematischer Anordunng der Fische 
zur Gattung Centropristis bezogen werdeu inusste.” 
