Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . t none was seen by Dr. Thompson. 45. Holocentrus siccifer (Cope). Heretofore known only by one specimen taken in the Bahamas. The species lives in the mostsecluded crevices and nooks at the base of coral heads. The only way that it can he captured, appar-ently, is by the use of dynamite. Several specimens taken. (T.) This species may lie the same as //. r, cillarius Poey, hut the latter is said to have a slenderer formand somewhat different coloration. In II. siccifer the membrane of the dorsal tin is dusky, with palerspots above and below, the membranes o
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . t none was seen by Dr. Thompson. 45. Holocentrus siccifer (Cope). Heretofore known only by one specimen taken in the Bahamas. The species lives in the mostsecluded crevices and nooks at the base of coral heads. The only way that it can he captured, appar-ently, is by the use of dynamite. Several specimens taken. (T.) This species may lie the same as //. r, cillarius Poey, hut the latter is said to have a slenderer formand somewhat different coloration. In II. siccifer the membrane of the dorsal tin is dusky, with palerspots above and below, the membranes of the first three spines usually nearly black, axil with a blackspot. 46. Holocentrus tortugse .Ionian A Thompson, new species. Figure I. Head in length to base of caudal; depth .; ( to tip of caudal i: eye in head; maxil-lary in head; IK \i, ; A. iv, S; scales 4-42-7. Fourth dorsal spine in head; soft dorsalrays 2 in head; third anal spine ; caudal lobes in head; pectoral ; ventrals Fin. 1-—Holocentrus tortugn Jordan & Thompson, new species. Type. Body elliptical-elongate, more slender than in any other West Indian species, the dorsal outlinevery even; head rather pointed; mouth small, the jaws subequal, the maxillary extending a little pastmiddle of eye; eye very large; preorbital serrated, and with a small spine anteriorly; preopercularspine short, 3 in eye; opercular spines moderate, the upper small and close appressed to the second,which is rather long, the third shorter and slenderer; dorsal spines rather high: soft dorsal elevated;caudal lobes equal; third anal spine much longer than fourth, not reaching near the end of (belongand slender caudal peduncle; pectorals moderate; scales rather small, moderately rough. Color in spirits, grayish, silvery below, the snout, head, and upper parts much dotted with black;a silvery streak along each row of scales, this narrower and more distinct above, 10 such streaksevident; a da
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