Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . he soft and spinous portions; anal longer and lower than soft dorsal; analand dorsal free from caudal; caudal rounded; pectoral large, wide as body, reachinganal or beyond; ventral small, inserted before pectoral, of 3 rays, the innermostvery slender. Color in spirits: Body dark red, much paler in one specimen; head everywherebluish-black, this color dusted upon the body, particularly on the anterior portion; apale-gray bar downward and backward across cheek; fins pale, except ventrals andfront of dorsal, which have color of head;

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Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . he soft and spinous portions; anal longer and lower than soft dorsal; analand dorsal free from caudal; caudal rounded; pectoral large, wide as body, reachinganal or beyond; ventral small, inserted before pectoral, of 3 rays, the innermostvery slender. Color in spirits: Body dark red, much paler in one specimen; head everywherebluish-black, this color dusted upon the body, particularly on the anterior portion; apale-gray bar downward and backward across cheek; fins pale, except ventrals andfront of dorsal, which have color of head; a row of small rosy spots along bases of analrays, seemingly in the flesh; sometimes a similar fainter row along base of dorsal. Three specimens, from to 1 inch in length, taken on the coral reefs at Ponceon three successive days; the type, No. 49377, U. S. N. M., 1 inch long, collectedFebruary 1, 1899. Named for Cardona, a little islet off Playa de Ponce, on the reef of which the typewas collected. Report U. S. F. C. 1899. (To face page 363.) Plate Q)Q. UJ ?>? — ci UJ s-, B < cj Fi ® UJ o uj •£ CD £ < s ? < I-(/)o UJ X h- UJ

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