Description of a new species of <I>Hemirhamphus</I> (<I>Hemirhamphus rosae</I>), from the coast of California

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Color translucentgreen,withtlieusualsilvery

band somewhat

broader than ascale. Bellywhite.

A

darkvertebral

band made

of three streaks of dark points.

Edges

ofscaleswithdark punctulatious. Fins plain»

Lower jaw

dark blood-colorj the ground-color red, rendered dark

by

j)unctulations. Bordering

membrane

deej) red.

Table of proportional measurements.

Extremelengtlifromcliinto tipoftail 5.75inclies.

Lengthfromtipof upperjawtobase oftail 4.00 iuclies

=

¹⁰⁰

Body

:

Greatestdeptli 11^

Greatestwidth 8

Leastdepthof tail 4|-

Lengthof caudal peduncle 6

Head

:

Lengthfromtipoflowerjaw 50

Lengthfromtipofupperjaw 20

Widthofiuterorbitalarea 6

Lengthof mandible fromeye 36

Lengthofsnout 6

Diameteroforbit 5

Dorsal

:

Distancefromsnout 76

Lengthof base 16

Greatest height 7

Ana,l:

Distancefromsnout 78

Lengthof base 14

Caudal

:

Lengthof upperrays 13

Lengthofmiddle rays 11

Lengthof lower rays 14

PectoraJ length 11|-

Ventral

:

Distance fromsnout 63

Length ^-. 7|

Dorsalrnys 1,13

Analrays 1,14

This speciesis abundantin the

bay

of

San

Diego

and

in the harbor of

San

Pedro.

At San

Diego

we

obtained in the winter,a verylarge

number

of

immature

individuals.

At Wilmington we

securedonespeci-

men

nearly adult,

and saw numerous

others

swimming

about near the surface in the

muddy

waters of the harbor.

We

have

named

this species forMiss

Rosa

Smith, of

San

Diego,

who

has given

much

attention to ichthyology,

and

to

whom

the Iifational

Museum

is indebtedfor

many

specimens of

San

Diegofishes.

San Diego,

Cal., August10, 1880.