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NOTES ON FISHES IN THE ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM 
OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. IV. A NEW CATOS- 
TOMID FROM MEXICO AND A NEW CALLIONY- 
MID FROM CELEBES AND THE PHILIPPINES. 
BY ALBERT W. C. T. HERRE. 
The present paper continues the description of new and rare 
fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University.^ 
Catostomus wigginsi Herre and Brock (1), new species. 
Dorsal 12; anal 7; scales in lateral line 76 to 80; 2 or 3 on caudal base; 
in transverse series 14 above, 10 below lateral line; predorsal 42. Depth of 
the plump, rounded body is 4.2, head 3.35 to 3.4 times in length. Breadth 
of body equals depth of head, 5.4 to 5.5 in length, or 1.6 times in head; 
breadth of head 1.4 times in its own length; origin of dorsal midway between 
tip of snout and caudal base. Eye 5.2, snout 2 to 2.12, interorbital 3 to 
2.85, least depth of caudal peduncle 3.1 to 3.4 times in head. Caudal little 
forked, lower lobe longest, 4.4 to 4.6 in length, 1.3 to 1.36 in head. Pectoral 
5.5 to 6 times in length. Height of dorsal 1.88, length of its base 2.12 to 
2.25 in head. Height of anal 1.5 to 1.6, length of its base 3.4 in head. The 
greatest depth is midway between opercle and dorsal origin; snout longer 
than postorbital; dorsal profile markedly convex. Upper lip with 5 rows 
of papillae, the broad lower hp with 6 or 7 rows. Anteriorly the scales are 
smaller, those on breast smallest. 
Color in alcohol ausky gray above, with brown longitudinal lines on the 
back and sides; predorsal region rather uniformly dusky. Lower sides 
and under parts yellowish gray with a silvery lustre. Two black spots 
size of pupil on side, one above pectoral, the other above ventral. Fins 
iFor previous papers of this series, see Notes on Fishes in the Zoological Museum of 
Stanford University. 
I. The Fishes of the Herre Philippine Expedition of 1931. Published by the author 
March 10, 1934. 
II. Two New Genera and Species of Squalioid Sharks and a new Alepocephalid from 
Japan. COPEIA, September, 1935. 
III. New Genera and Species of Gobies and Blennies and a new Myxus from the Pelew 
Islands and Celebes. Philippine Journal of Science. In press. 
2— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 49, 1936. (11) 
12 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 
colorless. Head, body, and fins sprinkled with black dots, the cysts of 
some protozoan which has heavily parasitized the specimens. 
Described from the type, 114 mm., and paratype 117 mm. in length, 
both in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. They were taken 
from a pool about 3 feet wide, 15 feet long, and not over eighteen inches 
deep, in the west fork of the Rio San Miguel, 5 miles northwest of Cucurpe, 
and 29 miles southeast of Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. According to the 
Mexicans, seepage keeps this pool filled the year around. Above and below 
it the stream bed was dry on September 12, 1934. This is over 150 miles 
from the coast, at an elevation of 2,580 feet. 
From other Catostomids in northern Mexico this species dilTers in 
its much larger head. C. bernardini also has the dorsal base 1.33 in the 
head, in contrast with over 2 in C. wigginsi. 
We take pleasure in naming the species for Dr. Ira L. Wiggins, botanist 
of Stanford University, who collected this and other rare Mexican fishes 
for Stanford Museum. 
Mr. Vernon E. Brock, of Stanford University, has collaborated in the 
description. 
BRACHYCALLIONYMUS Herre and Myers (2), new genus. 
Body very short and heavy; head large, very broad, somewhat depressed. 
The snout very short and broadly rounded when viewed from above; 
pointed when viewed from the side. Origin of first dorsal at middle of 
standard length. Eyes widely separated, at least one orbit diameter 
apart. Pelvic fins 1-5, far apart, the outer borders not attached to the 
skin in front of the pectoral base as in Synchiropus. Gill opening small, 
latero-superior; opercle prolonged backward beyond pectoral base in a 
long, narrow, blunt-tipped projection. Mouth wide, evenly curved, 
transverse, with little lateral gape, its width about equal to distance from 
pupil to pupil; lower jaw very slightly inferior. Preopercle armed with a 
single long, straight, heavy spine, projecting far upward and outward, 
with 2 or 3 strong retrorse spines along its inner margin, the distal one 
almost at the tip; length of each preopercular spine more than width of 
mouth. These spines, together with the short body and broad head and 
thorax, give this little fish much of the appearance of the Californian 
cottoid fish, Enophrys bison. Lateral fine conspicuous; first dorsal III. 
This genus differs widely from all other known Callionyrnidae in its ex- 
tremely short, heavy body and the posterior position of the dorsal fins. 
Genotype the following new species. 
Brachycallionymus mirus Herre, new species. 
Dorsal III— 9; anal 9. Depth 3 to 3.25, head 1.6 to 1.7, breadth of 
head 2 to 2.1, caudal 3 to 3.2, pectoral 2.77 to 3.2, ventral. 2.66 to 2.77 
times in the standard length. Eye 4.5 to 5, snout 4.1 to 4.2, interorbital 
4.4 to 4.55, preopercular spine 2.5 to 2.6, first dorsal 4 to 4.2, second dorsal 
3.3 to 3.5, anal 3.3 to 3.75 times in head. Snout broadly rounded; mouth 
width 3.25 in head. The preopercular spines project upward and outward 
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continuously with the curve of the snout, their tips far apart, the distance 
between tips 1.25 in standard length. The gill opening is an elongate, 
more or less vertical slit at the side of the nape, in the curve of the skin 
connecting opercular flap with head. The other characters are indicated 
in the generic diagnosis. 
Color in alcohol pale brown with 5 or 6 broad, darker brown cross bands, 
the first two before the first dorsal, the third under the first dorsal, the 
others narrower and below the second dorsal; ventrals velvety dusky 
brown above; other fins colorless. 
The type, 18 mm. standard length, collected on the north coast of 
Celebes, is in the Stanford Museum, When I brought this specimen to 
the U, S, National Museum for comparison, Dr. G. S. Myers called my 
attention to three others collected in the Philippines by the U. S. S. Albatross. 
These specimens, U. S. N. M. 98,827, two each 16 mm. long, from Romblon, 
and U. S. N. M, 98,828, one, 15 mm, long, from Nasugbu, Batangas 
Province, are designated as paratypes, 
Dr, G, S. Myers, of the U. S, National Museum, has collaborated in the 
generic allocation and description.