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fin narrow, forked for more than half its length, the lobes rather pointed, 

 Pectoral fins small, not reaching to the tips of the veutrals. Color ro>e- 

 red with silvery lustre, darker above; top of head orange; a very dis- 

 tinct chocolate colored spot above the lateral line at the origin of the 

 soft do: sal tin ; another smaller one just below the end of the soft dorsal. 

 Fins immaculate, tinged with reddish. Head 3 ; depth 2. I). X, 18; 

 A. Ill, 20; scales G-oO-tG. L. 8 inches. San Francisco, Cal., in deep 

 water outside the Golden Gate. 



(CyiHatofjaxt-r rosaceus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 303.) 

 ti(i. Lo WIT lip without frenum. (Micromelrus.) 



O2. ITI. aacgl'Cg'a.tMS Gibbous. Sparuda ; "Minnow." 



Silvery, back -dusky ; middle of sides anteriorly with the scales each 

 with a cluster of dark points, these forming a series of longitudinal 

 stripes, which extend to opposite the base of the anal; these stripes are 

 interrupted by 3 vertical light ) ellow bars, on which are no black specks 

 in the adult. Adult males in spring almost entirely black. Body 

 elongate oval, compressed, heaviest at the front of the dorsal ; caudal 

 peduncle short and slender; head short; teeth very small, conical 12-6; 

 dorsal spines high and rather feeble, rising rapidly to the fifth, thence 

 slowly descending, the last lower than the soft rays. Cheeks with 3 

 rows of scales. Head 3; depth 2. I). IX, 20 ; A. Ill, 23; scales 3- 

 3.S-11. L. G inches. Pacific coast of the United States, everywhere 

 exceedingly abundant. 



(Cymatogattcr <((/t/rcfi<(1ti? Gibbous, 1. c. May I* 5 , 1S7.4 ; Gibbons 1. c. May 30, 1854; 

 Cildinns, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phiia. 1854, 125: Cynititni/nxfcr di/i/rctiahix Gibbons, Proc, 

 Arail. Nat. Sri. Pliila. 18."4, 10G : J!l<;>n,itux Hiodotcrnx Girarcl, U. S. Par. R. R. Surv. 

 ] isli. 11)3: Ditrcntu a<i<jr<'utit-m GiiiithT, iv, * 



31O. ABIPaZISTICEIUS Agsissiz. 



K Agassi/: I^imir'itliiiN ciranl: C//7nafo</a8/ej'* and Hyperprosopon 



Hypocritichthya Gill. ) 



s-ix, Am. .lonrii. Sri. Arts. lS',-1, 1'.ti? : t\ jn- .1i>ij>Li><th-hu8 arfjciitcux Agassi/.) 



Hody ovate or oblong, strongly compressed. Month moderate, oblique 

 oi almost vertical, with slender conical teeth in two series in each jaw, 

 the outer series longer; lips thin, the lower with or without frenum. 

 dill-rakers long or short, slender and still'. I'haryngeals normal. Fins 



"Tin- ^nnis r//,,/.//n/r/.v/,T (Millions, as lirst drl'mcd by ils am Imr, is i-i|iii\ alcul to the 

 c:irli<T lloldiiti >!nx nl AgUSSlZ. Prior to this, Jhc name ft/in, it<> ; /,ixt<-r ua> used by (lili- 

 lum>. \\ itliont cxplana! inn, as I hr ^r:n-ric name of tin- uronji al'lrru anls called by him 

 Micrometrut. 



