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concave; siimit Hither pointed :m<l projecting nt tip, hut not 

 \er\ l.uij. it- acnmiiuition being confined to its anterior half. Inter- 

 ocular .-parr narrow, deeply :inl nnit'oniily concave. Kyes large, longer 

 than -pirade-. Snpraociilar ridiie prominent. Spines on hocly rather 

 Stronger than in related species. Four or live over the eye; five or six 

 (rarel\ t.-uci alonu the median line, in front of the middle of the hack. 

 \ aeries of \ei\ -mall spines along the middle of the back, changing 

 opposite the middle of i he \eiitrals into a series oi' rather strong hooked 

 spine-, 'fail with a strong lateral series in females only, as usual in the 

 ins. Prickles on the l>ody small and few. A small hand of sparse 

 prickles near the median line of hack on each side of the median series 

 of : spine-. Snout and interorbital space prickly. Xo prickles on the 

 si ..... Met- or on the lins. except the anterior edge of the pectorals. Be- 

 lo\\ -month, except the snout and front of pectorals. Teeth -*-. Jaws 

 someuliat curved. Color light hrown, slightly mottled; a blackish ring 

 at base of pectorals. which becomes faint in the adult. A small dusk\ 

 -pot at base of vent nils and on posterior edge of pectorals. Disk one 

 tenth broader than long, its hreadth twice the length of the tail. Snout 

 one-fourth the length of. the disk, three times the interorhital width. 

 L. - feet. Coast of California, from Monterey to Cape Mendocino; 

 abundant 



<.ir:ml. I'm,. A<-. Nai. s<-i. 1'liila. 1<~.~>4, 1% : I'mptcm Ininx-ulaia Girard. U. S. Par. 



i;. i;. BxpL n-h.--. ::?:;: (iiimii.-r. \iii. n;i. . 



\ ii. iiirrniis .lnlan A <;ill>rrt i\ar. nov.). 



hitler- iii the -mall numlier and feebleness of the spines and prickles, 

 and in the pre-ence of a liaixl of small prickles- (in the females) on the 

 Mi- part of i he jieelorals, ]arallel with the edge. Supraocular 

 - almo.-t obsolete. T\\ o or three minute prickles often present at 

 the -houlder. A series Of minute Stellate prickles beginning near the 

 middle of the back, becoming hooked .-pines on the tail. Lateral caudal 

 pi: iirel\ dnleieiitialed. A band of small prickles on posterior 



part of the back. Male- almost -mooth. Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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l>i^k i ..... 'h liroadei than long, anteriorly bioadlx arched; the snout 

 \er\ ..l.iu-e. but its lip sli-htl\ ex-eiied and aeutish; anterior margin 

 ol pecioial- -omeuhal uiidiilaled and conxex: jiosterior margin ver\ 

 con\cx. A ro\s of -tout -upi aocidar spines; about six spines on the 

 -ca|.ular legion, and a median io\\ of strong spine.- on the tail. Entire 

 ujiper .-nilace rough witli -Irong slellate prickles; these largest on 



