774 roxTKimTmxs TO NORTH AMKKICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



cadi ending in a pon>, as in X!j>liixl<T, l>nt tin 1 branches more oblique 

 ami le>s regular. Head short; crown witli a conspicuous fleshy lon- 

 gitudinal crest in the adult; jaws siibequal, with conical teeth; villi- 

 form tectli on \ omer and palatines; gill-membranes united, free from 

 the i>thmiis. .Dorsal fin continuous, long aud low, the anterior part 

 composed of sharp spines, which are rather lower than the soft rays; 

 caudal I'm rounded, connected with dorsal aud anal: anal tin similar to 

 soft dorsal, with 1 or 2 small spines; pectorals small; ventrals wanting. 

 I in retinal '-anal elongate, with several pyloric eo-ca. Pacific Ocean. 

 Herbivorous, similar in habits to the species of \ij>Iiix/<T. (/.; il j<i^, the 

 Sapajou, a kind of monkey; './<>'>$, fish; in allusion to the "peculiar 

 monkey-like" physiognomy as seen from the front.) 



1181. C. violaccus (Ayros) (Jnl. 



Dull olive grayish, mottled with lighter, sometimes reddish tinged; 

 vertical lius all edged with reddish; cheeks with :'> darker stripes, 

 edged with paler, one downward and backward from the eye, close 

 behind angle of mouth; another above it to root of pectoral ; another 

 running upward and backward from the eye, and meeting its fellow 

 over the crest. Maxillary extending to or beyond orbit. Dorsal scaly 

 at base; vent nearer snout than base of caudal; pectoral two-lifths 

 length of head; nape midway between dorsal and eye. Head (\\ ; 

 depth ('. ]). XXIII, 41; A. I, 41. L. 30 inches. Sail Francisco to 

 J'oint Coiicepcion; abundant. 



Ciranl, 1'rnr. Ac-:xl. N:i1. Sci. Pliila. 1 "C) 1, 1".0 : r<7W/V/i//,i/x ,T/N- 

 tti ; /,illi Avivs. 1'n.c. C;il. Arail. Nat. Sci. 1,58, l-'.V.: Ciranl. (' . S. I'ac. K'. K'. Surv. fish. 

 TJ1; ( Jiiiit JUT, iii, 2(JO.) 



416. EirmZNOUKAJIJIFS Ciill. 

 ((nil, 1'nic. Acad. Nat. Si-i. 1'liila. 1-iil, ">\0: tyjir clinii.i )>nr< ixn* Kriiyrr.) 



Body comparatively shoi-t, the back somewhat arched; moiitli rather 

 large, ihe jaws with villilbnn teeth; teeth on vomer and palatines. 

 Scales small; lateral line present, median, wit h one or more accessory 

 branches: pectorals and ventrals well developed. Dorsal moderately 

 hi-Ii. of spines only, sliglitly connected with the rounded caudal; gill- 

 op 1 Dings continued forwards below, the membranes narrowly joined to 

 the isthmus; p> loric eo-ea present. (.-'', well; /-V.,c, middle; Yl"- 1 : 1 !",, 

 line; the lon.ue.xi lateral line being t he middle one.) 



(i. LIIWIT lati-ral lint- |nv-,rnt . 



1 IN'J. I-:. pr:rrisio> . Kroyer) *,ill. 



An ovule, black, white edged spot between Ihe sixth and tenth dorsal 

 spines. .Snout Mibconical; cleft of mouth slightly oblique; vomeriue 



