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as long as the base of the fin : the second dorsal fin begins 

 and ends on the same planes with the first anal fin ; the base 

 of the second dorsal fin as long again as the base of the first 

 dorsal fin ; the base of the third dorsal fin rather more than 

 half as long as that of the second dorsal ; the third dorsal and 

 the second anal fins begin and end on the same planes, and 

 the peculiarity of their forms has been referred to. The 

 vent, or anal aperture, is in a line under the most posterior 

 portion of the first dorsal fin ; the first anal fin begins im- 

 mediately behind the vent, and under the commencement of 

 the second dorsal fin ; the second anal fin has been noticed ; 

 the tail is long, with the rays slightly forked. The number 

 of fin-rays : 



D. 12. 19. 17. : P. 14 : V. 6 : A. 25. 17. : C. 18. 



The head is short and the nose blunt : the barbule at the 

 chin neither so long nor so slender as in the Pout ; several 

 mucous pores about the mouth : the eye large ; the breadth 

 equal to one-third of the length of the head ; the irides 

 orange : the scales of the body minute and deciduous ; the 

 lateral line but slightly curved, and that only where it rises 

 over the pectoral fin : the upper part of the head and back 

 brownish yellow, becoming lighter on the cheeks and sides ; 

 the belly dirty white ; pectoral, dorsal fins, and tail, yellow 

 brown, darker at the edges ; ventral and anal fins dirty yel- 

 lowish white. 



