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opposite first third in eye, its lower edge finely dentate and greatest 

 expansion about half of eye. Mouth rather small, superior. 

 Scarcely median emargination to upper jaw front. Mandible well 

 protruded, rami well elevated inside mouth. A series of small pre- 

 maxillary teeth, narrow, median largest and others graduated exter- 

 nally. Small similar series on each side of symphysis of mandible. 

 A double series of minute teeth on each palatine longitudinally. 

 Tongue narrow, depressed, surface above roughened medianly, pointed 

 tip free. Nostrils small pores, together, about midway in snout. 

 Interorbital constricted, slightly elevated, depressed. Preorbital 

 width about half of eye, slipping over upper anterior portion of max- 

 illary. Postero-infraorbital about half of eye. Preopercle ridge 

 oblique, and hind edge slightly inclined forward. Opercles and 

 cheeks smooth, stria? or lines inconspicuous or obsolete. 



Gill-opening forward about opposite last fifth in snout. Rakers 

 12 + 22, compressed, pointed, 2 in eye. Filaments about f of rakers. 

 Pseudobranchise 2\ in eye, much larger than filaments. Isthmus 

 slender, swelling but slightly behind. No depression on shoulder- 

 girdle. 



Scales large, cycloid, each with as many as 6 vertical striae, edges entire, 

 disposed in longitudinal series, and of about uniform size. Dorsal 

 and anal depressible within basal scaly sheaths composed of scales 

 small in size. Caudal base covered with small scales. Free axillary 

 scaly pointed pectoral flap § of fin. An axillary ventral scale. 



Dorsal inserted about midway between mandible tip and caudal 

 base, graduated down from first branched ray which is longest (dam- 

 aged), depressed fin 3^ to caudal base. Anal inserted slightly behind 

 dorsal or about midway between front eye edge and caudal base, first 

 few branched rays little longest, others all short and fin low, base 

 straight. Caudal (damaged) forked, lobes apparently pointed and 

 equal. Pectoral falcate, rather broad, reaching far back as ventral 

 tip. Ventral small, inserted much nearer anal than pectoral origin. 

 Vent close before anal. 



Color in alcohol brownish on back and upper surface of head behind, 

 sides and lower regions silvery-white. Fins all pale brownish. Iris 

 brassy. 



Length 5|- inches (caudal damaged). 



Type No. 15,314, A. N. S. P. A single example from Newport, 

 R. I. Samuel Powell. 



Only the above example is known to me, and it would appear un- 

 doubtedly to have been obtained at Newport as a waif of the Gulf 

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