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Body as in G. elegaus, but more slender, tapering gradually be- 

 hind ; head usually more slender ; caudal peduncle deeper. First three 

 spines of dorsal not usually so high as in G. elegans, but quite vari- 

 able; soft dorsal longer, outline rounded, not conspicuously truncate; 

 rays usually all equidistant from each other; pellucid area small and 

 not terminal. Shade and color pattern usually quite unlike that of 

 G. eli'f/diix, neither the rich colors nor the ocellated spots being 

 found. Usual color greenish or yellowish, "kelp color"; sides each 

 with three or four dark longitudinal stripes, the upper running from 

 snout through upper part of eye and along base of dorsal to caudal, 



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Figures 18 and 19. Gibbonsia evides 



Fig. 18, Ventral view of viscera entire. Fig. 19. Alimentary canal removed. 

 L, Liver. S, Spleen. Numbers refer to corresponding regions in the alimentary 

 canal. 



