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Head 3 ,(3§ with caudal); depth 2f (3f ) ; length (29387) 7^ inches. 

 D. XII, 16; A. Ill, 8 ; .scales 7-50-14. 



Body ohlong, moderately compressed, the back somewhat elevated ; 

 the protile from the snout to the base of the dorsal rather steep and 

 straight or slightly convex. Snout pointed, of moderate length, a little 

 more than one-third of length of head. Ventral outline little curved. 

 Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep, three-iifths length of 

 head. 



Head rather long and pointed. Mouth large, little oblique, the pre- 

 maxillary below lower border of eye ; the lower jaw included ; the 

 maxillary 2 in head, reaching to opposite middle of pupil, its posterior 

 l^ortiou extending behind the preorbital sheath. Teeth strong, in mod- 

 erate bands, the outer series enlarged, especially in the upper jaw, and 

 on the sides of the lower jaw. Chin with a large pit and two pores. 

 Eye rather large, 4 in head, shorter than snout, which is 1 more than 

 to the width of the flatfish iuterorbital space; about half wider than 

 the moderate preorbital. 



Preopercle sharply serrate, its upright limb nearly straight. Gill- 

 rakers short and weak, about 15 on lower part of arch. 



Scales moderate, those above lateral line in very oblique series, be- 

 coming horizontal on the caudal peduncle; those below it in horizontal 

 series. Vertical fins well scaled, the scaly sheaths of dorsal and anal 

 well developed. Scales on breast small. Dorsal fin rather high, the 

 spines strong, the fourth or longest 2^ in head, about one-third longer 

 than the soft rays. Caudal short, moderately forked, the upper lobe 

 slightly the longest, two-thirds head. Second anal spine strong, 2f in 

 head; much longer than the third spine, which is shorter than the soft 

 rays. Soft rays of anal high, the first soft ray when depressed reach- 

 ing almost to tip of last ray; much beyond the base of the last ray. 

 Ventral fins four- sevenths length of head, not reaching tips of pectorals, 

 which are about three-fourths length of head. 



Color in life, light olive brown, silvery below, the edges of the scales 

 of back with brilliant bluish luster. Each scale on back and sides 

 with a median silvery spot (much larger than the ai^ota in I). Jkivigut- 

 taUis), these forming very distinct streaks, having the direction of the 



length; snout pointed, a little longer tliau the diameter of the eye, which is 3f in 

 head, and equal to the distance between the angle of the opei'culura and the limb of 

 the preoperculnm. The upper maxillary extends to the vertical from the anterior 

 margin of the eye. The posterior limb of the preopcrcnlum is slightly emarginate 

 and minutely denticulated, the dcnticulations of the angles not stronger than the 

 others. Dorsal fm notched ; spines moderately strong, the fourth longest, 2^ in length 

 of head. Soft dorsal, caudal, and anal lins t!iicl<ly enveloped in scales. Caudal tin 

 little notched. Second anal spine a little longer tlian tliiid, as long as the longest 

 dorsal spine. Scales between pectoral lin and lateral line not larger than the others. 



Color yellowish with numerous (IS) oblique brownish streaks on the side of the 

 body; anal and ventral fins blackish ; some irregular brownish spots on the caudal. 



Total length m. 0, 130; head 0, 039; eye 0, 010; snout 0, 013; second anal spine 0, 

 017 ; fourth dorsal spine 0, 017 ; depth of body 0, 037. 



