226 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 9 



duced. Depth 2.9 to 3 in standard length, head 3. Eyes 3.61 to 3.75 in 

 head, maxillary 2 to 2.15, interorbital 4.66 to 4.78, snout 4.78 to 4.94. 

 Scales moderate, ctenoid, 48 to 50 in a lateral series. Head scaled, fins 

 naked. Three scales above lateral line at center of spinous dorsal, 14 

 scale rows from same point to anal base. Jaw teeth in narrow bands, 

 teeth of outer row enlarged, widely spaced, and blunt. Inner teeth small, 

 pointed, and close-set. Vomerine teeth in a diamond-shaped patch of 

 small, pointed, close-set teeth. Palatine teeth in an elongate band. A few 

 small granular teeth on tongue. 



Description. — Body oblong, compressed ; dorsal outline much more 

 rounded than ventral. Dorsal profile rising steeply from tip of snout to 

 fourth dorsal spine, thence curving downward to narrow caudal peduncle. 

 Ventral outline curved downv/ard from tip of lower jaw to before ventral 

 base, thence extending backward in a flattened curve to anal origin, and 

 gradually tapering to caudal base. Greatest depth through ventral base 

 2.9 to 3 in standard length. 



Dorsal X, 15, continuous, origin above upper edge of gill-opening. 

 Dorsal spines moderate, third spine longest, twice height of first spine, 

 posterior spines becoming gradually shorter. Soft dorsal more greatly 

 developed than spinous dorsal. Membranes between dorsal spines 

 emarginate. Anal III, 7, origin beneath fourth dorsal ray. First anal 

 spine small; second spine strong and heavy, slightly shorter than third 

 dorsal spine; third anal spine equal to, but more slender than second 

 spine. Pectorals 20, shorter than head, bluntly pointed. Ventrals I, 5, 

 inserted beneath pectoral base. Second and third ventral rays filamentous, 

 tip of third ray reaching base of last anal ray. Caudal fin deeply 

 emarginate (forked), 14 divided rays. 



Scales finely ctenoid, 48 to 50 in a lateral series. Three scale rows 

 above arch of lateral line at middle of spinous dorsal, 14 scale rows from 

 that point to anal base. Fins naked, except for bases of three or four 

 median caudal rays. Head completely scaled. Lateral line complete; 

 extending backward close to dorsal outline, angulated downward below 

 posterior dorsal rays. Pores in lateral line 34 or 35, sensory tubes extend- 

 ing along almost entire scale, ascending posteriorly. 



Head compressed, 3 in standard length; dorsal profile steep, ventral 

 profile less so. Eyes moderate, lateral, placed high on sides of head, close 

 to dorsal outline, 3.61 to 3.75 in head. Mouth oblique, lower jaw 

 projecting, scaled. Maxillary scaled, extending backward to beneath 

 posterior edge of pupil, 2.1 to 2.15 in head. Interorbital convex, slightly 



