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anal ray, and extends beyond the third anal spine a distance less than half tiie diam- 

 eter of the jmpil. The intcrspinous lueiubranc is not (hisky. The dorsal spines are 

 slenderer even than in robalito; the third is not heavier than the fourth, and is usually 

 shortened a little, giving a rounded contour to the fin, which is sometimes, however, 

 sharplv angular. The second dorsal spine is very short, varying from onc-fuurth to 

 one-sixth tiie length of the third. The distance from the vent to the base of the 

 first anal spine equals that between the tip of the snout and some point between the 

 hinder margin of the pupil and the hinder margin of the orbit. The preorI)ital and 

 the horizontal and vertical limbs of the preopercle are very weakly spinous, the 

 spines being scarcely perceptible in some specimens. There are 2 stronger spines, 

 as usual, at the preopcrcular angle. The ridges on top of head are low and nar- 

 row; the median pair are most widely separateil at a |)oint over the middle of the 

 occiput. There are ") or G developed gill-rakers on the vertical limb of the outer 

 arch, 11 or 12 on the horizontal limb, besides 2 or 3 rudiments on each. There are 

 47 or 48 scales in the lateral line in advance of the base of the caudal, and 7.1 in a 

 vertical series between the middle of the soft dorsal and the lateral line. The lateral 

 line is uniformly pale. 



Measuretnenls in Hundredths of Length icithoiit Caudal. 



Length in nini. without projecting lower jaw or caudal 



Head without lower jaw 



Depth 



Eye 



Interorbital (bone only) 



Ma.\illary 



Third dorsal spine 



Fourth dorsal spine 



Fifth dorsal spine 



Second anal spine 



First anal ray 



Second dorsal ray 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Caudal 



Caudal peduncle (height) 



Vent from front of anal 



Distance from anal to base of ventral spine 



Longest gill-rakers 



254 

 41 



28 



251 



1" 



244 



39i 

 28 



5 



5i 

 14 

 18 



i7i 



14 



18 



16 



15 



23i 



2li 



24 



II 



15 



39 

 4 



255 



239 



i4i 151 



25*J 



i4i 



