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of snout than base of caudal, and spines rather pungent, second longest. 

 Soft dorsal inserted midway between origin of spinous dorsal and base 

 of caudal, anterior or first rays elevated, and highest. Anal similar, 

 and its origin about opposite that of soft dorsal. Caudal emarginate. 

 Pectoral small, damaged, though evidently falling well short of spinous 

 dorsal. Ventral small, hardly reaching | of distance to origin of anal . 

 Anus close in front of anal fin. 



Color in alcohol brown above, silvery-white below. Fins all pale 

 brown, dorsals and caudal tinted a little with dusky. Tip of lower 

 jaw blackish. Eye brassy. Peritoneum silvery. 



Length (caudal damaged) 8^ inches. 



Type No. 11,463, A. N. S. P. "Sambaia." Presented by the .Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



One example, the type. I am unable to locate the type locality, 

 though subsequent labels refer it to Brazil. It was found in the same 

 jar with »SI. picudilla and originally identified as Sphyrcena vulgaris. 

 It differs from S. sphyrcena chiefly in fewer anal rays, and from picudilla 

 in same way, though with more mnnerous scales in l;iteral line. 



{To/j.7j, that cuts, acute.) 



Explanation of Plates XLV and XLVI. 



Plate XLV. — Liza alosoides Fowler. 



Type No. 9,771, A. N. S. P. West Africa. 

 Mugil incilis Hancock. 



No. 9,827, A. N. S. P. Guiaiia. 



Plate XLVI. — Sphyrcena tome P'owler. 



Type No. 11,463, A. N. S. P. Sambaia 

 Sphyrwna pimdilla Poey. 



No. 11,464, A. N. S. P. Sambaia. 



