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ART. 7. — S. ï AN AK A : 



*Tlie qiecimen deycribed by Jordan and Snyder. 

 fThe si)ecimen described by Schmidt. 



D. 43 to 44 ; A. 33 to 36 ; P. 41 to 42 ; C. 10. 



Color in formalin pale gray, marbled and streaked with dark 

 gray and black; no definite macula tion; an irregular streak of small 

 blackish mottles on dorsal near base ; a second streak of larger 

 black mottles below the first ; several longitudinal streaks of more 

 or less distinct mottles run through body. The marbling on head 

 paler than those on body ; body near base of anal blackish ; 

 dorsal, anal and caudal blackish, especially along edge. Pectoral 

 dark gray on the outer parts, blackish along edge, under or 

 posterior side of the fin darker than the outer ; projecting tip of 

 rays of all the above fins whitish. Ventral whitish. Chin, 

 throat, belly and lower part of pectoral rather pale. 



Owstonia, n. g. 

 The genus is allied to Loncho2nsthiis {^niicrognathus), but 



