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EIGENMANN— NEW FISHES FROM 



thin ; upper jaw with an outer series of fixed teeth and a few teeth 

 within these near the symphysis; lower jaw with a similar series of 

 slightly smaller teeth and several irregular series behind this near 

 the symphysis; scales large, ctenoid on the area behind the tips of 

 the pectorals, cycloid, smaller and less regularly arranged above the 

 pectoral ; nape, region in front of the dorsal, and region above the 

 gill-openings naked. Pectorals and ventrals nearly coextensive, a 

 little shorter than the head ; dorsal spines curved, prolonged in 

 filaments, reaching to the base of the fourth ray ; the first, second or 

 third longest ; soft dorsal reaching to or beyond the origin of the 

 caudal ; caudal very long, pointed, 2-2.5 i" the length ; anal similar 

 and nearly coextensive with the dorsal. 



A conspicuous black spot on the upper part of the pectoral ; sides 

 with five to eight dull spots, the alternate ones smaller, the last at 

 the base of the caudal; spinous dorsal and lower part of soft dorsal 

 with horizontal dark streaks ; middle or upper part of caudal with 

 faint cross bars ; ventrals dusky ; pectoral and anal light. 



16. Awaous decemlineatus spec. nov. 

 Specimens Examined. 



Head 3.33 ; depth 5.25 ; D. VI-I, 9 or 10 ; A. I, 10 ; scales 57-14 ; 

 eye a little over 5 in the head ; equal to the interocular ; maxillary 

 reaching to below middle of the eye ; snout nearly 3 in the head ; 

 mouth wide, its width equals the postorbital part of the head ; teeth 

 of the lower jaw of the type consisting of a series of small, more 

 or less movable ones in an outer row and four strong, recurved, 

 fixed teeth in an inner series, near the symphysis, not parallel with 

 the outer series, and one or two similar teeth on the side of the jaw 

 remote from the rest of the inner series and opposite the end of the 

 outer series; upper jaw with a series of about seven strong, widely 

 spaced, recurved teeth (16 in the young) ; fifth dorsal spine reach- 



