B04 PEOCEEDINGfe OF UNITED STATES NATIOKAi MTJBEUM. 



of «noat to belort; eye, tbere concave and thence gibbouB to the front of 

 dOTBal. old Kj>ecimen8 haTin«j the najie ujore gibbous than young oner 



Mouth veiy hii'ge, the gape carved. Maxillary reaching to a little 

 beyond front of eye, its length 1^ iu head ; lower jaw Blightly included 

 Teeth strong, in rather broad bauds, those of the outer serieB enlarged; 

 anti-orh*- t*if^th of posterior part of' both jawb strong. 



Eye small. 5 to € in head. Jnterobital space convex. 4 iu head. Pre- 

 orbita] rathei deejj. itfc least breadtb C lu head. Preoj>ercle finely 

 •enate. 



Gill-rakers small, about 15 below angle. Scales rather large, those 

 ttbove lateral line auteriorly very much enlarged, arranged in irregula: 

 aud very oblique series, those below also oblique. 



liorsal 8]jines stout, the fourth longest, 2| in head; longest soft rayfc, 

 3| in head ; caudal lobe^ sTiljequal, 2 iu head ; longest aual rays, 24 in 

 head, theii' tips when depressed about reachint; tips of the last rays, 

 becond aual sijine stiongei and lougei than thiid, 2^ in head, its tip 

 when depressed at least reaching middle cfi last ray. Ventrals, 1^ il 

 Itead ; pectorals 1^ . 



Color in life bluish -gray, the base oi the scales above bright bionze. 

 tinged with olive. Bases of scales below lateral line also bronze, thih 

 tsoior forming verv oblique stripes running upward and backward: an- 

 terior region above lateral line with three oi foui sky-blue strii>es, ill 

 defined, apparently continuations of strii>es of hea^. Head goiden- 

 bionze witL many nanow stri^jes of deep clear blue, as if painted on 

 these nearly horizontal, except before eye, where a lew cuned one^ 

 cioss the forehead ; also these lines curve slightly upwai-d below eye 

 Lips dusky. Inside of mouth deep oi-ange, bordered anteriorly on the 

 jaws by yellow ; a gieeuisb bai on opercle, partly concealed by the pre* • 

 percle. J>orsal grayish, with a narrow yellow edge on sj>iuous portion j 

 Cauda" "''-*,,. gray; aual. gray, tinged with yellow; ventrals, gray, witha 

 clear i ^lei, whjcb dlsappeaI^ alter death ; |>ectorals, gmy, a dusky 



bar at base. There is considerable variation in the depth of color iu 

 tills species. The young is Mimiiar to the adult in color, but has traoett 



fleeted uppubite tuthe extremity of tiiedontal fin, ih >«lluw-, aud is avcouipauied {Mtloy 

 by a bluti lju« ; a «imilar lixie, but luore dlatioct, pa«MM> aloug itb upper edgt;. Th« 

 uaudal ILu in lurked ; tii^ ttpmeb of tiie duitta] ar*r lilauieutoub. 



" 'J"ii<- livril aud *• ■— Meuw; teetii iu eacjj jaw, tswpeciaUy iu ti»e upper, are iuu^er 

 nud itiruugei tiiat ■:ih, aud ate «uuuewLat Liouked, ii variauoe liuiu tb<: generic 



umtk 'deuttoeij veluurH' iudieated by M. Cuvier. Uih characters luay be erruueoub in 

 thi« rebpecl, or the atructui* may be peculiar to tlie pre»eut Bpecieb, the only oue of 

 ti»e >;eiiUb J liave yet exaujiued. 



"In thib dettcription I iiave omitted ttevera] pointti wbicb lorm part of the generic 

 laarkb indicated by M. Cuvier, wiiOi»e name lor tbe geuu» {liufiiMloft j tibould give 

 *va . ' • tbe prior claiui ol tbat of Jjiaboiin, proj>oi»t>d by M. l»e»mare«t. It Jh to be 

 lea: >\ever, tbat iu bucL a ca*e tbe weigbt JM. Cuvier'b autbority wiJ) l>ear down 



all oppottitiou, Atkd tiiat even tbe principleu oi nomenclature, il be peittbith in retaiu- 

 jug tbe appellation be bah piopotted, will iti vaiu be urged agaiuut one wbo bao 

 engaged lu bib lavoi tbe gratitude ol every icbtbyologist." 



