﻿REVISION' 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  CLINGFISIIES 
  — 
  SCIIULTZ 
  53 
  

  

  bases 
  of 
  uppor 
  flrst 
  to 
  third 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  rnys 
  or 
  the 
  orbits 
  larper 
  

  

  than 
  iiiterorbifal 
  space; 
  liioisorlike 
  teeth 
  at 
  front 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw 
  

  

  projeotinp 
  forward 
  in 
  a 
  nearly 
  horizontal 
  or 
  oblique 
  direction, 
  

  

  middle 
  pair 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  laterally. 
  

  

  18o. 
  Anal 
  rays 
  10 
  to 
  14; 
  dorsal 
  12 
  to 
  16, 
  pectoral 
  10 
  to 
  23 
  (counting 
  

  

  all 
  rudiments) 
  ; 
  fleshy 
  pad 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  

  

  base 
  very 
  well 
  developed 
  and 
  free 
  membranous 
  border 
  along 
  

  

  its 
  posterior 
  edge 
  extending 
  up 
  to 
  or 
  beyond 
  twelfth 
  pectoral 
  

  

  ray 
  from 
  dorsal 
  edge; 
  interorbital 
  space 
  equal 
  to 
  or 
  wider 
  than 
  

  

  eye; 
  least 
  depth 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  4^^ 
  to 
  5Vi 
  times 
  in 
  dorsal 
  

  

  origin 
  to 
  midcaudal 
  tin 
  base 
  ; 
  anal 
  origin 
  under 
  anterior 
  third 
  of 
  

  

  dorsal 
  fln 
  base 
  {Sicyof/ai^tcr 
  Brisout 
  de 
  Barneville). 
  

  

  19a. 
  Anal 
  rays 
  10 
  or 
  11 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  12 
  or 
  13 
  ; 
  free 
  margin 
  of 
  fleshy 
  pad 
  

  

  on 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  base 
  ending 
  abruptly 
  opposite 
  ninth 
  to 
  twelfth 
  

  

  ray 
  from 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  base; 
  eye 
  1 
  to 
  l^^ 
  In 
  

  

  interorbital 
  space 
  and 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  anus 
  a 
  little 
  closer 
  

  

  to 
  i-ear 
  margin 
  of 
  disk 
  than 
  to 
  anus; 
  origin 
  of 
  dors&l 
  fln 
  

  

  equidistant 
  between 
  midbase 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  and 
  anterior 
  half 
  

  

  of 
  postorbltal 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  (rem 
  and 
  Chile). 
  

  

  Sicyog-aster 
  marmoratus 
  (Jenyns) 
  

   196. 
  Anal 
  rays 
  12 
  to 
  14 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  13 
  to 
  16 
  ; 
  fleshy 
  pad 
  on 
  outer 
  base 
  

   of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  with 
  free 
  posterior 
  margin 
  ending 
  gradually, 
  

   about 
  opposite 
  flrst 
  to 
  third 
  upper 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  ray 
  ; 
  eye 
  1% 
  

   to 
  2 
  in 
  interorbital 
  space; 
  length 
  of 
  disk 
  about 
  3, 
  head 
  about 
  

   214. 
  greatest 
  depth 
  4% 
  to 
  5, 
  all 
  in 
  standard 
  length 
  ; 
  anus 
  

   much 
  closer 
  to 
  anal 
  origin 
  than 
  rear 
  margin 
  of 
  disk; 
  origin 
  

   of 
  dorsal 
  equidistant 
  between 
  midbase 
  of 
  caudal 
  fln 
  and 
  

   rear 
  of 
  head; 
  interorbital 
  space 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  snout 
  (San 
  

   Diego 
  to 
  Queen 
  Charlotte 
  Islands, 
  British 
  Columbia 
  ; 
  I'uget 
  

  

  Sound) 
  Sicyogaster 
  maeandrlcus 
  (Girard) 
  

  

  186. 
  Anal 
  rays 
  7 
  or 
  8; 
  dorsal 
  7 
  to 
  9; 
  pectoral 
  22 
  to 
  25; 
  diameter 
  of 
  

   eyes 
  greater 
  than 
  interorbital 
  space, 
  the 
  latter 
  about 
  % 
  to 
  % 
  

   in 
  eye; 
  color 
  usually 
  reddish 
  when 
  alive 
  (Arco/<, 
  new 
  genus). 
  

   20a. 
  Free 
  margin 
  of 
  fleshy 
  pad 
  on 
  pectoral 
  fln 
  base 
  ending 
  op- 
  

   posite 
  thirteenth 
  ray 
  from 
  uj^per 
  edge 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  base; 
  

   Interorltital 
  space 
  G 
  or 
  7 
  in 
  head; 
  least 
  depth 
  of 
  caudal 
  

   peduncle 
  3Vi' 
  times 
  in 
  distance 
  from 
  midcaudal 
  fin 
  base 
  to 
  

   dcrsal 
  origin 
  and 
  1 
  '/•• 
  in 
  Its 
  length; 
  iielvi<-s 
  fastened 
  nearer 
  

   base 
  of 
  r)ectoral 
  rays 
  than 
  one-third 
  way 
  out 
  (Oalapii^os 
  

   Islands; 
  Panama 
  Bay; 
  and 
  MazatlAn, 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California). 
  

  

  Arcos 
  poecilophthalmus 
  (Jenyns) 
  

  

  20^. 
  Free 
  margin 
  of 
  fiesby 
  pad 
  on 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  liase 
  ending 
  opi)oslte 
  

  

  sixteenth 
  to 
  nineteenth 
  r;iy 
  from 
  upiK-r 
  edge 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fln 
  

  

  base; 
  interorbital 
  ~> 
  or 
  <i 
  limes 
  In 
  bead; 
  least 
  deptii 
  of 
  caudal 
  

  

  peduncle 
  4 
  times 
  in 
  flistance 
  from 
  midcaudal 
  base 
  to 
  dorsal 
  

  

  origin 
  and 
  r4ft 
  In 
  its 
  b-ngth; 
  pelvics 
  fastened 
  about 
  on<'-thlrd 
  

  

  way 
  out 
  lower 
  i)ectoral 
  rays 
  (Bahama 
  Islands; 
  West 
  Indies). 
  

  

  Arcos 
  macrophthalmua 
  (G(lnther) 
  

  

  176. 
  0111 
  membranes 
  Joined 
  opposite 
  third 
  to 
  seventh 
  upp<'r 
  pectoral 
  fln 
  

  

  rays 
  .somewhat 
  more 
  anteriorly 
  than 
  In 
  Cotyliit; 
  liiclsorllke 
  teeth 
  

  

  at 
  front 
  of 
  lower 
  Jaw 
  not 
  prnj»H'tlng 
  horizontally 
  forward 
  but 
  

  

  curved 
  oblifpiely 
  upward 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  nearly 
  opjio.se 
  those 
  In 
  upper 
  

  

  Jaw, 
  the 
  pair 
  of 
  incisors 
  at 
  middle 
  of 
  lower 
  Jaw 
  nearly 
  same 
  size 
  

  

  as 
  a«lJoinlng 
  ones; 
  outer 
  surface 
  of 
  p<'<Moral 
  fln 
  base 
  with 
  a 
  dls- 
  

  

  