﻿THREE 
  NEW 
  SCIAENID 
  FISHES 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  135 
  

  

  to 
  lateral 
  line 
  5 
  (5) 
  and 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  dorsal 
  to 
  lateral 
  

   line 
  5(5); 
  t^cales 
  from 
  lateral 
  line 
  to 
  anal 
  origin 
  9 
  (8) 
  ; 
  zi<;za<j^ 
  scale 
  

   ro>Ys 
  around 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  19 
  (17). 
  Additional 
  counts 
  are 
  recorded 
  

   in 
  table 
  1. 
  

  

  Snout 
  bluntly 
  rounded, 
  projecting 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  mouth, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  inferior 
  in 
  position, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  included; 
  interorbital 
  space 
  

   broaiK 
  a 
  little 
  convex, 
  its 
  width 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  length 
  of 
  snout 
  ; 
  anterior 
  

   profile 
  nearly 
  straight 
  from 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  to 
  between 
  eyes 
  or 
  a 
  trifle 
  

   convex 
  ; 
  ventral 
  profile 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  anteriorly, 
  then 
  nearly 
  straight 
  

   to 
  anal 
  origin; 
  body 
  compressed 
  posteriorly; 
  greatest 
  depth 
  at 
  dorsal 
  

   origin; 
  eye 
  about 
  4V'> 
  in 
  the 
  head, 
  21/5 
  m 
  postorbital 
  length 
  of 
  head, 
  

   and 
  1V4 
  ill 
  interorbital 
  space; 
  posterior 
  nasal 
  opening 
  close 
  to 
  eye, 
  a 
  

  

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  Figure 
  8. 
  — 
  Ophioscion 
  panamensis, 
  new 
  species; 
  Holotype 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  122612). 
  

  

  little 
  larger 
  than 
  anterior 
  one; 
  tip 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw 
  without 
  barbel, 
  but 
  

   with 
  three 
  pairs 
  of 
  pores, 
  the 
  median 
  pair 
  minute 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  porelike 
  

   depression; 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  with 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  lobes, 
  a 
  pore 
  lying 
  between 
  

   the 
  middle 
  pair 
  of 
  lobes 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  pair 
  being 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  

   median 
  lobes 
  by 
  a 
  pore 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  a 
  third 
  groovelike 
  pore 
  lying 
  lat- 
  

   erally 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  lobe; 
  then 
  dorsally 
  to 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  occur 
  

   a 
  median 
  pore 
  and 
  another 
  pore 
  at 
  each 
  side; 
  anus 
  two-thirds 
  closer 
  to 
  

   anal 
  origin 
  than 
  to 
  pelvic 
  insertion; 
  j)elvic 
  fins 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  to 
  

   anus; 
  the 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  pelvics 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  filament; 
  pectoral 
  

   fins 
  reafhing 
  opposite 
  tip 
  of 
  pelvics; 
  gill 
  rakers 
  short, 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  

   one-half 
  the 
  piij)il; 
  preopercle 
  with 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  small 
  spines, 
  those 
  

   dorsally 
  snmllei- 
  th.m 
  those 
  near 
  the 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  preopercle; 
  none 
  

   hooked 
  downward; 
  skull 
  with 
  the 
  tisual 
  ()|)en 
  spaces 
  or 
  sinuses 
  between 
  

   the 
  narrow 
  bony 
  biidges; 
  least 
  depth 
  dl" 
  caurjal 
  peduncle 
  l^^jo 
  i" 
  its 
  

   iength; 
  teeih 
  in 
  villiform 
  bands 
  in 
  both 
  jaws, 
  the 
  outer 
  row 
  of 
  upper 
  

   jaw 
  slightly 
  enlarged; 
  i)seudol)ran<'hiae 
  well 
  developed; 
  scales 
  

   strongly 
  ctenoid; 
  lateral 
  line 
  broadly 
  curved 
  over 
  pectorals, 
  then 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  a 
  straight 
  course 
  along 
  midaxis 
  of 
  body 
  posteriorly, 
  extending 
  on 
  

  

  