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rays. The anal origin is under the third ray of the soft dorsal, its dis- 

 tance from the vent 2^ times the length of the dagger-shaped spine 

 The vent is directly under the end of the spinous dorsal. The anal rays 

 are longest anteriorly, the fifth ray being nearly as long as the corre- 

 sponding ray of the soft dorsal. The dagger-shaped spine in front of the 

 anal equals one-half the least height of the tail. The ventral is imme- 

 diately under the third spine of dorsal; its first and longest ray equals 

 three-fourths of the interorbital width. The fifth ray is about two thirds 

 as long as the first. The pectoral begins under the second dorsal spine ; 

 its length equals 2^ times the width of the interorbital area. It ex- 

 tends to the vertical midway between the fifth and sixth dorsal spines. 



The lateral line is well developed; it descends gradually from the 

 upper angle of the gill opening, reaching the median line of the body 

 under the soft dorsal. The scales are irregular in shape, thin, elongate, 

 cycloid, and deciduous. 



Color, purplish. The spinous dorsal, i)ectorals, ventrals, and inside of 

 mouth blackish. 



D. XX, 1, 19 + 2 finlets; A. 17 -f 3 finlets; V. I., 5; p. 13. 



TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS. mm. 



Length to base of caudal (44 inches) 1115 



Greatest height of body 138 



Height at ventrals 126 



Height at anal origin 112 



Least height of tail 40 



Greatest width of body 56 



Length of head - 280 



Greatest width of head 62 



Width of interorbital area 40 



Length of snout 117 



Length of upper jaw 130 



Length of mandible, with tip - 203 



Length of mandibular tip 23 



Length of eye 37 



Spinous dorsal, from tip of snout 233 



Length of third dorsal spine 55 



Length of ninth dorsal spine 58 



Length of thirteenth dorsal spine 58 



Length of twentieth dorsal spine 25 



Length of lifth dorsal ray 78 



Length of last dorsal ray 20 



Length of second dorsal finlet : 28 



Caudal, length of middle rays 58 



Caudal, length of external rays 116 



Pectoral, from tip of snout 255 



Length of pectoral 100 



"Ventral, from tip of snout 2o5 



Length of first ventral ray 30 



Length of fifth ventral ray 22 



Vent, from dagger-shaped spine 32 



Length of dagger-shaped spine 20 



Anal, from vent 4.5 



Length of fifth anal ray 72 



Length of last anal ray - 20 



Length of last anal finlet • 28 



