Jordan and Evcrmann.— Fishes of North America. 



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XX. Preopercle finely serrate, the serrse at the angle scarcely 



enlarged, those belo-w not antrorse ; teeth subequal, or the 



outer in upper jaw somewhat enlarged; gill rakers very 



short and weak. 



j. Soft part of dorsal and anal with series of small scales on 



the membranes behind each lav; anal spines small or 



moderate, the second little, if any, longer or stronger 



than third; anal lower than the soft rays ; body oblong, 



not elevated ; scales above lateral line parallel with the 



back ; dorsal spines 12, the soft rays 15 or 16 ; outerteeth 



of upper jaw slightly enlarged. Brachydeuterus, 544. 



jj. Soft parts of dorsal and anal scaleless, except a low sheath 



at base; anal spines strong, the second much longer 



and stronger than third ; dorsal spines 12 or 13, the 



, ,, , '^°" '■''»JS 12 to 14. POMADASIS,'545. 



gg. Anal fin long and low, its rays III, 10 to III, 13; dorsal fin low, usuaUy 

 not deeply emarginate; anal spines small; preopercle finely serrate 

 or entire ; outer teeth of jaws slightly enlarged ; gill rakers moderate, 

 rather slender. 

 A". Dorsal si)ines 12 or 13. 



I. Scales of body without series of small accessorv scales at base- 



soft dorsal and anal naked or somewhat scaly; mouth small; 

 temporal crest, which rises from behind the eye, very low 

 and inconspicuous, the upper edge below base of the high 

 supraoccipital crest, which originates over the pupil. 



„ c! 1 ^ 1 , , Orthopristis, 546. 



II. Scales of body each with a cluster of small accessory scales at 



base; soft dorsal and anal with series of small scales on the 

 membranes. Isaciella, 547. 



kk. Dorsal spines 14; scales very smaU; soft dorsal and anal naked- 

 skull very broad and rounded, interorbital area wider than 

 length of snout; preorbital very narrow; the temporal crest 

 which rises above the pupil, rather high, its top above middle 

 of height of supraoccipital crest, which originates over front of 



„, . .^, ^ pupil. MiCROLEPIDOTCS, 548. 



aa. Chm with pores, but with no central groove at the symphysis ; preopercle finely serrate 

 m. Anterior profile concave above the eye; snout gibbous; outer teeth in both 

 jaws enlarged and blunt (appearance oi Anuotremus) ; gill rakers small 

 and slender; anal fin rather long, soft dorsal and anal scaleless. 



Genyatremu.s, 549. 

 537- HiEMULON,* Cuvier. 



(RoNccs OR Grunts.) 



Diaha.i, Desmarest, Premiere Decade Ichthologique, 34, 1823 ^mrr^^flavolineatus) , not 



niabasis of Hoffmansegg, a genus of Coleoptera 1819 

 Ucemulon. Cuvier, Regne Animal, Ed. 2, ii, 175, 1829 (elegans, etc.; restricted later to 



elegans= seiurns) . 

 Anannostus (Scuddeb KS.) Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 12, 1863 (name only ; jlavo- 



hneatum, etc.) ; name preoccupied in insects, ^nannostus, Lobw, 1860. 



f^ZL^f. ^?L"} ^^L^f^'k^""^.^ 'la'-k spot at the base of caudal, xliese mari 



one or more 



youl," o{ nearlv'Xt^*, " •'" "V^T" ''"^ ^'^'^' "^ *»»''«> ^' least mav be fou¥d in the 

 iCfengs peSt during iT' °^ ^^""''"^ and PomadaHs. In a few species these 



