Jordan and Evennann. — Fishes of North America. I860 



pectorals and caudal, fins otherwise naked. Five lateral lines ; the first 

 following the curve of the back, running from nape to upper edge of caudal 

 iin, joining its fellow of the opposite side in front of dorsal but uot con- 

 continued forward, its distance below dorsal Iin anteriorly equal to 4^ eye; 

 the second running from upper part of gill opening to middle of caudal 

 Iin; the third running from a point on side, on level with lower edge of 

 pectoral and between tips of pectoral and ventral, to the beginning of 

 posterior fourth of anal base; the fourth from gill opening running just 

 above base of ventrals to a short distance beyond their tips; the lifth 

 running above base of anal to lower part of caudal, anteriorly undulating 

 on belly and joining its fellow of the opposite side, just behind base of 

 ventrals, and continuing forward simply between ventrals to throat. 

 Origin of spinous dorsal above upper end of gill slit continuous with 

 soft dorsal, no notch between them; first anal ray a' little nearer base of 

 caudal than posterior orbital rim, coterminous with soft dorsal; pectorals 

 broad and short, evenly rounded behind, reaching to below the base of the 

 fourteenth dorsal spine; ventrals inserted behind pectorals a distance 

 equal to length of snout, their tips reaching just past tips of pectorals, or 

 f distance to vent; caudal forked, the lobes about equal. Ground color 

 in life, of male 18 inches long, pale dirty yellowish; head mottled with 

 darker; anterior part of body with a i^vj large black blotches; side 

 crossed by 5 black cross bars, the first, which is narrower and less distinct 

 than the others, extending from the twelfth and thirteenth dorsal spines 

 downward to below middle of pectoral fin; the second, f inch wide, 

 extends from the eighteenth to twentieth dorsal spines downward, its 

 lower end lying under the pectoral, its posterior edge flush with the tip 

 of that fin; the third lies about \ inch farther back and is about \ inch 

 wide, its upper part indistinct and it does not extend so low on belly as 

 the second; fourth bar very broad (1^ to 2 inches), broken and irregular 

 at top but blackest and widest at the bottom, where it stretches from the 

 sixth to the sixteenth anal ray; the fifth and last bar (1^ inches wide) 

 lies between the last 5 dorsal and the last 9 anal rays; above, this bar 

 extends over the caudal peduncle and back almost to the caudal fin ; all 

 these black bars are continued upon the dorsal fin, the fourth and fifth 

 most plainly; rest of dorsal fin pale yellowish, the margin with a very 

 narrow black border throughout its entire length, darkest posteriorly; 

 pectoral reddish at base and above, black below and at tip; ventrals 

 black, reddish at base; anal black throughout; caudal reddish; lower 

 parts white. Another specimen of same size had the following colors: 

 Ground color pale chrome yellow, area above second lateral line somewhat 

 dusky; bright chrome yellow below second lateral line; vertical bars not 

 so dark as in the other specimen described ; dorsal fin uniform light orange, 

 with a very narrow black border beginning on the membrane between 

 the fifth and sixth spines and continuing to posterior end of fin; pectoral 

 clouded orange or amber above, black below tenth ray, paler at base; 

 axil pale yellow; anal black, a little lemon at base in front aud between 

 fifteenth and eighteenth rays; ventrals black, yellow at base; caudal 

 light orange; branchiostegal membranes white and pale lemon, a little 

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