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thick, .short, .strong, .sharp, not terminating in filaments; third and 

 fourth dorsal .spine.s the longest and a little greater than the eye; first 

 dor.sal spine a little .shorter than the fifth ; smal with a single, compressed, 

 .short, tooth-like .spine hooked backward and falling behind the origin 

 of the soft dor.sal; soft dor.sal and anal .similar, the anterior rays 

 graduated to behind the middle of the fin, where it is highest; pectorals 

 before the spinous dor.sal, directly l)ehind the gill-opening, and about 

 equal to the eye; ventrals a trifle before pectorals, long, expanded, a 

 little larger than the base of the soft dorsal, and with a very short spine 

 at their bases; caudal damaged, short, about 1^ times larger than the 

 eye, and its base edged above and Ijelow with 3 short, sharp spine.s. 

 Lateral line strongh' arched in front and descending obliquely behind 



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Fig. 1.— Cyttopsi.s itea. 



at the caudal peduncle and then running straight to the base of the 

 caudal. Caudal peduncle very narrow and somewhat thick and com- 

 pressed, and a little less than the maxillary. Color in alcohol, brown 

 above, silver}' below, and all the fins except the ventrals plain ; ventrals, 

 with their outer halves of the membranes of the fin, brownish black, 

 the ra3^s being pale; on the outer parts of the membranes of the 

 spinoas dorsal some dark brownish black. [Total length, 6^ inches.]^ 



Here descri})ed from an example dredged by the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mis.'iion steamer Albatross in Suruga Baj'. It is numbered 50562 in the 

 United States National Museum. 



(zVeor, a target.) 



'The brackets indicate that sucli measurement.s, etc., as are ju'iveii are not .satisfac- 

 tory, owing to the distorted snout of this specimen. 



