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12. CH,(ETODON DiEDALMA Jordan and Fowler, new species. 



Head ^ to af ; depth If to If; D. XII or XIII, 22; A. Ill, l(j; 

 P. I, 14; V. I, 5; scale.s 6-46-18. Body very deep, short and strongh^ 

 compressed; scales small, except on the sides, a little in front where 

 the}^ are much enlarged, and on the head, soft doi'sal and anal, and 

 caudal becoming ver}' small. Head small, the profile above ol)li(|uely 

 vertical, and the snout produced; eye smaller than the snout, 3^ in 

 head and equal to the interor])ital space; mouth small, the maxillary 

 reaching to the anterior nostril: nostrils close together and a little 



Fig. -1.— ("h.^todon D,«r>Ai,M,A 



before the eve; teeth curved and projecting in brush-like bands in 

 each jaw; interorbital space convex; gill-opening long, the membrane 

 a narrow fold across and not united to the isthmus; gill rakers short 

 and few; first dorsal spine short, the anterior ones longer than the 

 others and more I'obust; soft dorsal with the rays in front the longest 

 and the edge rounded; anal spines strong, the first the shortest and 

 the second the longest; soft anal high and the edge rounded; pectoral 

 low and a))out equal to the head; ventrals about equal to the pecto- 

 rals, but not reaching the anus; caudal squarely truncate, the edge 

 straight. Lateral line high, arched, concurrent with dorsal fin, and 



