Jordan and F.vermann. — Fishes of North America. 1195 



!;6. Scales on top of head extending forward only to middle of eyes ; head and sides uf body 

 everywherocovered with dark orange spots ; gill rakers short and thick, x + 12, the 

 longest 2»^ in eye; body moderately elongate ; lower jaw projecting, but less so 

 than in V. nebuttfer; maxillary reaching middle of eye, 2| in head, scales quite 

 rough. Second dorsal spine short, not half the third, which is IJ in head, the 

 fourth scarcely sliorter ; second anal spine shorter than third ; caudal slightly con- 

 cave ; color olive brown, thickly covered everywhere abovc^ with dark hexagonal 

 or roundish spots, so close together as to leave the ground color appearing as reticu- 

 lations around them ; these spots are more or less confluent on tlie bark, and arc 

 most distinct, and tinged with orange on sides of liead, on brancliiostegals, and on 

 base of pectorals ; about seven dusky cross bars along the sides, in which the spots 

 are deeper in color and more confluent; a bluish stripe from eye across cheeks; 

 soft dorsal and caudal with bronze spots. M\cui,ATOFASCiATrs, l.'>83. 



an. Interorbital area chiefly naked, the scales on top of licad beginning more or less behind 

 the pupil ; gill rakers x + 17 to 22 ; third dorsal spine scarcely longer than fourth. 



c. Preorbital rather broad, more than three-fourtlis width of eye ; sides of back with large 

 white spots ; fourth dorsal spiue visually higher than third, so that the posterior 

 margin of the dorsal fin is deejily concave ; snout 3J in head ; the scales beginning 

 opposite last part of pupil; gill rakers shortish, 9 + 19; first dorsal spine short ; 

 second one-third longer ; third more than throe times second ; fourth about the 

 same ; anal spines short ; caudal lunate ; color dark above, abruptly pale below ; 

 a large, dark, oblique dash below eye, covering most of cheek ; a row of five 

 oblong, horizontal white blotches just below lateral line ; caudal dusky, its central 

 and posterior part pale ; anal and ventral black ; pectoral pale ; spinous dorsiil 

 dusky at base ; soft dorsal mottled. humeualis, 1584. 



cc. Preorbital narrow, not two-thirds width of eye ; body well compressed ; snout pointed; 

 preorbital narrow, not so broad as maxillary, less than half width of eye ; gill 

 rakers rather long, x + 20 ; third, fourth, and fifth dorsal sjiines about equal, 

 the third twice the second, 2 in head; second anal spine longer than third ; caudal 

 fin slightly lunate; color grayish green, with obscure broad dusky streaks and 

 bars ; sides often shaded and mottled with bluish and greenish, but usually with- 

 out distinct spots ; a broad, dark, longitudinal shade along axis of body ; belly 

 plain silvery gray. clatheatus, l.'iSS. 



1582. PABALABRAX NEBULIFER (Oirard). 



(Johnny Verde.) 



Head 2i in length ; depth 3i to 3f . D. X, 14 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 16-110 to 

 120-33, pores 72 to 86; about 32 scales from dorsal to occiput. Body rather 

 elongate ; lower jaw projecting; eye moderate, shorter than snout, about 

 5i in head ; gill rakers half orbit, 8 + 14 to 17; preorbital broad, as broad 

 as eye in adult ; some of the serrte on lower limb of preorbital hooked 

 forward ; scales on top of head extending forward as far as front of eyes ; 

 no round dark spots anywhere except on cheeks and preorbital regiou ; 

 interorbital nearly flat ; mouth large, the maxillary extending to below 

 pupil, .2? in head, rather narrower than the preorbital; first two dorsal 

 spines short, the third very long, three times second and nearly 2 in head: 

 soft dorsal rather low; caudal slightly lunate; second anal spine as long 

 as thud and much stouter; pectorals moderate, 1* to If in head; veutrals 

 2 to 21. Color greenish, with irregular pale and dark mottling and traces 

 of dark oblique cross bars; the colors faint as if faded; fins dusky, mot- 

 tled; preorbital, suborbital, and cheeks profusely marked with round 

 orange spots ; a dark streak downward and backward from eye ; lower 

 side of head salmon color; lower side of tail with wavy whitish streaks. 



