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third scarcely f l.eight of first soft ray ; ventrals inserted well in advance 

 of base of pectorals, not nearly reaching vent, \ head; pectorals long and 

 narrow, reaching front of anal, with narrow scaly base, the posterior 

 margin obliquely truncate or somewhat /-shaped in the spread tin, the 

 lower rays slightly longer than upper, the middle rays shortest. Scales 

 large, ctenoid, a wide rough area within the spinous margin; cheeks and 

 op( rcles scaled, the scales on opercles larger than elsewhere; top of head 

 scaled as far forward as posterior margin of pupil ; caudal fin scaled at 

 base of lobes ; fins otherwise without scales; lateral line running high 

 and descending gradually to middle of caudal peduncle. Color in spirits: 

 Dusky brownish above, lighter below ; a series of about 7 ill-defined dusky 

 blotches along lateral line, from which still fainter bars run downward, 

 soon disappearing; lining of opercle largely black; this apparent as a 

 dusky blotch externally ; vertical fins transparent, minutely punctate 

 with black ; median rays of ventrals black, the outer and inner whitish ; 

 peritoneum silvery white ; no very conspicuous marks on body or fins. 

 Gulf of California. A single specimen known, about 7 inches long, from 

 Station 2996, in 112 fathoms, (a'quus, equal; dens, tooth.) 



Serrauus iKpiideiis^ Gli.iiF.uT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 1S80, 61, Gulf of California, Albatross 

 Station No. 2996 (Type, No. 44277); Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 406; BuULENciEii, 

 Cat., I, 291. 



1596. PRION ODES FUSCULUS (Poey). 



Head 2i; depth 3^^. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 7; scales 48. Body rather 

 elongate, little compressed ; scales on cheeks very large, in about 5 series ; 

 teeth unusually strong, three or four on each side in upper jaw as large 

 as the largest lateral teeth ; eye very large, 2g in head ; maxillary 2} in 

 head; jaws equal; preorbital extremely narrow, not i width of pupil ; 

 preopercle very sharply serrate ; gill rakers short, slender, x -f- 10 ; scales 

 very large, covering head forward to back of pupil ; first dorsal spine 

 short, second a little longer ; fourth longest, 2^ in head ; the rest 

 gradually shortened, lower than the soft rays, which are scaleless ; second 

 anal spine i in head, as long as third and stouter ; caudal forked. Color 

 plain olivaceous ; fins all pale, no opercular blotch ; sides with about 6 

 faint dark cross bands, more or less confluent along lateral line, and dis- 

 appearing below. Cuba; known only from the original type, sent by 

 Poey to the museum at Cambridge. From this specimen (10015, M. C. Z., 

 7 inches in length) our description is taken, (fiisculua, somewhat 

 tawny.) 



Ontroprislesfusciihut, Poey, Memorias, 11, 342, 1S61, Havana. (Coll. Poey.) 



Haliperca fuscula Poey, Synopsis, 281, 1868. 



Serramisftiscidux, Jordan & Eigenmann', 7. .-., 407, 18'JO ; Boiti.enqer, Cat, i, 290. 



1597. PRIOXODES PH(EBE (Poey). 



(PlIffiBE). 



Head 2* ; depth 3J. D. X, 12 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 5-53-15, pores 50 to 52. 

 Body oblong, heavy anteriorly ; dorsal outline a little elevated, the profile 

 almost straight ; eyes very large, as long as snout, 3J iu head, twice the 



