93. EMBIOTOCID.E — ABEONA. 
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long’, of about 10 spiues, highest at the fifth or sixth, thence grailually 
shortened each way, the last spiues being shorter than the soft rays; 
anal spines stronger than in the other genera, curved, the second 
spine being longer and stronger than the first and third, wh.ich are 
nearly equal; soft rays of anal 20-23 in number, the anterior simply 
articulated. Fresh waters of California, {uarspoc;, later; fruit; 
i c., fruit borne late; in allusion to the prolonged development of the 
embryo.) 
923. H. traski Gibbous. 
jMales, above dark brown, sides yellowish or olivaceous, with fine 
black dots; throat and belly golden yellow; females olivaceous, darker 
above, with black blotches on sides in irregular transverse bars. Body 
oval, compressed ; ventral curve less than that of the back ; head small, 
profile from snout to occiput concave ; mouth small, oblique, maxillary 
not reaching orbit; lateral line following the curve of the back; dorsal 
spines rather high, the fourth to seventh highest ; cheeks with 3 rows 
of large scales. Head 3^ ; depth 2. D. XVI, 11; A. Ill, 22; Lat. 1. 40. 
Elvers of Central California, locally abundant. 
(Gibbons, Pioc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1854, 105, 124; Giiuther, iv, 251.) 
308.— ABEOWA Girard. 
Shiners. 
(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1855, 322: type Abeona trowbrklgii Grd. = Cyma- 
togaster minimus Gibbons.) 
Body ovate or oblong, comiiressed. Head moderate. Mouth small; 
the jaws about equal ; lips rather thin, the lower with a narrow frenum ; 
teeth in one principal series, besides which are often one or two other 
teeth, stout, somewhat compressed, and incisor-like ; all or most of the 
teeth three-lobed. Gill-rakers very slender and short. Lower pharyu- 
geals scarcely concave behind ; the teeth all large and truncate. Scales 
large. Dorsal fin short and high ; the spiues robust ; the middle ones 
highest and rather higher than the soft rays. Anal fin short and deep, 
with strong spines. Vertebrm (in A. minima) 14 + 19. Species of small 
size; partly or wholly herbivorous, feeding on sea- weeds. Coloration 
variegated. (A coined name without meaning.) 
924. A. niiniiiia. (Gibbous) Gill. 
Color greenish above with bluish reflections, thickly dusted with 
black dots; an irregular longitudinal black baud along axis of body, 
and two vertical dark bars downward from base of dorsal fin on which 
