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and thick. Scales on head ctenoid. Second anal spine very stout, 
nearly as high as the soft rays; caudal fin slightly lunate. Head 3^; 
depth 2f. D. X-I, 23; A. 11, 7; Lat. 1. 55. Pacific coast, north to 
Point Concepcion. 
{Amhlodon saturnus Gnl. U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fisli. 93: Ehlnoscion saturnus Gill, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1831, 85: Corvina naturna Giiuther, ii, 298.) 
dd. Dorsal with more than 30 soft rays. {Pareques* Gill.) 
901. S. actiiiiiaiata (Bloch &. Schneider) J. &. G. 
Everywhere blackish, with traces of about 10 narrow horizontal 
streaks along the sides; spinous dorsal quite black. [Young specimens 
yellowish, with 7 or 8 straight longitudinal dark bands about as wide as 
the interspaces ; dorsal fin similarly banded.] Form of S. saturna, the 
back somewhat elevated, the profile steep and nearly straight from the 
tip of the conical and rather iiointed snout to the base of the dorsal. 
Mouth not large, the maxillary extending to below the middle of the 
eye. Lower jaw included; both jaws with broad bands of villiform 
teeth, the anterior series in the upper jaw considerably enlarged. Scales 
on the head scarcely ctenoid above, cycloid on the cheeks. Gill-rakers 
short, rather stout. Pectorals very short, not reaching half way to the 
tips of the ventrals, and but half way to the anal; as long as from the 
snout to the edge of the preopercle; anal fin small, its tip not reaching 
to the last ray of the second dorsal, its spine robust, nearly as high as 
the fin, half the length of the head; first dorsal small, with slender 
spines; second dorsal very long, its tip nearly reaching caudal. Eye 
rather large. Head 3t; depth 3. D. IX, I, 30; A. II, 7; Lat. 1. 53. 
AYest Indies to Florida. Here described from a specimen lately taken 
by Mr. Silas Stearns at Pensacola, Fla. 
{Grammistes acuminatus Blocli & Schn. 1801, 184: Eques acmninatus Gunther, ii, 280: 
Pareque acuminatus Gill, 1. c.) 
297.— LIOSTOITIUS LacdpMe. 
Spots. 
{Liostomus Lac4pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 439, 1802: type Liostomus xanthurus Lac.) 
Body oblong, ovate, the back compressed. Head obtuse. Mouth 
small, horizontal, the upper jaw with a band of feeble teeth, the lower 
nearly or quite toothless; lower jiharyngeals separate, the teeth paved. 
Preopercle with a membranaceous border. Dorsal spines 10, slender, 
rather high, the last connected with the soft rays; anal spines 2, the 
*Gill, in Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1870, v, 50: type Grammistes acuminatus Bloch 
& Schneider, {itapa, near: Eques.) 
