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/. Dorsal soft rays 14 ; vertex aud nape with a slight median fold of skin. 

 g. [Body stout, compressed, its depth 5 in length ; head 3| ; eye equal to 

 snout, 4 in head ; vertex and nape with a slight 

 median fold of skin ; maxillary reaching front of 

 pupil; lower jaw slightly produced; teeth in 

 bands, the outer slightly enlarged. Olivaceous ; 

 spinous dorsal black at tip; second dorsal and 

 anal spotted; scales each with a broad dusky mar- 

 gin. D. VI-14. A. 12. Scales 26-10. J (Bean.) 



NiCHOLSI, 20. 

 ' ff. Dorsal soft rays 10-12 ; no median fold of skin on vertex and nape. 



/(. [Caudal with two spots at its base ; jaws unequal, the lower slightly 

 produced ; body robust, compressed behind, the 

 depth 5 in total length ; head 4-J- ; eye louger than 

 snout, 3^ in head ; maxillary reaching pupil; teeth 

 in a band, the outer enlarged and distant, the 

 inner enlarged and bent backwards ; brownish ; a 

 faint blue spot on each scale ; six spots along mid- 

 dle of back ; similar spots on scapular region and 

 middle of sides; two spots on base of caudal; a 

 dark spot ahove opercle; blue dots on head; a 

 straight blue line crossing cheek above and con- 

 tinued on opercle; dorsals faintly spotted. D. 

 VI-10. A. 10. Scales 2.5-7.] (Gill.) 



GLAUCOFItfflNUM, 81. 



hh. Caudal with a single spot at its base or plain. 

 i. Dorsal spines low, the highest little longer tuan head. 

 J. Eegion from nape to dorsal entirely scaled. Body subfusiform, 

 little compressed ; depth 4| in length ; head blunt, 

 4 in length, rounded in profile. Eye equal to 

 snout, 4 in head. Mouth small, horizontal, the 

 lower jaw included; maxillary '.i in head, reach- 

 ing to below eye. Teeth small, in bands in both 

 jaws,the outer enlarged, those of the upper jaw very 

 slender. Scales large, ctenoid, those of nape and 

 belly little reduced. Longest dorsal spine shorter 

 than head. Caudal scarcely pointed, about as long 

 as head. Color whitish gray, middle of sides with 

 four or five dark blotches, from each of which a 

 narrow dark bar extends downwards and forwards; 

 a large black blotch above pectorals, obsolete in 

 female ; a small black spot at base of caudal ; a 

 dark mark below eye; vertical fius barred. D. 

 VI-12. A. 11 or 12. Scales 33 ..Stigmatuuus, 28. 

 jy. Region between nape aud dorsal with a narrow naked median 

 strip. Body moderately elongate, subfusiform, 

 the depth 5J- in length. Head large, not so blunt 

 as in G. boleosoma, its length 3f to 3|- in length ; 

 anterior profile gently decurved ; snout 3^ to 3^ in 

 head ; eye 4 ; mouth large, slightly oblique ; max- 

 illary exteudiug to front of pupil, 2J in head. 

 Teeth small, slender aud curved, in moderate 

 hands ; scales moderate, ctenoid, those in front 

 much reduced in size. Breast naked. Longest 

 dorsal spine li in head. Caudal as long as head. 



