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6. MACRORHAMPHOSUS Lacep^de. 



MacrorhamphosusL,.\CEP'kT)E, Hist. Nat. Poiss, V, 1803, p. 136 {ronmtm=scolopax). 

 Centriscus Cuvier, Regne Anim., 1st. ed., II, 1817, p. 350 {firolopa.r, not Cnilrlscus, 



Linnteus, which Mas based on scutatus alone). 

 Macwguathus Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 1854, p. 147 (scolopax). 

 Orthlrhth)js Gihh, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, j). 234 {rellUiriK). 



Body oblong, g-raduating- into the caudal peduncle; back straight; 

 dorsal spines about 7. Characters otherwise included above. 

 (/.laKpog, long; paju^og, snout.) 



<i. Body deep, the depth 4 in length to base of caudal mgifue, 8. 



(((I. Body more slender, the depth 4J in length to base of caudal jtiponlcus, 9. 



8. MACRORHAMPHOSUS SAGIFUE Jordan and Starks, new species. 



SAGIFUE (BIRD FLUTE). 



Centriscus sp. Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 32; Kagoshima. 



Head, 2 to 2i in length; depth, 4 to tti; eye 5i to in head, 3^ to 4 

 in snout; snout 3 to ^\ in length. 



Fig. 2.— MACRORHAMPHOSUS SAGIFUE. 



Dorsal V-12; anal 18 (or 19, counting the last ver}^ small slender 

 ra}', which is crowded close to the preceding one.) 



Outline of head concave from tip of snout to occiput and from man- 

 dible to tip of clavicles. Dorsal outline of body convex from occiput 

 to dorsal spine, nearly level between dorsals dropping steeply oblique 

 at anal base to caudal peduncle, less steep on caudg|^eduncle. Ven- 

 tral outline evenl}^ curved from shoulder girdle to caudal peduncle. 



Mouth small, toothless; maxillary scarcely as long as the diameter 

 of pupil. A slight ridge runs from above e3'e along upper lateral edge 

 of snout, conspicuous near e3^e, growing lower anteriorh^ Another 

 ridge runs from the anterior mai-gin of the eye straight forward and 

 unites with the upper ridge. The preopercular ridge touches the pos- 

 terior margin of the orbit and I'uns obliquely in a straight line nearly 

 to lower margin of head under anterior margin of eye and is thence 

 continued forward following the contour of snout. 



Bony strips along back and armature of abdomen as described for 

 M. scolopax. 



