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4. AGONOMALUS JORDANI Schmidt. 

 AyoiKiimdus jordaiii Schmidt Manuscript, Aui;. 1.'!, I!t0;5; Ocliotpk Sea. 



Head 4i in length to caudal base; depth 4f. Dorsal IX-7: anal 

 13 or 14. Eye 3f in head: interorbital width directly above pupil 3; 

 maxillary 3f . 



Superoi-bital spine sharp and slender as compared with A. juriboscl- 

 dalis; its point directed upward and backward; it is placed al)ove 

 posterior margin of pupil about where the second superorbital spine is 

 in ^1. pj'ohosrldaHs. Its l»a.sc is short, not extending anterior to pupil; 

 its anterior margin does not follow down the front of eye in a simple 

 unbroken curve; there is no second superorbital spine. Interorl)ital 

 space broadly V shaped. Vertex depressed between the backward- 

 extending ridges from superorbital rim. Spine at parietal region 

 sharp, directed backward and upward, without a small spine at its 



Flu. 3.— AGONOMALr>i JORD.\NI. 



base. Nasal spines slender and sharp. Spine at post-tem})oral region 

 very sharp and directed backward. The spine at edge of preopercle 

 is wide and ilat, growing' wider outward and turning shar})ly back, 

 thus forming a deep notch between it and tiie head; toward its end it 

 divides into several small sharp points, each of which is at the end 

 of a slight ridge. A shai-p .spine just liehind lower posterior orl)ital 

 margin. A small sharp spine just al)ov(^ tii<> base of the upper pectoral 

 ray. ))ut no large spine on body l)ehind it above middle of pectoral, as 

 in ,1. j)r(>hosv/fI(il!s. 



]\[axillarv reaching to l)elow anterior orbital margin. Teeth in 

 narrow l)ands in jaws, none on vomer or palatines. Lower jaw 

 included. Barbel apparently as in A. j'/'obo.scida/is (.specimens have 

 been dried). 



Upper lateral row of spines. 2."J in iuuut)er. dirt'ering from those of 

 A. py^ohoscidaliti in being slenderer and sharper, the tirst under third 



