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Head 2| in length Avithout caudal; deptb 2f. Dorsal XII, 12; anal 

 III, 5. Pores in lateral line 46. Eye -ti in head; maxillary 2i; inter- 

 orbital half orbit. 



Jaws (M|ual. or the lower sliuhtly included. Symphyseal knob 

 slight. ^laxillarv nearly reaching- to ))elow posterior margin of eye. 

 T(M>th in i-ather wide bands, ver}' wide at front of premaxillaries, nar- 

 rower on vomer and palatines; in a V-shaped band on vomer. Cranial 

 spines high and sharp; nasal, preocular, superocular, postocular, 

 tympanic, coronal, parietal, and nuchal spines present; coronal spines 

 ending just anterior to a line between tips of tympanic spines. Occipi- 

 tal ridges high. A small dermal tilament usually present l)ehind each 

 of the parietal, nuchal, and superocular spines. Interorbital deeplj'- 

 concave; the interobital ridg-es end behind in the coronal spines and 

 havQ a deep channel between them, which is narrow l)etween qxqh and 

 grows Avider l)etween coronal spines. Preorbital with a spine on its 

 posterior lower Q(]ge and 2 very low lobes anteriorly. Preopercle 

 spines moderately sharj), the upper 3 directed backward, the 1ow(M' 2 

 downward and backward; the next to the upper the largest. Opercle 

 with 2 flat spines, the upper one directed slightly upward. Gill- 

 rakers short, in length al)out one-fourth eye, 13 to 15 on anterior limb 

 of arch, counting 3 or -4 anterior tubercles. 



Scales everywhere ctenoid, except on breast. Pectoral with scales 

 extending about half the length of median raj's; other tins except 

 ventrals with line scales at the base. Maxillary, preorbital, mandible, 

 and branchiostegals naked; subopercle naked except at its posterior end. 



Pectoral with 18 rays, an equal number simple and branched, the 

 former projecting be3"ond the others; the upper posterior edge of the 

 fin usually concave, sometimes obliquely truncate; pectoral reaching 

 past tips of ventrals, usually but slight!}', sometimes nearly to front 

 of anal. Fourth dorsal spine 3 in head; the eleventh 3^; the twelfth 

 4^. Dorsal spines a little lower than the soft rays. Anal spines all 

 stout, the second stronger and a little longer than third, which is 2^ 

 in head and twice as long- as first spine; the spines consideral)!}* shorter 

 than the soft rays. Caudal truncate, or very slig-htl}' rounded. Peri- 

 toneum white. 



Coloi" in spirits: Dark b]-own on back, belly white or light l>rown; 

 5 light spots along back at base of dorsals, one below fourth and fifth 

 spines, one below seventh and eighth, one below last spines and first 

 rays, one below middle ra3's, and one on caudal peduncle l>ehind 

 last ray; the dark-])rown area between the spots with its edges usually 

 darker and sonu^imes extending up on the dorsal; below, marbled 

 with brown; soft fins brown, and with white spots, giving fins the 

 appearance of having crossbars of white and brown; fins in some 

 specimens nearly colorless. Other s})ecimens have acellated light 

 spots scattered o\er the sides. 



