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bital rim, and another on posttcmporal in line witti them, but a distance 

 hi'hiiul thoni nearly equal to diameter of e3'e. An uneven ridt^e along 

 siit)()rl)itids which divides into H or •! divero-jno- ridges on cheek; these 

 more conspicuous in hirgc examples. A pair of short sharp ridocs on 

 ])reorbital diverge downward to edge of premaxillarv. Four hhnit 

 spines on edg(> of preopercle; the uppiM- one directed upwai'd and l)ack- 

 ward, tlie next backward and a little downward; the next down- 

 ward and a little forward, or in an opposite direction from the upper 

 one: th(> 1ow(M" one downward and forward. The lower one is onlv 

 a slight round angle. The angidar region of mandible is produced and 

 l)i-omineut. Opercle with a prominent ridge. Nasal spines ell 

 developed and rather sharp. The premaxillary processes work in a 

 deep cavity which is bounded around its posterior portion by a low 

 sluirp ridge curving from one nasal spine to the other. There are 

 many tentacles about head, many of them multitid; 1 in front of 

 nasal spine; 1 at each side of front of upper jaw a))ove edge of pre- 

 maxillary; 1 at each posterior corner of interorbital pit; 1 at pterotic 

 region; 1 on cheek behind posterior end of suborbital ridge, and anothei- 

 on opercle in line with it; 1 near posterior end of maxillary, and a 

 nmch smaller one at middle of maxillar}'; 1 at each side of front of 

 1()W(M- lip; -i along lower edge of each side of mandil)le. 



Skin of body covered with small tubercles which feel rather harsh 

 to the touch; those on back, especially anteriorly, larger and harder 

 than elsewhere. Lateral line armed wdth small bony tubercles, many 

 of which bear flaps at irregular intervals. 



First three dorsal spines connected by a membrane which is not 

 deeply incised. The lirst and second spines ])y far longer than any of 

 the others, the second only slightly shorter than the lirst; the length 

 of the first equal to post-orbital part of head. The fourth spine three- 

 fourths as long as the third, which is contained '^\ times in the head. 

 The membrane. of the second portion of the spinous dorsal is very 

 deeply incised. Each spine with a long bifid tentacle at its tij). The 

 longest soft dorsal rays a little longer than the longest spines in the 

 portion of the fin. The tips of the last dorsal rays do not reach so far 

 l)()steriorly as do those of the anal, which just reach to tlu^ 1)ase of the 

 lower axillary caudal rays. Caudal slightly rounded in outline. 

 Pectora] with 10 rays, the sixth or seventh from tlie top the longest; 

 they fail to reach the first anal ray by a distance equal to the dianu^tei- 

 of the eye; the rays below the longest are swollen. Ventrals o rayeil; 

 the middle ray the longest; not (juite reaching to the vent. 



Color grayish, mottled with large, irregular, dark spots, which are 

 clear cut and are usually outlined with light gray; fins all mottled 

 with dark brown or dai'k gray; in some of the smaller specimens the 

 s})inous dorsal is nearly black; mandible, maxillary, and sides of head 

 finely mottled; bellv and ])rancliiostegal region white. 



