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longest (fourth) dorsal spine 19.1 (16.3 to 20.8); length of tenth dorsal 

 spme 13.4 (13.5 to 14.3); length of fu-st dorsal soft ray 22.5 (18.7 

 to 20.8); length of last dorsal ray 11.7 (10.9 to 11.9); length of first 

 anal spine 10.5 (10.3 to 10.5); length of second anal spine 23.2 (22.0, 

 broken in smallest paratype); length of third anal spine 16.4 (15.1) 

 to 16.5); length of first anal soft ray 21.3 (18.3 to 21.7); length of 

 last anal ray 12.2 (12.6 to 13.1); length of caudal fui 23.1 (24.9 to 

 25.8). 



In addition to the characters of the family and genus, the follo\ving 

 apply to this species: profile of head, excluding eye, without a marked 

 indentation above eye; hind edge of maxillary slightly forward of a 

 vertical at front edge of eye; interorbital space markedly concave, 

 scaled only anteriorly, the scaled region extending slightly anterior 

 to anterior nostrils; preorbital not scaled, its hind margin free for 

 almost one-half the distance from lower edge to eye and bearing no 

 serrations; preopercular margin smoothly rounded, the upper three- 

 fifths with 11 (6 or 8) coarse serrations; suprascapula with 3 or 4 

 serrations (only one developed on small paratype); 4 rows of large 

 scales on cheek, the third row overlapping the fourth, making it 

 narrower than preceding rows; no small scales basally on cheek 

 scales or at margms of this scaled region except anteriorly near hind 

 edge of preorbital; 9 large scales on opercle with a few small scales 

 anteriorly and posteriorly; interorbital scaled; free fold of gill mem- 

 ])ranes across isthmus scaled ; about 7 median predorsal scales ; 8 rows 

 of scales above lateral Une on caudal peduncle on one side to lateral 

 line on other; small scales basally on fins; first dorsal soft ray not 

 prolonged into a filament; membranes of spinous portion of dorsal 

 fin moderately incised, the one between fifth and sixth dorsal spines 

 indented about three-eighths length of the spines; pelvic fins reach 

 beyond anus, almost to origin of anal fin ; pectoral fuis reach a vertical 

 from base of third anal spine to fu'st anal soft ray; second of lower 

 unbranched rays the longest, extendmg beyond longest branched ray 

 a distance contained 1.6 times in length of the branched ray; fu'st 

 anal soft ray unbranched; caudal fhi emarginate; a fringe of about 4 

 cutI on hind margin of anterior nostril (only one cutus seen on 

 paratypes) ; cirri near tips of dorsal spines relatively long and thick. 



Color in alcohol light brown with 5 vertical dark brown bars on 

 body (it may equally be stated that the basic pattern consists of 

 3 lengthwise rows of dark blotches), the fu'st 2 comprised of small dark 

 bro^vn spots (which appear superimposed on dark blotches) and 

 the last 3 of large brown blotches; fii'st bar, which is centered on 

 origin of dorsal fin and passes on to opercle, decidedly darker than 

 remaining bars; a pair of brown spots, one above and one below 

 lateral line, between dark bars; a dark brown line running ventrally 



