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referred to the subgenus Nezumda, which was originally proposed to 

 include species with an increased number of ventral rays. But the 

 ventral rays vary in different species, with all intermediate numbers, 

 from 5 to 17. 



22. LIONURUS GARMANI (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Coryphaemides garmani Jokdan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1902 

 (1904), p. 610, text fig.— Fkanz, Abh. math.-pliys. kl. k. Bayer. Akad. 

 der Wissensch., vol. 4, Suppl. Bd. 1, 1910, p. 26. — Jordan and Thomp- 

 son, Mem. Carnegie Museum, vol. 6, pt. 4, 1914, p. 306. 



Franz correctly counted 8 scales between the lateral line and the 

 second dorsal spine, but stated that Jordan and Gilbert gave 5. The 

 original description, however, expressly enumerates those " between 

 the lateral line and the origin of the second dorsal," and these 

 are 5^ in number. A band of cycloid scales near margin of inner 

 edge of shoulder girdle. Contrary to the original description, there 

 is a naked fossa directly between the ventrals, but it is very much 

 smaller than in L. mlsakia or in Malacocephalus. As usual, this 

 fossa is separated from the naked area surroiniding the anus by a 

 scaly area. 



The snout in our larger specimens is contained 3.7 to 4 times in the 

 head; orbit, 2.8 to 3.25; interorbital, 3.3 to 3.6; barbel, 3.8 to 4.2; 

 second dorsal spine, 1.25 to 1.33 ; outer ventral ray, 2.5 to 2.7 ; pectoral 

 fin, 0.9 to 1.1 times length of snout plus orbit. 



A specimen 87-f- mm. long has about 4 spinules on the scales; 

 one 138 mm. long has 6 ; another, 280 mm. long, has 18 to 22 ; the type, 

 292 mm. long, has 30 to 40. The spinules are strongest near the dorsal 

 base. 



The serrations on the dorsal spine are much coarser in small speci- 

 mens; one 87-|- mm. long has 3; one 138 mm. long has 12; 190 

 mm., 21; 232 mm., 41; a paratype, 255-[- mm. long, has 49. 



The sides, especially below the lateral line, and an area extending 

 backward from below origin of second dorsal, are coarsely punctate 

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