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Gill-opening forward about to front eye edge. Rakers, 2 + 14, 

 lanceolate, short or about one-third in fdaments and latter two in 

 eye. Isthmus narrowly triangular. 



Scales large, cycloid, rather well exposed, small on breast or about 

 25 rows before ventral. Caudal covered Avith small scales over basal 

 half; other tins naked. Cheek witli four rows of scales. Scales 

 with complete fine circuli and 11 basal converging radii. Upper 

 section of lateral line slightly convex, and lower begins 2 scales before 

 terminus of upper. Tubes all simple and well exposed. 



Spinous dorsal inserted behind pectoral base; spines all graduated 

 up toward last, which longest; fin edge notched and small skinny 

 flap from behind tip of each spine. Soft dorsal with rays all graduated 

 up to fourth or longest, which form slender point extending back 

 about opposite first two-fifths in caudal. Spinous anal inserted 

 opposite soft dorsal origin, graduated to third or longest ray which 

 forms slender filament extending back to middle of caudal. Caudal 

 with hind edge truncate. Pectoral with upper rays longest, three- 

 fourths to anal. Ventral inserted close behind pectoral base, first 

 branched ray ending in long filament reaching base of third anal 

 spine. Vent about half an eye-diameter before anal. 



Color in alcohol dull brownish generally; lower siu-faces of head 

 and trunk paler. Nine broad dusky brown transverse bands over 

 back; first connecting eyes and those on trunk extended down oppo- 

 site pectoral base. Opercle with conspicuous rounded black spot 

 little smaller than eye. Dark band from lower front eye edge to 

 end of maxillary. At front of soft dorsal basally large black blotch. 

 Also dusky-brown horizontal baud, much narrower than any of 

 vertical ones, extends from behind opercular dark blotch to caudal 

 base medially. Vertical fins dull brownish-dusky leaving pale 

 obscure blotches, and other fins pale. Iris slate. Lower lip pale. 



Length, 128 mm. 



TVpe.— Cat. No. 48504, U.S.N.M. St. Paul's River, Li])eria. 

 Rolla P. Currie. 



Also No. 48,503, including four examples, same data, paratypes. 

 These show: head, 3 to 3^; depth, 2J to 2^; D. XV or XVI, 13; A. 

 Ill, 9 or 10; scales, 21 or 22 in upper section of lateral line; 8 or 9 

 in lower section to caudal base and 2 more on latter; 5 scales above 

 lateral line and 10 below; snout, 2^ to 2J in head; eye, 3^ to 3f ; 

 maxillary, 3 to 3^; interorbital, 3 to 3J^. Snout long as broad or 

 little smaller in younger examples. Maxillary to eye in young 

 slightly shorter or not much beyond eye with age. Last dorsal 

 spine, l^ij to 2 in head; fourth dorsal ray, 1| to If; third anal spine, 

 2i to 2^; third anal ray, 1 to 1|; caudal, 1 to ^; pectoral, 1^ to 1^; 

 ventral spine, If to 2 J. Length, 00 to 116 mm. 



