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104. PRIONODES FASCIATUS Jenyns. 

 CARAJO; CARAJITO. 



Prionodes fasciatus Jenyns, Zool., Yoy. Beagle, p. 47, 1842, pi. 9, fig. 1; 

 Chatham Island, Galapagos. — Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, Proc. Cali- 

 fornia Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, 1895, p. 452. — Jordan and Evermann, 

 Fishes North and Mid. Amer., vol. 1, 1896, p. 1212. — Gilbert and Starks, 

 Fishes Panama Bay, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 1904, p. 98. 



Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, Voy. Y6nus, Poiss, 1855, p. 299, pi. 1, 

 fig. 1.— Boulengeb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ed. 2, 1895, p. 295. 



Two specimens, field Nos. 09682 and 09459, respectively 18.5 and 

 12.6 cm. in length, from Lobos de Afuera. 



Head 2.65 in length; depth 3.15; eye 5.5 in head; snout 3.6; maxil- 

 lary 2.25; interorbital (bone) 6.4; D. X, 12; A. Ill, 7; scales 

 5-48 (+5) -15. 



Body rather short, compressed, oblong oval; snout pointed, lower 

 jaw projecting; maxillary reaching vertical from middle of orbit; 

 eye moderate, 1.5 in snout ; interorbital flattish ; a band of villif orm 

 teeth in upper jaw, with an outer series of enlarged caninelike 

 teeth, those in front largest, at the symphysis behind the villiform 

 teeth are several similar teeth ; two enlarged caninelike teeth in front 

 of lower jaw, behind these a band of villiform teeth, followed by 

 an inner series of enlarged caninelike teeth, which become larger 

 posteriorly, the villiform band narrowing to one or two series; well 

 developed teeth on vomer and palatines; preopercle finely serrate; 

 gillrakers short, 5-[-9. Scales rather large, strongly ctenoid, those 

 on cheeks small, in about 10 rows; top of head, sides posteriorly to 

 middle of eye, and maxilla ries naked. 



Dorsal low, fourth spine longest, 3.3 in head ; caudal slightly emar- 

 ginate; tips of soft dorsal and anal rays reaching base of caudal, 

 second anal spine longest, as long as fourth dorsal spine; ventrals 

 inserted in front of pectorals, 1.64 in head; middle rays of pectoral 

 longest, 1.38 in head. 



Color in life: Two rows of spots on the sides; the spots of the 

 same row may tend to run together, or the spots of one row may be 

 more or less fused with corresponding spots in the other row ; hence 

 some specimens present a sort of transversely barred effect, while 

 others are indistinctly striped. 



Much red and orange about lower parts of head. Rows of red 

 spots between the fin rays of the caudal and on the rays of the 

 pectoral. 



Ground color in alcohol, olivaceous, sides with about 10 dark cross- 

 hands, these disappearing below lateral line and reappearing on level 

 with base of pectoral fin; some scales below base of pectoral, in 



