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deeper and more compressed than in the j) receding [J/, dolomieii], 

 gi-owiug deeper with age; scales on cheek large, in about 10 

 rows ; ninth dorsal spine not half length of longest. Color dark 

 green, silvery below ; sides with a broad blackish band in young, 

 with some dark spots above and below it ; three dark stripes 

 across cheeks ; caudal pale at base and tip, mesially dusky. 

 Adult dull green, nearly plnin. HeadSJ; depth 3. D. X, 13. 

 A. Ill, 11. Scales 8-68-16. L. 1 to 2h feet; AV^ight 3 to 8 

 pounds." — (Jordan, Manual Vetiebrates, 120, 1888.) 



