7. SERIOLELLA. 467 



ventrals are longer than the i)ectorals, but do not extend to the vent. 

 The soft dorsal and anal are anteriorly elevated, their height being 

 more than one-half of that of the body. Coloration uniform ; sides 

 sometimes dotted with brown. 

 Coasts of Australia. 



a, b. Four feet long : stuffed. Houtman's Abrolhos. 

 c. Half-grown : stuffed. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



Description. — The body is rather elongate, its greatest depth being 

 44. in the total length ; the length of the head equals the depth of 

 the body. The snout is moderately long, twice, or in large speci- 

 mens 2| the diameter of the eye. The maxillary is very broad pos- 

 teriorly, its width being increased by a supplementary bone situated 

 on its upper margin. The teeth form broad vilKform bands ; the 

 band on the vomer is irregularly quadrangular T A ) ! that on the 



palatine bones is veiy broad, elliptical. The praeoperculum has the 

 angle rounded, and the lower Hmb half as long as the posterior ; both 

 meet at a rather obtuse angle. The dorsal spines are stoutish ; the 

 fifth is the longest, its length being 4|-5>| in that of the head. The 

 soft dorsal and the anal are somewhat elevated anteriorly, and the 

 posterior ray of both fins is rather longer than the preceding ones 

 (in large specimens). The anal spines ai'e feeble. The caudal is 

 deeply forked. The ventral is longer than the pectoral, pointed, and 

 inserted below the posterior part of the root of the pectoral. 



The scales are small ; the lateral line is irregularly waving, and 

 has posteriorly a slight keel. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 48 



Height of the body 10 



Length of the head 10 



Diameter of the eye 1 6 



7. SERIOLELLA. 



Seriolella, Guichen. in Gay, Fauna Chilena, Feces, p. 238. 



Body oblong, compressed ; cleft of the mouth moderate. The fii-st 

 dorsal continuoiis, with the spines rather feeble ; the second and the 

 anal much more developed, without separate finlets ; two spines 

 before the anal, remote from the remainder of the fin. Body covered 

 with small scales ; the lateral line not armed. The teeth in the 

 jaws of moderate size, forming a single series ; teeth on the vomer, 

 none on the palatine bones. Prceoperculum denticulated. Bi'anchio- 

 stegals six. 



Coasts of Chile. 



1. Seriolella porosa. 



Gidchen. I c. p. 239, Atlas Ivtiol. lam. 7. f. 2. 



B.6. D.8|^. K.2\±. 



Scales small. The height of the body is 4^ in the total length, 



2 H 2 



