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top and sides of head very small, present on maxillary, mandible, pre- 

 orbitai, and snont. 



Scales on body small, in about 65 transverse series. 



Gill-rakers numerous, long and slender, their length about half the 

 diameter of the eye. 



Dorsal spines very low and slender, the fin moderately emarginate, 

 the membrane joining the last spine at about two-fifths its height. Soft 

 dorsal long and low, the soft rays about as high tis the highest spines, 

 a little more than one-third the length of the head. Caudal forked. 

 Anal low, its second spine stronger than third, but scarcely higher, less 

 than two-thirds the lioight of the hrst soft ray. Pectoral fins moderate, 

 not reaching vent, their tips beyond tips of veutrals, their base 3i in 

 length of head. 



Fin rays: D. XIII, 15; A. Ill, 8. 



Color rather dull olive-green. Sides with obscure round rusty spots. 

 Belly, lips, and lower parts tinged with creamy. Obscure light and 

 dark shades across cheeks. Traces of two or three obscure dark verti- 

 cal bars. Dorsal dusky, with reddish shades. Caudal dusky, the rays 

 olive. Other fins duskj^, with creamy reddish at base. Lower half of 

 pectoral distinctly reddish. 



Peritoneum jet-hlacJc. 



This species is known to us from five specimens taken in deep water 

 outside of Monterey Bay, in comi)any with S. ovalis, ruhrivinctus, elon- 

 fjatus, etc. It is known to the Portuguese fishermen as " Buda:'' Its 

 relations are probably most intimate with ovalis, which differs in the 

 following respects : 



Ovalis is much deeper and more oval in form, with the back consider- 

 ably more elevated, and the profile much more steep, the lower jaw 

 more protruding. The mouth reaches to the posterior edge of the 

 pupil. The preocular ridge is very strong, forming a large triangular 

 protuberance ending in a spine; small supraocular, postocular, tymi^a- 

 nic, and occipital spines are present, the tympanic spine very minute, 

 but constant. The dorsal fin is very low, the notch between the si)inous 

 and soft parts extremely shallow, the membrane joining the last spine at 

 more than two-thirds its height, the height of the spinous and soft por- 

 tions about equal. The second anal spine is considerably the longest and 

 strongest, scarcely lower than the soft rays. The pectoral fins are long, 

 reaching to the vent. 



Anal rays, III, 7, or III, 8. 



The color of this species when adult is olivaceous, strongly tinged 

 with pale creamy red, especially below. The membrane of both dorsals 

 are covered with many small round black spots. Some of these are 

 usually present on the body. The upper fins are greenish, the lower 

 more yellowish, and most of them are more or less dusky-edged. Cau- 

 dal fin rather dark. 



Peritoneum black. 



