II. H.\l((it!M. 443 



biiHc of the poctonil, luid (ixtf^iids to tliiil, fioiii the liCty-wixtli hchIu oI' 

 tlm hitorul liiid, its (lintimro IVoiii tln' ciuidiil fin bciii;^ (!(|Ual to oiio- 

 liiilftlic Iciif^tli of tlio lioiul. TIk! Hj)iii(%siiro latliorHtroii;.^, coiiiprcHSod, 

 and Itroadcr on out! Hido ; tlio first iw ono-liuU" Un', Icii^tli of tlio wicoiid ; 

 tho fourth and liflli an; tho loii;j;rHt, lu^aily onc^-lialf tlio lcn^>th of tho 

 head ; tho followinjj; ;^ni<hially (KicniaHo in h:ngth to the laHt, which in 

 M in tho hinj^th of tho fourth. Tho nol't niyH unr noarly (-(lual in 

 length to one another and to tho hiHt Hj)ine. 'I'lio raudal \\\\ \h forked, 

 one of th(! middle raya heinjj; niiarly one-tliird of \}w upper lol>o, which 

 is rather lonj^cr than tlui lower. 'I'he orij^in of the <vniil fin IiiIIh 

 v(^itically 1)elow that of the Hoft doiHal, and its end iniinediaf,eiy 

 Ixihind that of the dorHal ; it iw Hcaredy lower than the op|»osite fin, 

 hut the poHterior rayH ;^ia(hially hecoin<i Hoinewliat Hhortc^r. 'i'he Hpines 

 are rather Htout ; tho first is nearly one-half tho lcn/j;tli of \\h) second ; 

 the Hocond ratlnsr loiif^cr and stronp^er than the third, ami about ouo- 

 lliird of the length of the iicfud. The pictoral fin has a fow very 

 Hrnall scales at llu; base ; the sixth ray excecids th(! others in lenf;;th, 

 reachirif^ to*the s(;eond anal ray. 'J'he base of the ventrala falls 

 entinily la^hind that of tlu; jxictorals ; they are of niod«)rat(! lenf^th, 

 the first ray exttindiiif? to the vent ; the s])ine is about three-cjiiarterH 

 of th<! lenj^th of that ray. There is a lonpf scaly fluj) inserted at tlio 

 base of the ventral. 



Tho scales are minutely ciliated at the ouu^r marf^iu, bif^her than 

 wide ; one of the largest covers on(!-third of the eye. 



The incisofs are modcirately broad, \(ny little narrower than in 

 S. rondcMuii ; they are implanted in an obli(pie direction; there 

 are six or eight in the up|)(!i- jaw, an<l eight or ten in the lower. The 

 molars are rather sniall, arranged in three series in the iippcsrjaw, 

 and in two in tho lower; there is sometimes anotluir molar af the 

 inner side of the series of teeth in the h)W<!r jaw. 



Th(! (!xamj)l<!S are now unifoitn silvcuy, witli a shining strc^ak along 

 (!a(di series of seahis ; the ojiercular margin, tlus dorsal, anal, and 

 vt;ntral lins an; gnsyish. The black dorsal blotch on tiit; lat(!ral linti, 

 behind the dorsal, has disappeared. 



inoliOH. liiK^H. 



Total length 1) 



Height of the body ',i 4 



Ji(!ngth of the head '2 



Distance betw(;(!n the eyes H 



betw<!en tho dorsal and tho occiput I i I 



between tho occiput and the snout I 4\ 



Diameter of tlie eye (5 



Length (>( the fourth dorsal spine 11 



of the twelfth dorsiil spine* 7 



of the upjxsr caudal lobe 2 (5 



of the second anal s[»ine H\ 



of the pectoral 2 i) 



of the v(!ntial I 7 



of tt scahi 2^ 



Height of a scale () Mjf 



