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pectoral 2.19; ventral 3.45; fifty-six scales in a lateral series, five scales 

 between origin of dorsal and lateral line, fourteen scales between the 

 latter and the root of ventral, sixteen scales between lateral line and 

 the middle of belly, twelve scales between orbit and the end of pre- 

 operculum. 



Body spindle-shaped, posterior part compressed; head broad, 

 depressed; snout rather short, obtusely rounded anteriorly, inter- 

 orbital space flat; eyes small, superior, and exceedingly anterior; 

 nostrils separated, the anterior in a short tube, on upper edge of maxil- 

 lary, the posterior in front of eye above; mouth oblique, large, its 

 angle extending bei'ond the posterior margin of orbit; maxillary 3 in 

 head; mandible 2.66; lower jaw slightly longer than the upper; a row 

 of large caniniform teeth on palatine and inner side of lower jaw, a band 

 of small teeth on outer edge of both jaws. 



The dorsal very long, with numerous spine-like rays, low anteriorly, 

 when depressed reaching beyond the root of caudal; pectoral oval, 

 outer margin rounded; ventrals rather small and slender, not reaching 

 the vent; the anal similar to the dorsal, but not so long, inserted 

 beneath the anterior third of the base of dorsal; caudal fin squarish, 

 with rounded tip; caudal peduncle short and deep, greatly compressed. 



Body covered with large cycloid scales with irregular concentric 

 rings and radiating striae; head and cheek covered with plate-like 

 scales; lateral line broken anteriorly, running along the middle of 

 sides from the base of caudal to just above the second anal ray, thence 

 upward for two rows of scales, forward thirteen rows, downward one 

 row, then forward to the upper edge of gill-opening. 



Color in formalin dark bluish gray above, paler below; belly dusky; 

 eight large dark gray blotches above the lateral line, extending ante- 

 riorly to the middle of and beneath the upward curve of the lateral 

 line, forming a more or less continued longitudinal band; below this 

 another row of about fourteen similarly colored, large,' irregular 

 blotches, extending from the base of pectoral posteriorly to the base 

 of caudal, running below the lateral line; interspace between the upper 

 row of markings and the base of dorsal irregularly mottled with dark: 

 upper surface of the head uniforml}- bluish gray, lower parts paler; a 

 dark brown band from the upper posterior corner of the orbit run- 

 ning backward, entering the upper row of markings of the sides; below 

 this is an irregular, more or less undulating streak of the same color 

 from eye to middle of base of the pectoral; upper part of the dorsal 



