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tled with blackish and pale, the head sometimes sprinkled with F 
black dots; young brownish, with spots of light bluish. (Eyes and © 
color normally sinistral, but reversed examples almost equally com- 
MOD) peetorasc cee nee Beco rence scl. se a Meeeee CALIFORNICUS, 12, 
aa. Gill-rakers in moderate number (6 +13 to 5 +16), rather long and slender. 
b. Dorsal rays 70 to 75; anal rays 54 to 60. 
c. Scales not very small, about 100 in the course of the lateral line ; head small, 43 
in length; depth, 2}; interorbital space rather broad and flattish, } 
diameter of eye ; eyes small, 53 in head; gill-rakers rather short, 4 + 15, 
the longest about # eye; pectoral 14 in head; curve of lateral line 
high and short, 4 in straight part, its height 1% in its length; mouth 
moderate, the maxillary 2} in head; teeth rather few, the anterior 
canines large; color dark brown, more or less mottled and spotted with 
DAIET os... 5- b's pen sen Se EKee ee nee eae e = eee ea eee BRASILIENSIS, 13. 
cc. Scales very small, about 120 in the lateral line; head 33 in length; depth, 2}; 
eyes small, wide apart; gill-rakers X + 17; curve of lateral line nearly 
5 in straight part, barely twice as long as high; maxillary 2} in head ; 
color brownish-gray, thickly mottled with many larger and smaller 
spots, points and rings; side with three or four larger spots of irregu- 
lar form and ocellated with paler..-...../.....---...- ADSPERSUS, 14. 
bb. Dorsal rays, 85 to 93 in number; anal rays, 67 to 733 gill-rakers, 5+ 15 or 16 
in number, long and slender, the longest } length of eye; body ovate, 
the depth about 2} in Jength; head about 33; caudal peduncle long; 
maxillary about half head, reaching past posterior margin of eye; 
mouth large, oblique, the gape curved; canines large, conical, wide- 
set ; interorbital area a rather flattish ridge, in the adult about equal 
to vertical diameter of eye, narrower in the young, forming a bony 
ridge; scales cycloid, each with numerous small, accessory scales; 
lateral line with about 95 pores, its arch 4 times in straight part; color 
brownish olive, always with numerous paler and darker spots of vari- 
ous sizes and with obscure ocelli; vertebra 11+30=41..DENTATUS, 15. 
aaa. Gill-rakers few, shortish, wide set, the numbers 2+ 8 fo 3 +10. 
d. Body ovate, more or less compressed, and opaque; the depth about 2% in 
length ; no distinct, definitely-placed ocelli; scales cycloid. é 
e. Dorsal rays in large number (85 to 92, asin P. dentatus); analrays 65 to 73; 
pores of the lateral line about 100; accessory scales few ; gill-rakers 
2+ 10, lanceolate, dentate, wide-set, and much shorter than the eye; 
eyes small; interorbital space in adult broad, flattish, and scaly, as 
wide as length of eye; caudal peduncle rather long; depth about 24 
in length; head about 3%;*length of arch of lateral line nearly one- 
third that of straight part; color dusky olive, darker than in P. den- 
tatus, and with very few darker mottlings or spots. -LETHOSTIGMA, 16, 
ce. Dorsal rays in moderate number (70 to 80); anal rays 54 to 61. 
j. Seales very small, about 120 in the lateral line; depth of body about 
half length; head 33 in length; gill-rakers roughly toothed, 3 +- 9 in 
number ; arch of lateral line 44 in straight portion; mouth very large, 
oblique, the broad maxillary more than half head, and reaching past 
eye; D.78, A. 59; coloration brownish, the body and fins spotted with 
darker 222 24% MER Bea ke Ue eae SQUAMILENTUS, 17, 
Jf. Scales moderate, 90 to 100 pores in the lateral line. 
g. Interorbital width about equal to length of eye; dorsal rays 75 to 81; 
anal rays 59 to 61; gill-rakers 2 or 3+9 or 10; coloration grayish- 
brown, with numerous (more or less distinct) whitish blotches, which 
are rarely obsolete; vertebrae 10 -+- 27 =37........--..-ALBIGUTTA, 18. 
gg. Interorbital width not half the length of the eye; dorsal rays 76; 
anal rays 60; form of P. albigutta; eye large (43 in head); maxillary 
