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snout; eye 74 in head; maxillary very 
broad, its tip 6 in head; canines two, 
short and stout; lateral teeth of lower 
jaw moderate; gill-rakers X + 10, rather 
long and slender, the longest } eye; 
pseudobranchixw often obsolete on one 
side; dorsal spines high, the longest 21/5 
in head; soft dorsal moderately scaly, 
the distal half of the rays largely naked ; 
middle rays of caudal produced; P. 14 
in head; ventrals a trifle shorter; color 
pale, bluish above, silvery below, axil 
and inside of opercle a little dusky; 
head 34; depth4. D.IX—I,19; A. 1,9; 
scales about 65 -...-..PRZDATORIUS, 5. 
ee. Mouth moderate, not very oblique; the maxillary extending little be- 
yond eye, its length about 2} in head. 
f. Snout short, bluntish, 4? in head; mouth smaller and less oblique than 
in most of the species, the canines quite 
small; the lateral teeth of lower jaw 
smaller and more nearly equal than in 
others; lower jaw a little protruding; 
maxillary extending to posterior margin 
of eye, 24 in head; gill-rakers 34-10, 
those near the angle rather long, } eye, 
the others rapidly shortened ; eye large, 
52 in head ; soft dorsal and anal scantily 
scaled, the distal half largely naked, the 
fins rather high, the longest soft rays 24 
in head; caudal pointed; pectoralsi1}in 
head, not reaching tips of ventrals; 
color pale, with faint darker streaks 
along sides of back; axil pale; opercle 
dusky within ; head 34; depth4. D. X- 
I,20; A.I, 8; scales 66..-.-.- ACOUPA, 6. 
ff. Snout long, about 34in head ; maxillary reaching a little beyond eye; 
pectoral shortish, 13 in head; lower jaw 
very prominent; lateral line becoming 
straight opposite front of anal; dorsal 
spines weak, the longest 24 in head; 
color uniform silvery, sides minutely 
punctulate ; axil brown, ventrals yellow- 
ish; head 3}in length; depth 4. D. VIII- 
J, 21 or 22; A. II, 10; scales 10-70-23. 
SQUAMIPINNIS, 7. 
dd. Caudal fin lunate or subtruncate, the middle rays shorter than the upper 
ones. 
g. Coleration nearly plain, bluish above, silvery below ; anal rays IT, 10, 
maxillary reaching a little beyond eye, 
24 in head; body rather elongate, the 
back somewhat elevated; head com- 
pressed, pointed, not conical ; eye moder- 
ate, 6% in head, its width a little more 
than interorbital space; gill-rakers long 
and strong, nearly as long as eye; lateral . 
line becoming straight under soft dorsal ; 
