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soft fins ail densely covered with small 
scales; dorsal spines stiffish, the longest 
2%in head; anal spines small ; ventrals 2 
in head; caudal fin deeply lunate; the 
middle rays 2} in head; pectoral fins 1} 
in head, reaching beyond tips of ven- 
trals; color slaty bluish above, silvery 
below ; body and fins everywhere with 
dark punctulations; tip of chin dark ; 
fins yellowish, the upper all with dark 
edging; pectorals blackish on the pos- 
terior side ; axil dusky; lining of opercle 
dark; head 35 in length; depth 4. 
D. IX-I, 23; A. 11,10; pores in lateral 
line 60; the series of scales 66. 
OTHONOPTERUS, 8. 
gg. Coloration not uniform, the back and sides with conspicuous continuous 
brown streaks along the rows of scales, 
those above lateral line running upward 
and backward, those below horizontal ; 
belly silvery; fins plain; anal rays J, 
8; body rather robust, compressed} 
head compressed ; eye large,5} in head ; 
mouth moderate, somewhat oblique, the 
maxillary 2}in head, not quite reach- 
ing line of posterior margin ofeye; snout 
moderately pointed, 4in head; canines 
moderate; lateral teeth of lower jaw 
moderate in size, rather numerous; chin 
projecting ; interorbital space rather 
flattened and depressed, 54in head; gill- 
rakers long and slender, the longest ¢ 
eye, 4 -+ 13 in number; scales large; 
lateral line becoming straight under 
front of soft dorsal; soft dorsal and 
anal low, densely scaled; longest dorsal 
spine 2}in head; caudal subtruncate ; 
pectorals longer than ventrals, 1% in 
head; anal small; head 3} in length ; 
depth 44. D. X-I, 19; A. I, 8; scales 
54 (pores) (52 series) ...... STRIATUS, 9. 
ce. Soft dorsal of 27 to 29 rays; caudal fin subtruncate, or double truncate, 
the middle rays but slightly produced. 
h. Coloration nearly uniform silvery, somewhat darker above ; snout 
short, scarcely longer than eye. 
i. [Caudal truncate ; body rather slender; eye 5 in head, the snout 
but little longer; maxillary reaching 
posterior third of eye; pectoral aslong 
as ventral; coloration uniform silvery ; 
head 3? in length; depth 5}. D. X-I, 
27; A. I, 11; scales 60, scales of fins un- 
described. ] (Sauvage.) .OBLIQUATUS, 10 
ii, Caudal weakly double concave; body rather deep; eye very large 
4 in head, as long as snout, equal to 
interorbital width; body more com- 
pressed than in other species; the back 
