362 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [20] 
in head; interorbital space flattish, 4% 
in head; gill-rakers rather short, X-+ 8, 
the longest about half eye; scales on 
head very small and silvery; caudal 
S-shaped, the middle rays longest ; pec- 
toral 14 in head. Color plain, rather 
dusky, silvery below ; inside of gill cay- 
ity dusky ; head 3} in length; depth 5 
to 54; D. X-I, 28; A. I, 8 Scales 80 
(pores), 125 to 130 cross-series. 
VIRESCENS, 22, 
gs. Soft dorsal and anal fins densely scaly 
throughout. 
t. Sides of lower jaw without canines, the 
teeth all comparatively small. 
u. [Scales extremely small, about 150 in a 
uu. 
longitudinal series above the lateral 
line, 40 in a vertical series; snout 4 in 
head ; eye large, 4%; interorbital area 54 
in head; maxillary extending beyond 
eye; lower jaw projecting ; upper jaw 
with 3 series of teeth; canines rather 
strong; lateral teeth of lower jaw not 
canine-like ; dorsal spines slender, the 
longest 24+ in head; caudal fin S-shaped; 
pectoral slightly longer than ventral, 
which is slightly more than half head; 
lateral line becoming straight above 
anal; color greenish, silvery below; head 
33 in length; depth 44; D. XI-I, 23; A. 
II, 9; scales 155 to 160; 70 pores in the 
lateral line.] (Steindachner.) 
MICROLEPIDOTUS, 23. 
Seales not very small, about 85 to 90 in 
a longitudinal series above the lateral 
line; body rather robust, the head 
small and tapering; profile of head 
nearly straight and rapidly descending ; 
mouth rather small, oblique, the max- 
illary 24 in head; chin prominent; . 
snout short, rather pointed, 6 in head; 
eye large, 5} in head; teeth all compar- 
atively small, the bands rather broad ; 
no distinct canines in upper jaw, the 
usual canine searcely longer than the 
teeth around it; lateral teeth of lower 
jaw small; scales small, those of lateral 
line little enlarged ; lateral line less con- 
spicuous than in C. virescens or C. bairdi, 
becoming straight under front of soft 
dorsal; gill-rakers rather long, 449, 
the longest # eye; pectorals quite short, 
shorter than ventrals, 24 in head, their 
tips notreaching tipsof ventrals; caudal 
rhombic, the upper angle pointed ; color 
