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spine 12 in head; second anal spine 24; pectoral 14; head 34 in 
length; depth 3}; D. XI-I, 21; A. II, 9; scales 48 (pores); color 
rather pale, the pectoral with dark points; gill cavity dark with- 
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ce. Mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching to behind pupil, 24 in head; lower 
spine of preopercle directed downward and forward; bones of side 
of head little cavernous; interorbital width more than 4 head; 
mouth low, little oblique, the maxillary reaching to behind pu- 
pil, 24 in head ; eye 43 in head; gill-rakers shorter and fewer than 
in S. rastrifer ; snout short, thick, and blunt, protruding beyond the 
premaxillaries which are on the ‘evel of the eye; profile steep; body 
rather short and deep, the back elevated ; highest dorsal spine 1? in 
head; second anal spine small, 24 in head, shorter than soft rays ; ven- 
trals 24 in head; pectorals scarcely shorter than head; color dull 
silvery, darker above; lower fins pale; head 33 in length; depth 33 
to 3; D. XI-I, 23; A. II, 9; scales 6—46—10.-.---.--...- FURTHI, 50- 
aa. Preopercle with numerous (6 to 20) serre, those near the angle more or less en- 
larged; lower teeth subequal, in a narrow band. 
d. Lowermost spinule of preopercle enlarged, directed downward (as in Baird- 
iella); caudal fin subtruncate; body deep, robust, moderately com- 
pressed; nuchal region compressed ; profile steep, depressed over the 
eye, the suout projecting; head broad, flattish, and soft above, but 
less cavernous than in the other species; interorbital space 3 in 
head; a sharp ridge above orbits as in other species; snout very 
blunt, short, and thick, 44 in head; mouth oblique, the lower jaw in- 
cluded; maxillary reaching middle of pupil, 24 in head; eye 44 in 
head; gill-rakers long and slender, X + 21, the longest, ¢ eye ; pre- 
opercle with 6 or 7 sharp teeth above, the one at the angle arlaeee 
and turned downward; dorsal spines moderate; second anal spine 
short, stoutish, 3 length of first soft ray, 3 in head; caudal subtrun- 
cate, the upper lobe slightly produced; pectorals cathen long, 1,4 in 
head, reaching beyond tips of ventrals; color soiled silvney, with 
faint darker streaks along the rows of scales; dorsal with dark 
points; other fins pale; head 31; depth 3; D. XIII-I, 22; A. II, 11; 
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dd. Lowermost spinule of pecopeeap not reaan hddvchimerae caudal fin 
pointed, 
e. Mouth large, oblique, the maxillary 2 to 24 in length of head ; snout very 
short, little projecting. 
f. Preopercle with three or four spines next the angle, divergent, consider- 
able larger than the others. 
g. Pectoral fin long, 1} in head; body deep, compressed; head short, 
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deep, more compressed than in related species, the interorbital space 
less depressed, its width 34 in head, the supraocular ridges less promi- 
nent; anterior profile evenly convex; eye rather large, 44 in head; 
snout very short and blunt, 44; mouth oblique, large, the maxillary 
2 in head, reaching posterior border of eye; the premaxillary on 
the level of lower part of eye; preopercle very convex, forming an 
are of a circle; gill-rakers long and slender, X + 18, the longest % 
eye; dorsal spines slender, rather low, the longest 1} in head ; sec- 
ond anal spine long and rather stout, 13 in head; color dull silvery, 
the fins not very dark; head 3} in length; depth 34; D. XI-I, 19; 
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Pectoral fin short, about 13 in head; interorbital space 3 in head; 
second anal spine 24; body rather slender; snout as long as eye, 44 
