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in head; mouth moderate, oblique, the maxillary not quite halflength 
of head, extending just past pupil; premaxillary in front on level of 
lower margin of pupil: teeth above in broad bands, the outer row 
enlarged; gill-rakers 13 + 22, about } length of eye; scales on head 
cycloid; dorsal spines slender, the first two somewhat stronger, the 
highest about 2 in head; caudallong, lanceolate, 14 in head; second 
anal spine little shorter than the highest dorsal spine; first ventral 
ray filiform; pectoral about as long as ventral, 1% in head; color 
grayish olive above, silvery below ; fins all nearly uniform dusky; 
the ventrals margined with white; many black dots along the ~ 
sides; base of anal fin and inner lining of opercle dusky ; head 3} 
in length; depth 34; D. XI-I, 20 to 23; A. II,7 or 8; scales 5— 47 
torS0 18 Sse este eee eee dees hue suet ee LANCEOLATUS, 53. 
ff. Preopercle with numerous short, straight spinules, which decrease in size 
regularly from angle upwards; eye small; mouth terminal, moder- 
ate, the maxillary extending past the pupil, its length 22 in head; 
premaxillaries anteriorly opposite lower margin of orbit, the snout 
scarcely projecting beyond them; head extremely spongy and cay- 
ernous ; interorbital width less than $ head; profile straight; snout 
short, blunt, 5 in head, equal to diameter of eye ; upper jaw with a 
band of villiform teeth, the outer series enlarged; margin of preo- 
percle rounded, its spines allsmall; gill-rakers } length of eye, 11 +18 
in number ; first two dorsal spines stout, the highest 2 in head ; second 
anal spine 2 in head; pectorals as long ag ventrals, 14 in head; scales 
on cheeks mostly ctenoid, on top of head cycloid ; color dark brownish 
above, everywhere soiled with dark points; a dark temporal blotch ; 
lower jaw black within, behind the front teeth; lower fins dusky; 
head 34 in length; depth 34; D. XII-I, 23; A. I, 7 or 8; scales 5— 
BOAT irate ose eat Bit RIAL tess Bnet Rs ERICYMBA, 54, 
ce.- Mouth smali, inferior, nearly horizontal; the maxillary 3 to 34 in head; 
the snout thick, blunt, and protuberant, the premaxillaries entirely 
below the level of the eye ; lower jaw cavernous. 
h. Eye large, 33 in head; lower teeth on preopercle enlarged; preorbital 
moderate; its width about half diameter of eye; body moderately 
elongate ; anterior profile straight and rather steep; interorbital area 
flattish, very spongy, narrower than in S. microps ; its width 3} in 
head ; snout thick, blunt, protruding, 4} in head; eye very large; 
mouth small, inferior, horizontal, the maxillary extending to posterior 
border of pupil, 3} in head; teeth asin related species, in moderate 
bands, those above slightly enlarged; preopercle rounded, sharply 
serrate, the serre largest near the angle, some 12 of them present; 
gill-rakers rather long, very slender, about X + 18; dorsal spines 
slender, the longest 1} in head; soft dorsal less scaly than in other 
species, lower than in S. microps, the longest ray 2} in head ; second 
anal spine 2 in head; pectoral 14; color soiled grayish above, with 
faint dark streaks along the rows of scales ; silvery below; fins some- 
what punctulate ; head 3}; depth 3); D. XI-I, 20; A. III, 7; scales 
3B a2 Sos SRS Op mutes aes oe as Sa ee epee ae ear eee Naso, 55. 
hh. Eye small, 5 to 6 in head; teeth on preopercle subequal; preorbi- 
tal thick and swollen, much broader than eye; body moderately 
elongate; snout thick, blunt, convex, and protuberant ; head above 
less cavernous than usual in the genus, more so below; preopercle 
(as usual in this genus) forming the are of a circle; mouth rather 
small, the maxillary 3 in head; snout 4; gill-rakers about X + 16, 
shorter than in S. rastrifer, about 4 diameter of eye; no pores or 
