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e. Anterior protile of head nearly straight ; maxillary about 3 in head. 
d. [Maxillary not extending to front of eye; depth of body 4,5 in total (with 
caudal); head 43; eye 4 in head; snout 3; preopercle 
with larger teeth at the angle; mouth longer than 
broad ; mouth inferior, the snout extending beyond 
the premaxillary ; teeth all alike and minute; max- 
illary extending to below posterior nasal opening; 
profile ascending uniformly to first dorsal, convex at 
the snout and nape ; highest dorsal spine 12 in head ; 
highest dorsal rays not half head ; second anal spine 
robust, scarcely half as long as head; first anal ray 
13 in head ; caudal rhomboidal ;"; in head; soft dor- 
sal scaly for half its height ; pectoral equals ventral, 
13 in head ; membranes of fins with numerous dark 
points; D. X-I,16; A. II,7; scales 11-52-16.] (Stein- 
dachners) noe. ae ee oe ns oc es so oe Re 
dd. Maxillary extending to opposite Gosonor Bdge of capil its length 3} in 
ec. Anterior profile more or 
head ; body compressed, moderately deep, the head — 
low, subconie, acutish but blunted at tip; snout 
projecting, the usual slits and pores well developed; 
its length 44 in head ; eye small, 43 in head; mouth 
small, inferior, horizontal; teeth in lower jaw equal, 
in the upper nearly so, the outer row a little en- 
larged; preopercle with a vertical limb and rounded 
angle, the latter with about 8 rather strong teeth 
onit; interorbital space 3} in head ; preorbital wide, 
about as broad as eye; gill-rakers very short, 
thicker than high; scales regularly arranged, those 
below lateral line in horizontal series ; lateral line 
becoming straight before anal; dorsal spines rather 
stout, the longest 1/ in head; second anal spine 
shortish and very stout,2 in head; longest soft ray 
of dorsal 3 in head; caudal rounded, shorter than 
head; pectoral 1fin head. Color, soiled brassy; a faint 
small dark spot on each scale of back and sides, these 
forming dusky streaks along the rows of scales; fins 
all dark with dark points. Head 32? in length; 
depth 34; D. X-I, 22 to XI-I, 23; A. II, 7; scales 51. 
ADUSTA, 58, 
less concave, especially in old examples, the head 
being very low and slende>; caudal fin lanceolate, 
almost as long as head; snout short and bluntish, 
projecting a little beyond the premaxillaries, about 
as long as eye; eye 3% in head; mouth small, 
low, maxillary not extending to below middle of 
eye, 2} in head; teeth in both jaws in moderate 
bands, the outer series of the upper jaw enlarged ; 
highest dorsal spine 14 in head; anal spine very 
thick, strong; as long as the rays, 1} in head ; pec- 
torals about as long as ventrals; first ventral ray 
filiform. Color, grayish; anal and ventral fins largely 
black. Head 3} in length; depth 3}; D. X-I, 22; 
A. II. 7; scales pote et Tyrica, 59. 
