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scarcely longer than eye, 47 in head; eye 53 in head; 
preorbital broad, nearly as wide as eye ; mouth rather 
small, inferior, maxillary reaching middle of eye, 23 
in head; teeth in both jaws in broad, villiform 
bands, the outer series above somewhat enlarged ; 
pharyngeal teeth all more or less conical, the inner 
series somewhat rounded and molar-like; gill-rakers 
short, flattened, 5-+-8; preopercle with an irregular 
entire border; dorsal spines all thin and slender; 
middle rays of soft dorsal highest 14 in head ; caudal 
subtruncate, the middle rays longest; second anal 
spine stout and long, about 2 in head, reaching 
when depressed beyond the last ray; first and 
second soft rays elongate 1? in head, the rest rapid- 
ly decreasing in length ; pectorals 1} in head; scales 
strongly ctenoid, those about the head cycloid; a 
scaly sheath at base of anal and soft dorsal. , Color 
dark golden, each scale with many blackish dots, 
these forming stripes along the rows of scales; rows 
of scales below lateral line undulating ; membranes 
of dorsal spines blackish; anal black, the last two 
rays pale; ventrals black, their first rays with the 
outer border white, caudal edged with dusky below 
and behind. Head 3} in length; ee 3. D. X-I, 
235 A. IT, 7. Seales 8-60-17 .-.<.. .--225 UMBRA, 67. 
pp. Vertical fins low, the membranes of the dorsal and anal 
= 
closely scaled ; caudal fin lunate, the upper lobe the 
longer. (Cheilotrema Tschudi.) 
. Dorsal rays X-I, 27 or 28; snout moderately blunt; 
second anal spine 24 in head; dorsal spines grad- 
ually shortened behind the third, which is 24 in head; 
ventrals short, 14 in head; body oblong, the back 
considerably elevated; profile steep, the nape con- 
vex; snout short and blunt, but less so than in 8. 
fasciata, 34 in head; eye, 5; preorbital broad, nearly 
as wide as eye; teeth as in Sciena wmbra, the bands 
broader; pharyngeal teeth all conic, the inner series 
enlarged; gill-rakers short, thick, 6 +9; middle rays 
of soft dorsal longest, 2} in head; second anal spine 
long and stout, 24 in head, not reaching nearly to 
tip of last ray ; first anal rays scarcely elongate, about 
2in head; pectorals broad, 14 in head; all scales of 
of head strongly ctenoid; a scaly sheath at base of 
anal and soft dorsal. Color blackish, with coppery 
luster, each scale with a cluster of dark points, an 
obscure, broad, pale cross-band extending downward 
from front of soft dorsal to tips of ventrals; fins 
rather dark, belly silvery, dusted with dark specks ; 
suborbital region coppery, with round, dark dots; 
membrane about angle of opercle jet black; tips of 
ventral and anal black; young (‘* Corvina jacobi”) 
with three broad longitudinal dark bands. Head 3% 
in length; depth 23. D. X-I, 27; A. II, 7. Scales, 
10-55:70 10U=1.7.. > sjcaues one vene name SATURNA, 68. 
