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head ; caudal double truncate, 13 in head; second anal spine 3 in head. 
Color brassy, paler below; middle part of body with short, irregular dusky 
vertical bars crossing the lateral line; many dark-brown spots on sides of 
back, irregularly placed, and not forming continuous streaks along the rows 
of scales ; usually some of these coalesce to form two dark streaks concurrent 
with the back. Head3 in length; depth 3}. D.X-I, 28 or 29; A. II, 7; lat. 
ho SESS SSS eee eae Rae tee Sea aes s UNDULATUS, 83. 
bb. Scales larger, 7 in a vertical series from front of dorsal to lateral line, 9 or 10 
in an oblique series; teeth of outer series in upper jaw scarcely enlarged ; 
dark spots on back forming continpous dark streaks nearly as wide as the 
pale interspaces; body a little more slender than in M. undulatus; profile 
almost straight, a little depressed above the eye; snout long, 3 in head ; eye 
small, 6 in head, 1} in interorbital area; preorbital wider than eye; maxil- 
lary 3 in head, reaching front of pupil; teeth in broad, villiform bands; pre- 
opercle less strongly serrate than in M. undulatus ; third dorsal spine highest, 
1} in head ; dorsals connected by alow membrane ; dorsal with a sheath at its 
base formed by a single series of scales ; soft dorsal naked ; second anal spine 
5 in head; scales of the breast and head cycloid; a dark spot on opercle; 
axil dusky; short vertical bars extending across lateral line; many oblique 
lines above these; markings more regular, though less sharply defined than 
in M. undulatus. Head 3? in length; depth 3} to 3%. D. X-I, 30; A. II, 7; 
BEPC OMINO NSS ca cigs a wal meine cars cinaicnaels acini sala iwin eyes 4=5 FURNIERI, 84. 
aa. Dorsal rays X-I, 24 to 26; outer teeth of upper jaw scarcely enlarged ; scales 
rather large ; snout little projecting ; lateral line 48 (oblique series, 53 pores) ; 
scales between front of dorsal and lateral line, vertically 6 or 7; obliquely 
8; 16 in an oblique series from vent; profile gibbous above the eyes, de- 
pressed at the nape; eye 1# in snout, 6 in head; mouth broad, inferior, 
slightly oblique ; maxillary entirely concealed by the broad preorbital, which 
is wider than the eye; maxillary extending to below anterior margin of the 
orbit; teeth in both jaws in villifurm bands, those of the outer series of the 
upper jaw somewhat enlarged; preopercle with two strong spines at the 
angle and many smaller ones above these; gill-rakers little developed, not 
half the length of the pupil, 7-+ 12; third dorsal spine highest, reaching 
to first soft ray, 14 in head; soft rays of dorsal subequal; caudal double 
truncate; anal spine moderate, 12*in the rays, 34 in head; pectorals } longer 
than ventrals, slightly less than 1} in head; scales on cheek, opercle, and 
breast cycloid, the rest ctenoid; soft dorsal with a weak scaly sheath 
anteriorly ; soft dorsal and anal naked; lateral line arched anteriorly, be- 
coming straight slightly in front of anal fin. Color, grayish silvery ; dorsal 
region and sides above lower edge of pectorals marked with dark streaks ex- 
‘tending obliquely upward and backward along the series of scales; about 
ten short oblique bars extending downward and forward across the arched 
portion of the laterial line ; lining of gill cavity blackish ; fins all yellowish ; 
tip of spinous dorsal blackish; upper edge of pectoral and border of soft 
dorsal dusky. Head 33 in length; depth 3%. D. X-I, 24 to 26; A. II,7; 
ROBLES oO) eects eieinina «cs cicanaatas se aeee fe seyelesascans ECTENES, 85. 
aaa. Dorsal rays X-I, 20 to 22; outer teeth of upper jaw scarcely enlarged; snout 
somewhat projecting; scales still larger; lateral line 42 (49 pores); scales 
above the lateral line, vertically, 5 or 6; obliquely, 8; 12 in an oblique 
series from vent; maxillary extending scarcely beyond the vertical from the 
anterior margin of the eye; body less elongate than in Micropogon ectenes; 
highest dorsal spines 14 in head; anal spine about 4 in head; coloration 
essentially as in Micropogon ectenes. Head 34 in length; depth 33. D. X-I, 
20 to 22; A.II,7. Scales 7-48-15............ tl dwisie nutes es ALTIPINNIS, 86. 
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