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aa. Dorsal rays X-I, 26 to 28; serrx of preopercle slender, not notably flattened. 
ce. Body with about nine dark vertical cross-bands, besides narrow undulating 
streaks along the rows of scales. Body rather stout, the back somewhat 
arched ; eye 34 in head; preopercle finely denticulate ; mouth moderate, 
the maxillary reaching to below middle of eye ; teeth subequal, villiform, 
in broad bands; gill-rakers minute, slender, 5-+9; second dorsal spine 
highest, 1? in head; second anal spine about 24; pectorals short, 1} in 
head; ventrals 14; lateral line little arched. Head 3%; depth 3. D. 
X-I, 26 to 28; A. II, 6 or 7; scales 5-48-10.-.....-.... BROUSSONETI, 89. 
cc. Body without dark cross-bands, the rows of scales above with distinct undu- 
lating streaks. 
d. Snout bluntish, short, 44 in head; serrz of preopercle comparatively numer- 
ous and strong, subterete. Body not very deep, the profile somewhat de- 
pressed over the eyes ; eye 14 in snout, 14 in interorbital space, 5 in head ; 
preorbital not quite so broad as eye; mouth inferior, the maxillary reaching 
to middle of eye, 23 in head ; teethin broad bands, the outer series above 
little enlarged ; gill-rakers shortish, rather stout, shorter than pupil, 6+-9; " 
pharyngeal teeth longer and more numerous than in cirrosa; highest 
dorsal spine 14 in head ; caudal slightly lunate ; second anal spine strong, 
24 in head ; color bluish above, silvery below; a dusky blotch on center 
of opercle ; back and sides with distinct streaks of deep olive following 
the centers of the rows of scales, these lines regular and not interrupted; 
they run obliquely upward and backward below as well as above the 
lateral line, those below being more nearly horizontal; fins chiefly bright 
yellow; membrane of opercle pale; lining of gill cavity dusky. Head 34 
in length; depth 34. D. X-I, 27; A. II, 6 or7; lat. 1. with about 50 
pores; about 60 transverse rows of scales..-.-...----.---- RONCADOR, 90. 
dd. Snout longer than eye, 3 to 34 in head; preopercle distinctly serrate. 
e. Second anal spine large, 2 in head; profile straight, moderately steep ; 
snout rather acute; eye 44 in head; mouth small, inferior, the maxillary 
nearly reaching middle of orbit, its length 24 in head; teeth subequal; 
gill-rakers scarcely developed, 4 + 9; third dorsal spine highest, 1} in 
head; anterior dorsal rays much longer than posterior ones; anal fin 
pointed, the second soft ray longest, the second spine very strong, 2 in 
head ; ventrals slightly longer than pectorals, 14 in head; lateral line 
moderately arched anteriorly ; color bluish, silvery below ; conspicuous 
dark lines following the rows of scales, those below lateral line oblique 
as well as those above; spinous dorsaldusky. Head 32 in length; depth 
ot), DL Aol, os Aon, GO seales 5-48-38 oA 2.5 (08 225 cas a XANTI, 91. 
ee. Second anal spine short and thickish, 3 in head. Back elevated, the an- 
terior profile steep and rather convex; snout blunt, much protruding ; 
mouth small, horizontal; the maxillary reaching just past pupil, 3 in head; 
eye 5 in head; preopercle finely and sharply serrate; gill-rakers very 
small; pectoral short, 14 in head; longest dorsal spine 2; caudal fin 
slightly lunate, the upper lobe the longer; scales above lateral line in 
very oblique series, in oblique series below lateral line anteriorly ; color, 
grayish, yellow below; faint dark lines along the scales on the upper 
half of the body, golden lines on scales below; dorsals finely punctu- 
late; fins pale; gill cavity pale within. Head 33 to 33; depth 3} to 3}. 
D. X-I, 28 or 29; A. II, 6; lat. 1. 50 to 53. ...........GALAPAGORUM, 92. 
aaa. Dorsal rays X-I, 31 to 33; preopercle with its edge weakly crenulate; snout 
very blunt, not longer than eye, 4 in head; back elevated ; profile de- 
pressed posteriorly, anteriorly gibbous; mouth rather large, subter- 
minal; maxillary reaching posterior border of pupil, 2} in head; gili- 
