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forming dusky bars, running obliquely forward and down- 
ward to considerably below the lateral line, these often 
obsolete; the bar at the nape saddle-like; lining of gill 
cavity dusky; pectoral yellowish, dusky at tip; an obscure 
dusky streak along lower parts of sides running into lower 
lobe of caudal. Head 3}; depth 4 to5. D. X-I, 24o0r25; A. 
I, 7; scales 6-55 (pores)-12.............-. AMERICANUS, 100, 
ii. Outer teeth of upper jaw less enlarged; spinous dorsal elevated, 
the longest spine reaching past front of soft dorsal, its length 
14 in head; coloration strongly marked, body scarcely sil- 
very. Profile slightly depressed above the eyes; eyes small, 
2} in snout, 2in interorbital area, about 7 in head; snout long, 
bluntish, 34 in head; mouth large; maxillary reaching 
middle of eye, 24 in head; ventrals 14 in pectorals, which 
are 1} in head; scales all ctenoid. Color dusky gray above, 
sometimes blackish, the back and sides with distinct dark 
oblique cross-bands running downwards and forwards, the 
anterior one at the nape extending downward, meeting the 
second and thus forming a Y-shaped blotch on each side; a 
dark lateral streak bounding the pale color of the belly, most 
distinct posteriorly, and extending on lower lobe of caudal ; 
inside of gill-cavity scarcely dusky ; pectoralsdark. Head 3% 
to 4 in length; depth 44 to 43. D. X-I, 26 or 27; A. I, 8; scales 
4-00 (pores) =14 2a laisse 2 eee  SAXATTETS, 101. 
hh. Mouth smaller, the maxillary feublame sourcely! " front of eye, 34 
in head; teeth on lower pharyngeals bluntish; coloration 
grayish, witha dark streaks along the rows of scales. Snout 
long, little projecting, 3} in head; eye small, 7 in head, 2} in 
snout, 14 in interorbital area; outer teeth in upper jaw 
moderately enlarged, about asin WV. saxatilis ; lower pharyn- 
geals a little broader than in M. americanus, the teeth 
coarser, and many of them bluntish, none of them really molar, 
those of the inner posterior corner of the bone much enlarged ; 
ventrals 14 in pectorals, which are 14 in head; scales all 
ctenoid. Color sooty-grayish, with bright reflections; the 
back, all the fins, and under side of head dusky ; undulating 
lines along sides running upward and backward, made of 
dark points in center of each scale ; back often with very 
faint dark cross-bars; edge of opercle dusky ; lining of gill- 
cavity slightly dusky. Head 4 in length; depth 4 to5. D. 
X-I, 25 or 26; A.1,8; scales 7-60-11 ....-.. UnpULATUS, 102. 
ce, Gill-rakers present, very short and somewhat slender; lower pharyngeals 
rather broad; some or nearly all of the teeth molar, i. e., 
enlarged, with thickened, rounded heads, the molar teeth 
covering at least the anterior portion of the bone; teeth in 
the outer series of upper jaw scarcely larger than the others; . 
scales on breast small. (Umbrula Jordan & Eigenmann.) 
k. Upper lobe of caudal longer than lower; scales rather small, 
about 25 in an oblique series from vent forward to lateral 
line; axillary scale one-third length of pectoral; snout very 
little projecting; gill-rakers very short, 3-+-5, the longest 
about one-third diameter of pupil; lower pharyngeal bones 
narrower than in littoralis, the molar teeth smaller, covering 
the whole anterior part of the bone; conical teeth on poste- 
rior part of the bone, the outermost row enlarged ; body 
