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REVIEW OF THE SCLENIDA. 439 
illary reaching past middle of orbit; teeth of upper jaw slightly en- 
larged; gill-rakers short, rather slender, 6 + 9; caudal peduncle and fin 
less deep than in Hques punetatus ; second anal spine slightly shorter than 
soft rays, 2$ in head; soft dorsal scaly; scales large, the series below 
lateral line slightly oblique; longitudinal streaks on body not following 
the. rows Of scales S22 2...c056 c. Sed0.5 25 25. Te Aa Ses ACUMINATUS, 109. 
x. Color nearly black, with longitudinal whitish stripes on the body, not on 
the fins; one stripe from upper edge of eye straight to upper edge of caudal 
peduncle, one just above this to last rays of soft dorsal, two confluent 
behind from nape to middle of soft dorsal, two below the first from pec- 
toral to base of caudal, the lowest to edge of caudal peduncle; fins dusky. 
Head 3; depth 22. D. X-I, 38 to 40; A. II, 7; scales 50; eye 4in head; 
snout 33; maxillary 3; second anal spine 2}; longest dorsal spine 12; 
pectoral 1+. (West Indian specimens. )----.-.--. Var. acuminatus, 109 (a). 
xx. Coloration dark smutty brown, with traces only of seven paler streaks ; 
region at base of soft dorsal darker; spinous dorsal, tips of ventrals, and 
inside of gill cavity black; fins otherwise smutty. Head 34 in length; 
depth 23. D. X-I, 40; A. II, 7; scales 6-51-10; second anal spine 24; 
eye 4; snout4; maxillary 24. (Specimens from Charleston.) 
Var. wmbrosus, 109 (b). 
ec. Dorsal spines elongate, the longest 2% in length of body; soft parts of vertical 
fins with white spots; body robust, the back much compressed, the gen- 
eral form much as in Hques acuminatus, but the caudal peduncle deeper 
and more compressed; profile rather steep, depressed over the eye; snout 
slightly longer than eye, 34 in head; eye as wide as interorbital region; 
preorbital broad, as wide as eye; mouth small, sub-inferior ; maxillary 
almost entirely concealed below the preorbital, 24 in head, reaching to 
below middle of eye; teeth in both jaws in broad bands, the outer series of 
the upper jaw enlarged; preopercle entire, the membrane with slight 
cilia; gill-rakers small, slender, 6+-11; lower pharyngeals small; the 
teeth all conical, those of the posterior angle and inner series somewhat 
enlarged ; anterior dorsal spines as high as body ; membranes of the soft 
portions of the vertical fins closely scaled to the tip; caudal broadly 
rounded ; analshort and high; second spine about 3 of longest ray, 3in head; 
anal spine placed midway between base of pectoral and base of caudal; 
pectorals and ventrals short and equal, 14+in head. Color, dark brown, a 
light bar in front of eye extending around the chin, a second pale bar 
extending around the head immediately behind the eyes, a third extend- 
ing from in front of dorsal over base of pectorals; a light bar along base 
of soft dorsal; a light bar extending from behind the elevated portion 
of the spinous dorsal downwards, dividing into two, the branches running 
straight back, the upper branch to beginning of last fourth of soft dor- 
sal, the lower branch to base of caudal; 2or3 light, undulating longitudinal 
bars below these; fins all dark brown, the soft portions of the vertical 
fins with many whitish stellate spots. Head 3$in length; depth3. D. XI 
or XIT-I, 46; A.II,6 or 7; scales 8-55 to 59-11 or 12...PuNcTaTuUs, 110. 
6b. [Profile very steep, ‘‘steeper than in Hques lanceolatus.” Body deepest below 
first dorsal spine, thence rapidly tapering to the narrow caudal pedun- 
cle; eye 3in head; snout 14in eye; mouth subinferior, the thick convex 
snout projecting beyond it; first ventral ray filiform, 34 in body; longest 
dorsal spines 1} to 23 in length of body, their height nearly twice that of 
the body below them; color olivaceous, three dark-brown longitudinal 
bands along the sides, the middle one from eye backwards reaching tips 
of the middie caudal rays; the upper from occiput backward to end of 
soft dorsal; the lower from lower corner of eye to behind anal; two very 
