48G KEPOKT or COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHEKIKS. 



jt. Anal I'm aiii^uliiti'il, its mt'diiin rays produced, the longest in adnlt 



at least half head ; body rather 

 robust; upper canines rather long; 

 lower small; color more or less red, 

 the yonng with a black lateral 

 blotch. 

 q. Scales above the lateral lino arranged in series? 

 which are not throughout parallel 

 with tht^ lateral lino; side with a 

 black blotch, Avhich usually disap- 

 pears with age; anal fin bright red. 

 r. Teeth on vomer in an anchor-shaitod patch, 

 with a median backward prolong- 

 ation ; lingual teeth well developed ; 

 snout rather j)ointed; maxillary 

 reaching edge of pupil, 2^ in head; 

 caudal edged with black. 



.s. Iris golden-yellow in life. Scales rather 

 small, 9-52-10, about 50 pores iii 

 the lateral line; body rather slen- 

 der, the depth 2^ in length; second 

 anal spine about 3^ in head; gill- 

 rakers 9 below angle; eye large, 4f 

 in head in adult; preorbital 5J in 

 head. Head, 2f in length. D. x, 14; 

 A. Ill, 9. Color bright rose-red, with 

 golden streaks Vivaxus, 12. 



ss. his rose-red. Scales rather large, 8-4G-14; 

 body robust, the depth 2^ in length ; 

 second anal spine about 4 in head; 

 gill-rakers about 8 below angle ; 

 eye moderate, 5^ to in head iu 

 adult; preorbital 5. Head, 2^. D. 

 x, 14; A. in, 9. Color rose-red, 

 nearly uniform; size large. 



Aya, 13. 

 rr. Teelli in vomer ina/\-'''l">pedpatch, without 

 (listinct])rolongation on the median 

 line ; lingual teeth very few or none ; 

 snout rather pointed; maxillary 

 reaching edge of eye, 2^^ in head; 

 scales rather small, 10-67-17 ; about 

 fifty pores in lateral line; color, 

 greenish above, rosy below; a small 

 but distinct lateral blotch; young 

 with oblique blue streaks above; 

 ■ • fins mostly brick-rod, especially the 



anal; a jtearly streak below eye. 

 Head, 2s; depth, 2.ii. D. x, 14; A. 

 Ill, 8. Scales, 10-67-17. . Analis, 14. 



