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(j(j. Anterior part of body witli a jet-black vertical bar which extends 

 from between the lil'th and seveuth dorsal spines to opposite the 

 lower edge of the pectoral; edge of opcrcle and base of pectoral 

 black; pectoral longer than head. J5ody elongate-ovate, the back 

 elevated, the anterior profile straighti.sh to nape, thence regularly 

 convex; lower profile straight, angulated at anal; mouth small; 

 teeth setiform, arranged in broad bands, becoming shorter behind, 

 longer and stronger in front ; dorsal fin dee^ily notched, the tenth 

 spine twice as long as first; second anal spine much stronger and 

 almost twice as long as third, higher than soft ra.ys ; caudal forked. 

 Head, 3^; depth, 2f ; D. xii, 16 or 15; A. iii, 11; scales, 11-62-21; 

 eye, 4i; snout, 3; preorbital, 5^ ; maxillary, 3|; second anal spine, 

 2i; fourth dorsal, 2^; pectoral, seven-eighths; gill-rakers, x-|-13. 



Davidsonii, 57. 

 ff. Body with longitudinal stripes of blue or yellow or both; young with 

 a black blotch at base of caudal; i)reorbital broad; gill-rakers, 

 x-f-16. • 

 h. Anterior part of body with two broad dark crossbars, the one from 

 the nape obliquely forward througli eye, the other from front of 

 dorsal downward; behind these a series of horizontal stripes 

 alternately yellow and blue; pectoral longer than head; second 

 anal and fourth dorsal spines nearly equal. 



i. Blue stripes on sides about six in number, very distinct, not nearly 

 as wide as a scale; sharply edged with darker blue; their wddth 

 abont one-third that of the olive interspaces; additional blue 

 strii^es in the interspaces faint and few; vertical bauds of head 

 and shoulder brown. Body ovate, the back much elevated, the 

 anterior profile steep, convex on snout, straightish over eye, nape 

 very convex to base of third dorsal spine; mouth moderate, the 

 maxillary extending to anterior edge of eye; jaws subequal; 

 teeth arranged in bands, the outer much enlarged; aboxit 10 gill- 

 rakers, besides rudiments, below angle; dorsal fin high, slightly 

 emarginate; spines slender, the highest slightly shorter and 

 weaker than the second anal spine, w^hich is more than half head; 

 caudal lunate. Head, 3, ; depth, 2/0; D. xii, 16; A. iii, 10. 

 Scales, 10-56-17; eye, 3i; snout, 2}; preorbital, 4; maxillary, 3J; 

 second anal spine, 1|; fourth dorsal spine, 1|; pectoral, J; gill- 

 rakers, x-fl6 TiENiATUS, 58. 



ii. Blue stripes on side as broad as a scale, each more than two- 

 thirds the width of the golden-yellow interspaces, and each very 

 faintly edged with darker; vertical bauds on head and shoulder 

 jet black. Body ovate, the back very nuich elevated, the anterior 

 profile steep, slightly convex along snout and over eye, very much 

 arched at nape; mouth small, the maxillary extending to ante- 

 rior nostril; jaws subequal; outer rowr of teeth enlarged; about 

 six gill-rakers, besides rudiments, below angle; dorsal fin low, 

 emarginate, spines slender, the highest about equal in length to 

 second anal sjiine, which is less than half head; caudal forked. 

 Head, 3i; depth, 2,ii,; D. xii, 17; A. 111, 10, 11; scales, 11-56-17; 

 eye, 4^; snout, 2^; preorbital, 4; maxillary, 3^ ; second anal 

 spine, 2,\,; third dorsal spine, 2,',, ; jiectoral, | ; gill-rakers, x-f 16. 



A'IKGIXICUS, 59. 

 [Allied to Anisotrciniis rir<jiiiici(fi is another sinM'ics. which, on account of the 

 imperfect descrijilion, should not bo placed in the analysis. 



Catiiakin-K, 60.] 



