498 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



I)nr8iil till rather (let^jtly notched; sitiiie.s h)W iiiid Klender; soft 

 dorsal hjw, lii^hest toward thelrout; anal lon^ and rather low, 

 with straight free border; anal spines gradnated, the third 

 scarcely half height of first ray; pectoral falcate, rather long; 

 caudal deeply forked. Color dark gray, not silvery; center of 

 , each scale dark, these spots forming continuoiis streaks along the 

 rows of scales; those Ix-low tii(5 lateral line ratlier less distiucl ; 

 llns rather dark; opercular nienihrane and axil dusky. Head, ',i\ ; 

 depth, ;5; D. xii, 11; A. ill, 11; scales, 8-G5- 1.5; maxillary, 8; eye, 

 4}; ]»reorhital, 3J; pectoral, 1 1',, ; snout, 21; spinous dorsal, 21; 

 second anal spine, (5i ; aual rays, lij ; liase soft dorsal in spinous, Ij^. 



I jcTJioriiisTis, S2. 



hh. Treoperele wt-akiy serrate; i)reorbital very narrow, C>1 in liead; mouth small, 

 maxillary longer than snout. Body rather fusiform, somewhat 

 compressed, the hack elevated, anterior profile steep, conve.v; 

 jnoutli with narrow hands of brush-like teeth, the outer above 

 slender, close-set, and a little enlarged; maxillary reaching to an- 

 terior edge of eye; gill-rakers short and slender, x | IG; snout 

 short, blunt; eye large; lower jaw included. Scales small, ex- 

 tending from iireorbital to fork of caudal, covering bitso of pectoral 

 A'cntrals, soft dorsal, and aual ; base of each scale at base of trunk 

 and posterior part of head, with minute scales ; dorsal and anal fins 

 inclosed in low scaly sheath. Dorsal fin slightly notched, last spine 

 IJ in first ray; spinous dorsal low, 8])incs slender; soft dorsal and 

 anal low, third anal spine longest; pectoral sharp, falcate; caudal 

 long, deeply forked. Color light-bluish gray, with brownish gray 

 stripes following the rows of scales. Head, 3|; depth, 3; dorsal, 

 XIII, 16; A. Ill, 13 or 12; scales, 10-65-20; maxillary, 3^; eye, 4^; 

 preorbital, 6^ ; pectoral, 1 ; snout, Sj ; spinous dorsal, 2i ; second 

 aual spine, 5J; anal rays, 3J; base soft dorsal in spinous, IJ. 



Bri:vipixni8, 83. 



oa. Dorsal spines, xiv ; scales very small ; skull very broad and rounded, interorbital 

 area wider than length of snout; iircorbital very narrow ; the tem- 

 poral crest, which rises above the pupil, rather higli, its top above 

 middle of height of supraoccipital crest, whicli originates over front 

 of pupil. (Microlcjnduius Gill.) 

 i. Body rather elongate, slightly compressed, hack moderately ele- 

 vated, profile convex from nape to snout; mouth large, with 

 numerous bristly teeth, curved inward, larger in front; maxillary 

 reaching to anterior edge of eye ; preopercle sharply serrate ; gill- 

 rakers short, X -|- 17 ; snout bluntish, equal to maxillary ; eye very 

 large; jaws subequal. Scales very small, extending from nostril 

 to fork of caudal, covering base of pectoral, veutrals, last two 

 rays of soft dorsal, and i)reorl)ital to level of pupil; dorsal and 

 anal fins included in a deep, scaly sheath; dorsal tin dcei)ly 

 notched, last spine li in first ray; spinous dorsal high; si»ines 

 Blender; soft dorsal very low; anal slightly higher than soft dor- 

 sal, second spine longest; pectoral shar{>, falcate; caudal sharp. 

 C(dor, bluish-gray, Avith lighter longitudinal streaks. Head, 3|; 

 depth, 3}; D. xiv, 15; A. Iii, 12; scales, 9-72-20; maxillary, 3i ; 

 eye, 4J; preorbital, 7A ; pectoral, l,'o ; snout, 3^; sidnous dorsal, 2|; 

 second anal spine, 6; anal rays, 3J; base soft dorsal in spinous, 1^. 



Inornatus, 84. 



