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d. [llpptirjaw with ;i stroiiu; ;m!iorsc caiiiuo on each side, as iu C. proridena; 

 lireoi'bitul Avitli blue, Avavy stripes; eyo .small; preorbital deep; 

 cheeks with 6 rows of scales; dorsal high; pectoral reaching 

 front of anal; cheeks with blue llexuoiis lines, anastomosed and 

 forming riviilations; spinous dorsal edged with black; depth of 

 body, 2| iu length to base of caiulal.] (Giiichcnot.) 



rENNATri,A, 99. 

 dd. Upjier jaw witluuit antrorso canines, the anterior teeth strong, ~ one on 

 each side of upper jaw more or less enlarged; body rather ob- 

 long, the snout long juul pointed, the anterior profile forming a 

 nearly oven curve to front of dorsal; dei)th, 2,"; to 2f in length 

 to base of caudal; eyo about 3} to 5 in head; jireorbital less 

 than half head, about i; dorsal spines slender, the highest 2J- to 

 2g in head; pectorals 2} in body. Color, dull brassy, with little 

 blue; a faint-blue stripe bi-low eye; preorbital dull coppery 

 usually i)lain, sonietiiues faintly veined %vith bluish; axils yel- 

 lowish ; ventrals scarcely dusky. Young, as in other species, 

 with dark crossbands. Head, 3f; depth, 2^; scales, 8-56-19 • D. 



XII, 12; A. 111,10 Bajonado, 100. 



Scales comparatively large, 6, 7-45 to 52-13, 14; about 5 vertical rows of scales 

 on base of preoperclo with about 9 scales entering into the for- 

 mation of the lower margin; no antrorse canines. 

 e. Pectoral fins long, about 3 in body. 



/. Scales of moderate size, 50 to 52 in the lateral line; Ijody very deep 

 the back elevated, depth about 2?- to base of caudal; longest 

 dorsal sjiine about half head. 

 g. Canines short and strong, al)out j!-^; preorbital narrow, its least 

 width 2| to 2| in head; snout short, 1| to 2 iu head; mouth 

 small, maxillary about 2| in head; eye moderate, about i^ in 

 head in adult; pectoral about 2^ in body. Body much com- 

 pressed, the back considerably elevated, the anterior profile 

 steep and regularly convex from base of first dorsal sjiiue to 

 point of snout. Color brassy olive, with darker crossbands and 

 few violet marks; preorbital plain brownish; an inky axillary 

 spot; ventrals dusky. Head, 3^; depth, 2-^. Scales, 6-50-13. 



D. XII, 11; A. Ill, 10 Brachysomus, 101. 



gg. Canines moderate, about ?^"; preorbital broad, its least width 

 about 2:^ iu head; mouth moderate, maxillary about 2^ in head; 

 eyo moderate, about 3| in head; jiectoral about 2f in body. 

 Body moderately compressed, rather elongate, the back only mod- 

 erately elevated, the anterior profile convex to eye, thence straight 

 to jioint of snout. Color smutty silvery, with dark crossbands; 

 blotches on the fins; no black axillary spot. Head,3|; dcpth,2|-; 

 scales, 7-51-14; D. xii, 12; A. iii, 10 Leucosteus, 102. 



ff. Scales large, about 46 (45 to 48) iu lateral line; body rather elongate 

 the depth about 2|^ in body ; longest dorsal spine about 2^ iu head. 

 /(. Canines small, about ]"; eye large, about 3 in head; preorbital 

 narrow, about equal to eye; mouth small, the maxillary about 

 2i in head ; dorsal sjiines, xi. (Dorsal oulliuo forming a compara- 

 tively regular arch, the back being elevated, the anterior profile 

 steep and nearly straight. Color ]tluiubeons gray, with a blue 

 spot on each scale, preorbital with blue streaks; a blue streak 

 below eye; a blue point in tlie axil; fins pale.) (Poci/.) Head, 

 Sjiff; depth, 21; scales (?); D. xi?; A, iii? Macrops, 103. 



