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8tevardia albipinni*^. Gill. 



Body subfiisiform, elongated, with the dorsal outline slightly 

 arched, and the abdominal outline, as far as the termination of 

 the anal, convex. The head, from the snout to the end of the 

 opercular spine, bears a proportion to the entire length, inclu- 

 sive of the caudal, of little less than one to five and a third, 

 and its length is considerably less than the greatest height of 

 the body. The diameters of the eyes are about three-tenths of 

 the length of the head ; they are separated from each other by 

 a space exceeding one of those diameters, and their distance 

 from the snout is less than a diameter. The dorsal commences 

 on the posterior half of the bod}^, above the seventh or eighth 

 ray of the anal, and is about a third higher than long. The 

 lateral line runs through about forty scales. 



D. 10. A. 20. C. 6. I. 8. 9 I. 5-8. P. 10. V. 6. 



The body is yellowish green, with a black line on the side, 

 extending from a point in advance of the dorsal to the caudal. 

 Opercular bones silvery ; all the fins are white. 



Genus. 

 CoKTNOPOMA,* Gill. 



Body subfusiform, compressed, covered by moderate scales ; 

 abdomen rounded. 



Head compressed, with the lateral aspect triangular. 



Mouth opening obliquely upwards, moderate, with the gape 

 elongated, elliptical. Lower jaw advanced beyond the upper, 

 but with the single row of teeth received between the external 

 and internal rows of the latter. 



Teeth multicuspid, with the median cusps largest, in two 

 rows on the intermaxillaries, and in one row on the dentaries. 



* Kipvi';;, club, and Ilw/ua, operculum, in allusion to the clavi form 'prolongation 

 of the operculum. 



