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erect dorsal spine 4%; second dorsal ray 21% ; third anal ray 3; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 534; upper caudal lobe 134 : pec- 
toral 17g; ventral 1'/,). Body ellipsoid or fusiform, well com- 
pressed. Head more or less conic, compressed, longer than deep, 
and upper profile descending in a gentle convex curve. Snout 
long, conic. Eye small, circular, a little anterior. Maxillary 
reaching a little beyond front rim of pupil, and its distal ex- 
pansion about 5% of orbit. Jaws even. Mouth a little inclined. 
Teeth in broad bands, villiform, on both jaws, vomer, palatines 
and tongue. Width of supplemental maxillary about half of 
pupil. Nostrils together, small and a little nearer front of eye 
than tip of snout. Interorbital space highly convex. Gill-rakers 
6 + 16, longest 24 of orbit. Small scales on body and side of 
head. Lateral line a little convex at first, forming a slight keel 
on side of caudal peduncle. Spinous dorsal low, graduated from 
fourth or longest spine, and inserted a little behind pectoral. 
Rayed dorsal inserted nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, 
anteriorly elevated but without lobe. Anal similar, inserted about 
midway between origin of pectoral and base of caudal. First two 
anal spines small and inconspicuous. Caudal forked, lobes 
pointed. Pectoral short, broad, and a trifle more than half length 
of depressed ventral. Ventral about °/,, to’anal, with a deep 
basal groove, joining its fellow posteriorly, and extending back 
so both fins are depressible within. Color bluish above, whitish 
below. On side 6 broad vertical dusky bands extending on rayed 
dorsal and anal. A dark band from. spinous dorsal to eye. 
Spinous dorsal and ventrals black, radii of latter whitish basally. 
Length 7% inches. Sea Isle City. 
Color of the above, when fresh in spirits, back and upper sur- 
face grayish or slaty-olivaceous, with greenish and bluish metallic 
reflections. Upper surface of head a little more olive than back, 
and jaws pale, lips translucent. Lower half of body whitish, 
washed with dull ochraceous tints from level with eye. On 
under surface of body whitish is most pronounced. Dorsals and 
caudal slaty, anal paler or a sort of translucent brownish. Pec- 
toral translucent brownish, darker basally. Ventral with radii 
and bases whitish, and greater part of fin otherwise blackish. 
