34 Owstonia. 
broad, ending beneath posterior rim of eye. Angle of preopercle serrated. Dorsal 
high, slender, originating above scapular angle of opercle ; anal similar to dorsal in 
form, originating vertical from eighth soft ray of dorsal ; end of posteriormost ray of 
anal reaching to base of caudal, but that of dorsal not so; pectoral moderate, free 
margin rounded, tip before vent; ventrals approaching each other beneath posterior 
end of bases of pectorals, the tip reaching third soft ray of anal; caudal lanceolate. 
Vent immediately before anal and slightly in front of the middle of the body without 
caudal. Scales moderate, cycloid, arranged somewhat irregularly, those on breast 
smaller than those on side of body ; suborbital lamina scaled ; opercles scantily scaled ; 
dorsal and anal fins not scaly ; caudal scaly at base. Lateral line near margin of back, 
uniting with that of the other side in front of origin of dorsal, posterior end interrupted 
beneath the last ray of the fin. Space between base of dorsal and lateral line naked, 
except a small space within the loop of the latter which is scaled. A few scales near 
posterior end of body near median line with pores. Color in formalin whitish ; skin 
connecting premaxillary and maxillary blackish. 
Described and figured from a specimen 50 cm. long as measured to tip of caudal, 
taken off coast of Prov, Totomi by Mr. Alan Owston, 

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