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Measurements of four specimens 162-176 mm. in standard length, 

 approximately 191-208 mm.: Caudal 18-19 (in two), pectoral 23.5- 

 24.5, pelvic 15.2-16.7, depth 11.2-14.1, peduncle 4.9-5.6, head 

 33.5-37.0, maxillary 13.1-14.9, snout 10.5-11.9, eye 8.6-10.2. Ratio 

 of eye in snout given in table 4. 



Nearly all available specimens have almost all scales on body missing 

 and normal color pattern not evident. They have a dark reticulate 



FiGURE^121. — Bemhrops gohioides, from Goode and Bean, from a specimen (USNM 44233) 

 taken off the Mississippi Delta. Caudal fin damaged in specimen figured; normally, 

 caudal somewhat emarginate with the upper rays slightly longer than lower. Caudal 

 spot disappears in large specimens. 



pattern made up of the prominent outlines of the scale pockets. Some 

 specimens show two or three faint dusky smudges along lateral line. 

 First dorsal usually black or dusky for its aaterior upper and gi-eater 

 part, hyaline basally and posterioily, often dark nearly all over; 

 second do^'sal moderately dusky margined with blackish and a basal 

 blackish area at its anterior part; anal moderately dusky, rather 

 narrowly margined with black, often dusky or black nearly all over; 

 caudal dusky, usually with a rather wide black area at its distal end, 

 and a dark area at its upper margin and in juxtaposition to the caudal 



Figure 122. — Bemhrops gohioides: a, dorsal aspect of head; b, ventral aspect of head; 

 ■ mandible more extensively scaled than shown in figure. (Both from Goode and Bean.) 



peduncle, the latter probably representing a transformation of the 

 juvenile caudal spot; pectoral usually more or less dusky all over and 

 with a dark, transverse, curved band at its base; pelvic nearly pigment- 

 less basally, dusky distally. 



