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dorsals, the spines when depressed just reaching base of second dorsal: 

 spine of second dorsal measuring 8,; in head, longest ray ll\ distance 

 between soft dorsal and base of caudal equal to width of space between 

 anterior margin of eye and posterior edge of oi^ercle. First anal 

 spine minute, the second 3i in length of head; longest ray 2. Venti-al 

 reaching a point midway between anal opening and base of anal fin. 

 Pectoral tin rather pointed, its tip reaching a vertical through middle 

 of anal. Caudal forked. 



In alcohol the color is very light (in life probably red), the body 

 with five rather indistinct dark bands, none of which reach the ventral 

 surface; the first on nape, second triangular in shape extending from 

 ))ase of spinous dorsal to near middle of body, third passing from 

 base of second dorsal to a point near base of anal, the fourth located 

 just l)ehind the second dorsal, fifth at base of caudal; a narrow, dusky 

 band passing from tip of snout to eye; a similar ])and from posterior 

 margin of eye to edge of opercle. 



A single specimen measuring about 142 mm., from the market at 

 Honolulu. The condition of the tissues indicates that the example 

 came from deep water. Type No. 511ST, U. S. National Museum; 

 collector, E. L. Berndt. 



The species is named for Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, of the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



The following measurements of the type are expressed in hundredths 

 of the length to base of caudal fin: Head, exclusive of opercular flap, 

 0.38; depth, 0.32; depth of caydal peduncle, 0.145; snout, 0.12; eye, 

 0.12; interorbital space, 0.06; length of maxillary, 0.21; tip of snout 

 to spinous dorsal, 0.42; tip of snout to soft dorsal, 0.62; tip of snout 

 to anal, 0.66; length first dorsal spine, O.OO; second, 0.13; sixth, O.OS; 

 seventh, 0.12; length of first anal spine, 0.02; second, 0.11; length of 

 pectoral, 0.28; length of ventral, 0.22. 



CHANOS CHANOS (Forskal.) 



A singular-looking fish, extraordinarily short and deep. It is 

 apparently an abnormal dwarf or hunchback specimen of this species. 

 It has a much shorter and deeper head and body than is usual and the 

 scales are narrower, but in other respects it difl'ers only slightly from 

 the ordinar}^ t^pe. The head is contained 3| times in the length to 

 the base of caudal; depth, 2i; depth of caudal peduncle, 7i; length of 

 caudal, If; pectoral, 4; ventral, 5; eye, 3 in head; interorbital space, 

 2i; snout, 3^; number of dorsal rays, 12; anal, 9; scales in lateral 

 line, 76; in series between ventral and dorsal, 26; between occiput 

 and base of dorsal, 21. A normal example measures as follows: 

 Head, 4 in length; depth, 4i; depth of caudal peduncle, 11; length of 

 caudal, 3; pectoral, 6^; ventral, 7|; eye, 4 in head; interorbital space, 

 3i; snout, 3i; number of dorsal rays, 12; anal, 9; scales, 80-26-38. 



