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the free part becoming less as the rays grow shorter. When depressed, 
the rays of the dorsal extend a little farther posteriorly than do those 
of the anal, just reaching base of caudal. Posterior margin of caudal 
slightly convex. Pectorals and ventrals pointed. 
Back with 5 indistinct, broad, dusk}- cross-bars; spinous dorsal with 
a dusky spot, other lins plain, the dorsal and anal dead white. 
Type No. 60008, U. S. National Museum. Sagami Bay, dredged in 
about 00 fathoms by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. 
Three other specimens similar in size and character were taken in 
Owari Bay. 
{Evolans, fl^^ng away, from the high fins.) 
g. PTEROPSARON VERECUNDUM Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 3yV i» length; depth 7^; depth of caudal peduncle 6 in head; 
eye 3^; snout 3f; pectoral 5| in length; ventral -1^; caudal 5|; D. Iv., 
1-17 or more; A. 22; scales in lateral line 30; in transverse series 6; 
between lateral line and insertion of spinous dorsal 2. 
Body elongate, cvlindrical. Head very long, snout sharp, some- 
what spatulate, the lower jaw^ included. Eye large, its diameter 
slightly greater than length of snout, the upper edge projecting above 
Fig. 3.— PTEROPSARON VERECUNDUM. 
contour of head, the interorbital space a mere line between the eyes. 
Mouth large, the cleft somewhat oblique. Premaxillary very pro- 
tractile, maxillary extending to a perpendicular through center of 
pupil. Teeth simple, in narrow bands of two or three rows on both 
jaws; no canines; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Gill-rakers on first 
arc very small or absent. Opercle with a weak, flat spine, preopercle 
without spines, the edges smooth. 
Body with large, smooth scales; cheeks, opercles, and occiput with 
thin, smooth scales. Lateral line straight, except at anterior part, 
where it is somewhat l)ent upward. 
Dorsal fins well separated, the distance between them contained 
about 4i times in length of head; the spines of about equal length, 
the fourth a little shorter than the first, which is contained about 6 
times in length of head; the rays higher than the spines, the longest 
contained about 3^ times in head. Anal inserted directly below inser- 
tion of dorsal: the rays about as high as those of dorsal; pectorals 
and ventrals pointed. 
