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bb. Dorsal rays 85 to 90 ; anal 68 to 72 ; lat. 1. 55 to GO ; head 3f in length ; depth 

 21- ; eyes large, separated by a sharp, scaleless ridge ; maxillary 

 2f in head; teeth slender, rather long; gill-rakers short, rather 

 slender ; pectoral If in head ; color olivaceous, the scales edged 

 with darker; fins dusky; a small ink-like spot on the middle of each 



seventh to tenth ray of each of the vertical fins Stigivleus, 52. 



aa. Vertebrae 33 to 36; interorbital ridge low and narrow, the head closely com- 

 pressed (Ciiharichthys). 

 c. Eyes large, 3 to 4£ times in the head. 



tl. [Head large, 3 J in length; pectoral of left side elongate, one-third longer 

 than head; maxillary 2£ in head; "lateral line slightly curved 

 over the pectoral"; scales thin, deciduous, cycloid ; eye 3$- in head, 

 five times interorbital space, which is a rather prominent narrow 

 sharp ridge ; a strong spine on the snout over the upper lip, above 

 this another shorter spine ; caudal fin subsessile ; head, 3^ ; depth, 

 2£; D. 91; A. 73; Lat. 1. 48. Color grayish-brown.] (Goode $• 

 Bean) Dinoceros, 53. 



dd. Head smaller, about 4 in length, 

 e. Body comparatively elongate, the depth about 2^ in length ; mouth very 

 small; the maxillary 3^ in head; teeth very small, the anterior 

 scarcely enlarged ; eyes large, 4 in head, separated by a very nar- 

 row, sharp scaleless ridge, one-sixth diameter of the eye; snout 

 with a small blunt spine; rays of vertical fins all exserted ; left 

 pectoral twice length of right. Head, 4 in length; depth, 2^ ; D. 



83; A. 67; Lat. 1. 40. Color light brown Arctifroxs, 54. 



ee. Body comparatively broad, the depth about half the length ; mouth larger. 

 /. [Snout with a strong sharp spine on eyed side, above upper lljj. Eyes 

 large. 3 in head ; greatest depth of body over the pectorals ; inter- 

 orbital space with a wide ridge, about half diameter of eye; teeth 

 minute, close-set, stronger on blind side ; body extremely thin ; D. 

 73 to 75, A. 60, Lat. 1. 40. Ashy gray, with dark lateral line. 



Deep-water species with loose scales.] ( Goode) Uxicorxis, 55. 



ff. Snout without distinct spine. Eyes moderate, 3£ to 4£ in head; great- 

 est depth of body under middle of dorsal ; interorbital space a nar- 

 row, scaly ridge with a slight median groove ; maxillary 2-J- in head ; 

 teeth small, those in front slightly enlarged ; body not very thin ; 

 gill-rakers moderate, 6+13. 

 (j. Dorsal rays 80 ; anal 56 ; scales large, cycloid ; no accessory scales ; 

 head 4 in length ; depth 2 ; D. 80, A. 56, Lat. 1. 41. Vertebrae 9+ 

 25=34. Eye 3£ in head. Color light olive-brown, with some 20 

 dark brown spots, the largest about as large as eye ; four of these 

 spots arranged at equal iutervals along the lateral line, the second 

 being most prominent ; dorsal and anal with round dark spots, one 

 on the middle of each sixth to seventh ray, besides smaller, irregu- 

 lar spots and mottlings ; caudal spotted ; two brown spots, one 

 above the other, at base of caudal ; shallow-water species. 



Macrops, 56. 

 (j<j. Dorsal rays 68 ; anal 52 ; scales smaller, the lateral line with about 53 

 pores ; outline regularly oval, without angle ; eyes moderate, 4£ in 

 head, close together, the orbital ridges coalescent, the lower larger. 

 Teeth small, uniserial ; maxillary 2} in head ; gill-rakers short and 

 very slender, X-f-12. Color dark brown, with whitish blotches, the 

 fins mottled ITriUSRI, 57, 



S. Mis. 90 18 



