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sx. Dorsal rays 50 to 51 ; anal rays 35 to 37. 



y. Scales 75 to 77 Var. brachialis, 109 (&). 



yy. Scales 55 to 67 Var. comifer, 109 (c). 



gg. Vertical fins dark, without distinct markings. Body broad, ovate, 

 the depth about H in length ; pectoral fin with 4 rays ; 

 scales of right side with numerous black hair- like append- 

 ages ; color brownish, with 8 or 9 narrow vertical black 

 bars; fins dark, without distinct markings; D. 5G, A. 42, 



lat. 1. 70 Mazatlanus, 110. 



ff. Pectoral fins of 2 or 3 rays, about as long as eye. 



h. Body with 6 to 12 narrow dark bands ; these sometimes obsolete. 



i. [Body rather narrowly ovate, its depth If in length; pectoral fin 



very small, of about 2 rays, not much longer than eye ; 



color brownish olive, with six pairs of deep brown vertical 



lines extending on the dorsal and anal fins. D. 58, A. 44, 



lat.1.85.] (Giinther) Foxsecensis, 111. 



ii. Body broadly ovate ; the depth If in length ; pectoral as long 

 as eye ; fringes on lip of right side, few and small, incon- 

 spicuous ; scales on blind side moderately enlarged : hair- 

 like appendages on scales few or none ; D. 56. A. about 

 39. Scales about 76 ; color brown, finely mottled and 

 speckled with darker, and with about a dozen narrow, very 

 faint cross-streaks ; fins with similar dark spots ; scales all 

 finely dotted under the lens Punctifer, 112. 



hh. Body with very numerous (20 to 40) black cross-bands, which are 

 as broad as the interspaces. 

 j. [Blind side of snout with few fringes ; pectoral rays 3 ; depth 

 1£ in length; D. 55, A. 48, lat. 1. 80. Color grayish; head, 

 body, and fins with numerous blackish, irregular wavy 

 bands, broader than the interspaces ; caudal fin with deep 



black spots.] (Giinther) Scutum, 113. 



jj. Blind side of head profusely covered with fringes ; scales on 

 body very rough, those of the eyed side of head enlarged 

 and with long spinules ; numerous patches on body covered 

 with appendages like short, coarse black hairs ; lower lip 

 with fringes on eyed side nearly half as long as eye ; pec- 

 toral small, not longer than eye, which is rather large, 

 about 5 in head ; lower jaw included ; upper eye largest and 

 much advanced; anterior rays of dorsal, with fringes of 

 cirri. Head 3$ in length ; depth If; D. 55, A. 47. Scales 

 77 to 80. Color dark-brown, with numerous (about 40) 

 close-set, straight, black cross-bars, each about as wide as 

 the interspaces ; vertical fins, with about three elongate 

 black spots on the membrane between each pair of rays. 



Garmani, 114. 

 aa. Pectoral fins wholly wanting. (Achirus.) 



k. [Dorsal rays 46 ; anal rays 33 ; right lower lip with serrated 

 fringes ; nostril in a fringed tube ; depth 1-J- in length ; 

 head 3; color brown, head and body with numerous large, 

 rounded, or kidney-shaped white spots, edged with dark 



brown. Lat. 1. 70.] (Giinther) Fimbriates, 115. 



Jck. Dorsal rays 50 to 55 ; anal rays 37 to 46 ; right lower lip 

 fringed ; left nostril with some fringes ; depth If in length; 

 head 4 ; none of the scales of eyed side with hair-like ap- 

 pendages ; color dusky olive, more or less mottled and with 

 about eight dark vertical stripes, these varying very much 



