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soft fins all densely covered with small 

 scales ; dorsal spines stiffish, the longest 

 2f in head; anal spines small ; ventrals 2 

 in head; caudal fin deeply lunate ; the 

 middle rays 2J in head ; pectoral fms If 

 in head, reaching beyond tips of ven- 

 trals; color slaty bluish above, silvery 

 below ; body and fins everywhere with, 

 dark punctulations ; tip of chin dark ; 

 fins yellowish, the upper all with dark 

 edging ; pectorals blackish on the pos- 

 terior side ; axil dusky ; lining of opercle 

 dark ; head 3 nj in length ; depth 4. 

 D. IX-I, 23; A. II, 10; poretj in lateral 

 line 60 ; the series of scales 06. 



Othonopterus, 8. 

 gg. Coloration not uniform, the back and sides with conspicuous continuous 



brown streaks along the rows of scales, 

 those above lateral line running upward 

 and backward, those below horizontal ; 

 belly silvery ; fins plain ; anal rays I, 

 8 ; body rather robust, compressed '■> 

 head compressed ; eye large,5J in head ; 

 mouth moderate, somewhat oblique, the 

 maxillary 2J in head, not quite reach- 

 ing line of posterior margin of eye; snout 

 moderately pointed^ 4 in head ; canines 

 moderate ; lateral teeth of lower jaw 

 moderate in size, rather numerous ; chin 

 projecting ; interorbital space rather 

 flattened and depressed, 5^ in head ; gill- 

 rakers long and slender, the longest § 

 eye, 4 -f- 13 in number; scales large! 

 lateral line becoming straight under 

 front of soft dorsal; soft dorsal and 

 anal low, densely scaled ; longest dorsal 

 spine 2£ in head; caudal subtruncate ; 

 pectorals longer than ventrals, If in 

 head; anal small; head 3J in length ; 

 depth 4^. D. X- I, 11) ; A. I, S ; scales 



54 (pores) (52 series) Striatus, 9. 



cc. Soft dorsal of 27 to 29 rays; caudal fin subtruncate, or double truncate, 



the middle rays but slightly produced. 

 h. Coloration nearly uniform silvery, somewhat darker above ; snout 



short, scarcely longer than eye. 



i. [Caudal truncate; body rather slender; eye 5 in head, the snout 



but little longer ; maxillary reaching 



posterior third of eye ; pectoral as long 



as ventral ; coloration uniform silvery ; 



head 3f in length ; depth 5-J-. D. X-I, 



27; A. I, 11 ; scales 60, scales of fins un- 



described.] (Sauvage.) .Obliquatus, 10 



ii. Caudal weakly double concave; body rather deep ; eye very large 



•1 in head, as long as snout, equal to 



interorbital width; body more coin- 



t pressed than in other species; the back 



