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A\ Caudal and dorsal fins immaculate. 



/. Back and hides covered with dark-brown streaks aud reticu- 

 lations, which obscure the ground color, 

 "■specially above the lateral line; lat- 

 eral line iu a pale streak, bordered above 

 and below by a darker one ; lower parts 

 silvery; fins unspotted. Body compara- 

 tively deep and compressed ; head some- 

 what conical, the snout not very sharp, 

 3$- in head ; maxillary extending to be- 

 low margin of pupil, 2* in head; eye 7 

 in head ; gill-rakers shortish, 3 +7; ven- 

 trals lj in pectorals; pectorals about 

 If iu length of head; highest dorsal 

 spine about 2 1 in head ; caudal double 

 truncate. Head 3+ in length ; depth 4 J. 

 D. X-I, 28 ; A. II, 9 ; scales 9-60-15. 

 Reticulatus, 13. 



kk. Caudal and soft dorsal tins with conspicuous round black spots ; 

 back and sides covered with similar 

 spots smaller than the pupil, largerthau 

 those on the fins ; anal fiu dusky. Body 

 moderately elongate, compressed ; snout 

 rather long and acute, 3J in head ; eye 

 small, 6 to 7 in head ; maxillary 2^ iu 

 head; canines strong; gill-rakers short- 

 ish, 3+8; lower pharyngeals narrow, 

 with seven or eight series of sharp teeth, 

 those of the inner series enlarged; pec- 

 torals li in veutrals, 2J in head. Head 

 •Si iu length; depth 4. D. X-I, 25 to 27. 

 A. II, 10 ; scales 10-70 to 75-11. 



Nebulosus, 14. 

 jj. Coloratiou nearly uniform bluish gray above, silvery below ; 

 no distinct spots on body or fins, 

 m. Caudal fin somewhat lunate in the adult, the middle rays 

 shortest, although more or less pro- 

 duced in young specimens; pectoral fin 

 short, not reaching tips of ventrals ; 

 maxillary extending beyond pupil, 2£ in 

 head ; canine large, usually but one pres- 

 ent ; snout rather sharp, 4 iu head ; gill- 

 rakers shortish, 4+7 ; pharyngeals nar- 

 row, their teeth small, cardiform, the 

 inner ones somewhat enlarged ; color, 

 clear steel-blue above, without stripes 

 or spots ; silvery below ; a narrow dusky 

 shade aloug the sides below the lateral 

 line; axil dusky; lower fins yellowish, 

 with dusky shading ; upper fins dark; 

 second dorsal dark edged. Head 3J iu 

 length ; depth 4|. D. X-I, 22 or 23 ; A. 

 II, 10. Scales 13-75 (pores)-14, about 95 

 in a longitudinal series. Par vipixnis, 15. 

 mm. Caudal fin always double truncate or double concave, 

 the middle rays somewhat produced. 



