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ent aud this disappearing with ago ; eye 

 small, 7-J in head; maxillary extending 

 to behind pupil, 2-J- in head; body slen- 

 der ; subfusiform, moderately com- 

 pressed ; gill-rakers very short, 3+6. 

 Scales small, all cycloid, those on head 

 imbedded and brigbtly silvery ; bighest 

 dorsal spine 2^ in head ; pectorals and 

 veutrals about equal, 2 in head ; caudal 

 lunate. Color grayish above, with brigbt 

 reflections; silvery below; lower part 

 of tail golden ; middle of sides with dark 

 punctulations; iuside of mouth deep 

 orange-yellow ; liniug of operclc black ; 

 caudal tins dusky wbitisb, with more or 

 less of dark edging ; lower rays of cau- 

 dal yellowish ; fins otherwise translu- 

 cent, unmarked; axil light brownisb. 

 Head 3£ in length ; depth 4f. D. IX-I, 

 21 ; A. II, 10. Scales 17-90-15 ; about 80 

 distinct pores in the lateral line. 



Phoxocephalus, 20. 

 qq. Soft dorsal fin with its lower portion covered 

 with small, caducous scales. Body com- 

 pressed ; head conic, more compressed 

 than in Cestreus phoxocephalus ; eye mod- 

 erate, 5 to G in head ; maxillary reach- 

 ing nearly to posterior margin of orbit, 

 2J in head ; lower jaw mucb projecting; 

 upper teeth mostly biserial ; canines 

 small, both of them present ; lateral 

 teeth of lower jaw small; gill-rakers 

 short and slender, 2 + 7 ; scales small, 

 chiefly cycloid, those on sides of head 

 bright silvery ; lateral line becoming 

 straight above front of anal ; caudal fin 

 subtruncate ; pectoral fins moderate, 2 in 

 head ; caudal weakly double truncate ; 

 head 3| in length ; depth 4£ ; D. IX-I, 

 21 to 23; A. II, 10; scales 13-90-13, 

 about 80 distinct pores . . Leiarciius, 21. 

 pp. Caudal fin rhombic or S-shaped, the middle rays 

 produced, the upper lobe usually pointed; 

 soft dorsal with 23 to 28 rays. 

 8. Soft dorsal entirely naked; anal with a few 

 scales; body long and low, spindle- 

 sbaped, the head slender, subterete, and 

 depressed above (suggesting the form of 

 Elacate) ; profile from snout to dorsal 

 weakly concave ; snout long, rather 

 pointed, 4 in head ; mouth large, little 

 oblique, the lower jaw strongly project- 

 ing, the maxillary 2?- in head ; canine 

 teeth 2, short and thick ; lateral teeth 

 close-set, of moderate size ; eye small, 8| 



