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in head; interorbital space flattish, 4| 

 in head ; gill-rakers rather short, X-f- 8, 

 the longest about half eye ; scales on 

 head very small and silvery ; caudal 

 S-shaped, the middle rays longest ; pec- 

 toral 11 in head. Color plain, rather 

 dusky, silvery below ; inside of gill cav- 

 ity dusky ; head 3^ in length ; depth 5 

 to5£; D. X-i; 28; A. I, 8. Scales 80 

 (pores), 125 to 130 cross-series. 



Yirescens, 22. 

 88. Soft dorsal and anal fins densely scaly 

 throughout. 

 t. Sides of lower jaw without canines, the 

 teeth all comparatively small. 

 u. [Scales extremely small, about 150 in a 

 longitudinal series above the lateral 

 line, 40 in a vertical series ; snout 4 in 

 head; eye large, 4£; interorbital area 5i 

 in head ; maxillary extending beyond 

 eye ; lower jaw projecting ; upper jaw 

 with 3 series of teeth ; canines rather 

 strong ; lateral teeth of lower jaw not 

 canine-like ; dorsal spines slender, the 

 longest 2| in head ; caudal fin S-shaped ; 

 pectoral slightly longer than ventral, 

 which is slightly more than half head ; 

 lateral line becoming straight above 

 anal ; color greenish, silvery below; head 

 3f in length ; depth 4£ ; D. XI-I, 23 ; A. 

 II, 9; scales 155 to 1G0; 70 pores in the 

 lateral line.] (Steindaehner.) 



MlCROLEPIDOTUS, 23. 

 uu. Scales not very small, about 85 to 90 in 

 a longitudinal series above the lateral 

 line ; body rather robust, the head 

 small and tapering; profile of head 

 nearly straight and rapidly descending ; 

 mouth rather small, oblique, the max- 

 illary 2^ in head; chin prominent; 

 snout short, rather pointed, 6 in head ; 

 eye large, 5£ in bead ; teeth all compar- 

 atively small, the bands rather broad ; 

 no distinct canines in upper jaw, the 

 usual canine scarcely longer than the 

 teeth around it ; lateral teeth of lower 

 jaw small ; scales small, those of lateral 

 line little enlarged ; lateral line less con- 

 spicuous than in C. vircscens or C. bairdi, 

 becoming straight under front of soft 

 dorsal; gill-rakers rather long, 4+9, 

 the longest £ eye ; pectorals quite short, 

 shorter than ventrals, 2-i in head, their 

 tips not reaching tips of ventrals ; caudal 

 rhombic, the upper angle pointed ; color 



