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spine 1{, in head; second anal spine 2£; pectoral 1-J- ; head 3£ in 

 length; depth 3i ; D. XI-I, 21; A. II, 9; scales 48 (pores); color 

 rather pale, the pectoral with dark points ; gill cavity dark with- 

 in Rastrifkr, 40. 



cc. Mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching to hehind pupil, 2| in head ; lower 

 spiue of preopercle directed downward and forward; hones of side 

 of head little cavernous; interorhital width more than •J- head; 

 mouth low, little oblique, the maxillary reaching to behind pu- 

 pil, 24- in head ; eye 4fin head ; gill-rakers shorter and fewer than 

 in S. rastrifer ; snout short, thick, and blunt, protruding beyond the 

 preuiaxillaries which are on the level of the eye ; profile steep ; body 

 rather short and deep, the back elevated ; highest dorsal spine If in 

 head ; second anal spine small, 2J in head, shorter than soft rays ; ven- 

 trals 24, in head; pectorals scarcely shorter than head; color dull 

 silvery, darker above ; lower fins pale ; head 3? in length; depth Qf 



to 3; D. XI-I, 23; A. II, 9; scales 6 — 46 — 10 FtjRTHi,50- 



aa. Preopercle with numerous (6 to 20) serraB, those near the angle more or less en- 

 larged ; lower teeth subequal, in a narrow band. 



d. Lowermost spinule of preopercle enlarged, directed downward (as in Baird- 

 iella); caudal fin subtruncate ; body deep, robust, moderately com- 

 pressed ; nuchal region compressed ; profile steep, depressed over the 

 eye, the snout projecting; head broad, llattish, and soft above, but 

 less cavernous than in the other species; interorhital space 3 in 

 head ; a sharp ridge above orbits as in other species ; snout very 

 blunt, short, and thick, 4} in head ; mouth oblique, the lower jaw in- 

 cluded ; maxillary reaching middle of pupil, 24 in head; eye 4* in 

 head ; gill-rakers long and slender, X -4- 21, the longest, f eye ; pre- 

 opercle with 6 or 7 sharp teeth above, the one at the angle enlarged 

 and turned downward; dorsal spines moderate; second anal spine 

 short, stoutish, g- length of first soft ray, 3 in head ; caudal subtrun- 

 cate, the upper lobe slightly produced; pectorals rather long, 1 i, in 

 head, reaching beyond tips of ventral s ; color soiled silvery, with 

 faint darker streaks along the rows of scales; dorsal with dark 

 points; other fins pale ; head3i; depth 3; D. XIII-1, 22; A. II, 11; 

 scales 51 Minor, 51. 



dd. Lowermost spinule of preopercle not directed downwards; caudal fin 

 pointed. 

 e. Mouth large, oblique, the maxillary 2 to 21 in length of head ; snout very 

 short, little projecting. 

 /. Preopercle with three or four spines uext the angle, divergent, consider- 

 able larger than the others. 

 g. Pectoral fin long, 1£ in head; body deep, compressed; head short, 

 deep, more compressed than in related species, the interorhital space 

 less depressed, its width 3 : ! r in head, the supraocular ridges less promi- 

 nent ; anterior profile evenly convex: eye rather large, 44 in head ; 

 snout very short aud blunt, 4£; mouth oblique, large, the maxillary 

 2 in head, reaching posterior border of eye ; the premaxillary on 

 the level of lower part of eye ; preopercle very convex, forming an 

 arc of a circle; gill-rakers long aud slender, X -f- IS, the longest f 

 eye; dorsal spines slender, rather low, the longest If in head ; sec- 

 ond anal spine long and rather stout, If in head ; color dull silvery, 

 the lins not very dark; head 31 in length; depth 3£; D. XI-I, 19; 



A. 11,8; scales 48 Stellifer, 52. 



(jg. Pectoral fin short, about If in head; interorhital space 3 in head ; 

 second anal spiue 2J; body rather slender; snout as long as eye, 4J 



