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in head; nioutli moderate, oblique, the maxillary not quite half length 

 of head, extending just past pupil ; premaxillary in front on level of 

 lower margin of pupil; teeth above in broad bands, the outer row 

 enlarged ; gill-rakers 13 -j- 22, about | length of eye ; scales on head 

 cycloid; dorsal spines slender, the first two somewhat stronger, the 

 highest about 2 in head; caudal long, lanceolate, li in head; second 

 anal spine little shorter than the highest dorsal spine; first ventral 

 ray filiform ; pectoral about as long as ventral, If in head ; color 

 grayish olive above, silvery below ; fins all nearly uniform dusky ; 

 the ventrals margined with white ; many black dots along the 

 sides ; base of anal fin and inner lining of opercle dusky ; head 3£ 

 in length; depth 3£; D. XI-I, 20 to 23; A. 11,7 or 8; scales 5 — 47 



to 50 — 8 Lanceolatus, 53. 



ff. Preopercle with numerous short, straight spinules, which decrease in size 

 regularly from angle upwards ; eye small ; mouth terminal, moder- 

 ate, the maxillary extending past the pupil, its length 2f in head ; 

 premaxillaries anteriorly opposite lower margin of orbit, the snout 

 scarcely projecting beyond them ; head extremely spongy and cav- 

 ernous ; interorbital width less than % head ; profile straight; snout 

 short, blunt, 5 in head, equal to diameter of eye ; upper jaw with a 

 band of villiform teeth, the outer series enlarged ; margin of preo- 

 percle rounded, its spines all small ; gill-rakers £ length of eye, 11 -f 18 

 in number ; first two dorsal spines stout, the highest 2 in head ; second 

 anal spine 2 in head ; pectorals as long as ventrals, 1£ in head ; scales 

 on cheeks mostly ctenoid, on top of head cycloid ; color dark brownish 

 above, everywhere soiled with dark points ; a dark temporal blotch ; 

 lower jaw black within, behind the front teeth; lower fins dusky; 

 head 3£ in length ; depth 3$ ; D. XII-I, 23 ; A. II, 7 or 8 ; scales 5— 



48 — 7 .' Ericymba, 54. 



ce. Mouth small, inferior, nearly horizontal ; the maxillary 3 to 3£ in head ; 

 the snout thick, blunt, and protuberant, the premaxillaries entirely 

 below the level of the eye ; lower jaw cavernous. 

 h. Eye large, 3^ in head; lower teeth on preopercle enlarged; preorbital 

 moderate ; its width about half diameter of eye ; body moderately 

 elongate ; anterior profile straight and rather steep ; interorbital area 

 flatfish, very spongy, narrower than in S. microps ; its width 3^ in 

 head ; snout thick, blunt, protruding, 4£ in head ; eye very large ; 

 mouth small, inferior, horizontal, the maxillary extending to posterior 

 border of pupil, 3^ in head ; teeth as in related species, in moderate 

 bands, those above slightly enlarged ; preopercle rounded, sharply 

 serrate, the serrre largest near the angle, some 12 of them present ; 

 gill-rakers rather long, very slender, about X + 18 ; dorsal spines 

 slender, the longest If in head ; soft dorsal less scaly than in other 

 species, lower than in S. microps, the longest ray 2\ in head ; second 

 anal spine 2 in head ; pectoral 1J ; color soiled grayish above, with 

 faint dark streaks along the rows of scales ; silvery below ; fins some- 

 what punctulate ; head3f ; depth o\ ; D. XI-I, 20; A. Ill, 7; scales 



48 - Naso, 55. 



hli. Eye small, 5 to 6 in head ; teeth on preopercle subequal; preorbi- 

 tal thick and swollen, much broader than eye; body moderately 

 elongate; snout thick, blunt, convex, and protuberant; head above 

 less cavernous than usual in the genus, more so below ; preopercle 

 (as usual in this genus) forming the arc of a circle ; mouth rather 

 small, the maxillary 3 in head ; snout 4; gill- rakers about X + 16, 

 shorter than in S. rastrifer, about i diameter of eye ; no pores or 



