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c. Anterior profile of head nearly straight ; maxillary about 3 in head. 



d. [Maxillary not extending to front of eye; depth of body 4-^- in total (with 

 caudal); head4| ; eye 4 in head; snout 3; preopercle 

 with larger teeth at the aDgle ; mouth longer than 

 broad ; mouth inferior, the snout extending beyond 

 the pre maxillary ; teeth all alike and minute ; max- 

 illary extending to below posterior nasal opening, 

 profile ascending uniformly to first dorsal, convex at 

 the snout and nape ; highest dorsal spine 1§ in head ; 

 highest dorsal rays not half head ; second anal spine 

 robust, scarcely half as long as head; first anal ray 

 I3 in head ; caudal rhomboidal yf in head ; soft dor- 

 sal scaly for half its height ; pectoral equals ventral, 

 1£ in head ; membranes of fins with numerous dark 

 points ; D. X-1, 16 ; A. II, 7 ; scales 11-52-16. ] (Stein- 

 dachner.) Gilli, 57. 



dd. Maxillary extending to opposite posterior edge of pupil; its length 3A in 

 head ; body compressed, moderately deep, the head 

 low, subconic, acutish but blunted at tip; snout 

 projecting, the usual slits and pores well developed; 

 its length 4| in head ; eye small, 4| in head ; mouth 

 small, iuferior, horizontal ; teeth in lower jaw equal, 

 in the upper nearly so, the outer row a little en- 

 larged ; preopercle with a vertical limb and rounded 

 angle, the latter with about 8 rather strong teeth 

 on it ; interorbital space 3J in head ; preorbital wide, 

 about as broad as eye ; gill-rakers very short, 

 thicker than high ; scales regularly arranged, those 

 below lateral line in horizontal series ; lateral line 

 becoming straight before anal ; dorsal spines rather 

 stout, the longest 1£ in head ; second anal spine 

 shortish and very stout, 2 in head; longest soft ray 

 of dorsal 3 in head; caudal rounded, shorter than 

 head; pectoral 1J in head. Color, soiled brassy; a faint 

 small dark spot on each scale of back and sides, these 

 forming dusky streaks along the rows of scales ; fins 

 all dark with dark points. Head 3* in length ; 

 depth 3J-; D. X-I, 22 to XI-I, 23; A. II, 7; scales 51. 



Adusta, 58. 

 cc. Anterior profile more or less concave, especially in old examples, the head 



beiug very low and slende~ ; caudal fin lauceolate, 

 almost as long as head; snout short and bluntish, 

 projecting a little beyond the premaxillaries, about 

 as long as eye ; eye 3f in head ; mouth small, 

 low, maxillary not extending to below middle of 

 eye, 21 in head ; teeth in both jaws in moderate 

 bands, the outer series of the upper jaw enlarged; 

 highest dorsal spine 1* in head; anal spine very 

 thick, strong ; as long as the rays, If iu head ; pec- 

 torals about as long as veutrals ; first ventral ray 

 filiform. Color, grayish ; anal and ventral fins largely 

 black. Head 3£ in length ; depth 3£ ; D. X-I, 22 ; 

 A. II. 7; scales 5— 50— 7 Typica, 59. 



