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REVIEW OF THE SCLENID.E. 399 



bb. Caudal fin irregularly double truncate or /bhaped, much shorter than the 



head ; soft dorsal with 24 or 25 rays. 

 e. Teeth in the lower jaw equal, in a broad villiform band. 



/. Snout much projecting beyond the premaxillaries; head low, slender, 

 blunt, somewhat spongy; body rather deep, com- 

 pressed ; the back considerably elevated; profile 

 steep, concave over the head; snout shorter than 

 the eye, which is 4| in head ; month small, maxil- 

 lary reaching to below middle of eye, 3 in head ; 

 outer series of teeth in the upper jaw slightly en- 

 larged ; highest dorsal spine slightly more than half 

 length of head; anal spine moderate, shorter than 

 the rays, 2£ in head; iirst ventral ray filamentous 

 pectorals much longer than the ventrals, scarcely 

 shorter than the head. Color, dull brown above, 

 lighter below; upper fins brown; spinous dorsal 

 dusky at tip; anal black; ventrals and pectorals 

 dusky. Head 3£ in length ; depth 3 ; D. XI-I, 25 : A. 

 11,8; scales 5-51-8 Imiceps, 60. 



ff. Snout scarcely projecting beyond the premaxillaries; head not very 

 slender ; body robust ; profile steep ; snout rather 

 acute, somewhat longer than eye, which is about 54 

 in head; mouth moderate; maxillary 3 in head, 

 reaching beyond middle of orbit; teeth in broad 

 villiform bands, the outer series in upper jaw larger; 

 highest dorsal spines, 2 in head; caudal irregularly 

 double truncate, the median rays longest, If in 

 head; the upper angle not produced; second anal 

 spine stout, scarcely shorter than the rays, 2 in 

 head; pectorals as long as the ventrals, l\ in head. 

 Color, steel gray above, dull silvery below, every- 

 where densely covered with brown points, these 

 becoming more numerous and larger below; nar- 

 row, very distinct dark lines following the series 

 of scales, those below the lateral line horizontal, 

 those above extending obliquely upward and back- 

 ward ; fins plain ; edge of the spinous dorsal and 

 the whole of the anals and ventrals blackish. Head ' 

 in length ; depth 3£ ; D. X-I, 24 ; A. II, 7 ; scales 



6-50-9 Sciera, 61. 



ee. Teeth in lower jaw unequal, a series of larger ones being present besides 

 those of the villiform band; upper lobe of caudal 

 produced, acute, the lower lobe rounded ; form of S. 

 sciera; [head somewhat compressed, the snout ob- 

 tuse, a little longer than eye, which is about 5 in 

 head ; premaxillaries below level of eye, the snout 

 projecting beyond them ; margin of preopercle with 

 wide-set spinous teeth ; preorbital nearly as wide 

 as eye ; maxillary reaching beyond middle of eye 

 3ij in head ; third dorsal spine 1$ in head ; second 

 anal spine very strong, 2 in head. Color, dusky sil- 

 very, with distinct purplish brown streaks along 

 the series of scales; fius, brown. Head 3& in length ; 

 depth 3 ; D. X-I, 25 ; A. II, 8 ; scales 6- ? -15. J (Gun- 

 ther. ) Vermiculakis, 62. 



