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to. Slits and pores of snout anteriorly obsolete, or nearly so 

 (Pseudo8cicena Bleeker). 

 n. Caudal peduncle long, the caudal fin subtruncate ; profile 

 rather steep, the snout pointed, 4 in head ; eye 

 small, 5 to 6 ; preorbital narrow, about 2£ in eye ; 

 mouth rather large, little oblique, tbe maxillary 

 reaching beyond pupil, 2£ in head ; teeth above in a 

 narrow band, the outer enlarged ; teeth in lower 

 jaw in few series, some of those in the inner consid- 

 erably larger ; lower jaw included ; snout 3| in head ; 

 preopercle serrulate, the teeth all membranaceous, 

 becoming obsolete with age ; gill-rakers 4+8, short 

 and slender ; scales small, those below lateral line 

 in oblique series, as well as those above ; dorsal 

 spines weak, the longest 2f in head ; pectoral short, 

 If in head; second anal spine very small, 4f in head, 

 about half as long as soft rays, the insertion well 

 forward; caudal subtruncate; soft dorsal scaleless. 

 Color grayish, darker above ; a gray blotch on oper- 

 cle ; fins reddish. Head 4 in length ; depth 4^ ; D. 

 X-I, 26 to 29 ; A. II, 7. Scales 8-52 to 55-18. 



Aquila, 65. 

 mm. Slits and pores on snout anteriorly well developed (Cal- 

 laus Jordan), 

 o. Head and body compressed, the back arched, the outline 

 oblong-elliptical ; profile straightish, rather steep ; 

 head bluntish, the snout 4£ in head ; eye rather 

 large, 5-J in head, as wide as the broad preorbital ; 

 maxillary extending to middle of pupil, 3£ in head ; 

 mouth rather large, a little oblique, the lower jaw 

 slightly included ; preopercle finely and evenly ser- 

 rate, the serrae flexible and not bony ; gill-rakers 

 slender and very short, scarcely as long as pupil, X-f- 

 12 in number ; teeth in moderate bands, some of tbe 

 outer moderately enlarged above, some of the inuer 

 ones below, these smaller than those of the upper 

 jaw ; soft dorsal and anal scaled at base only ; dorsal 

 spines moderate ; second anal spine small, 4-g in 

 head ; caudal lunate, its upper lobe the longer ; pec- 

 toral long, 1£ in head ; color bluish above with faint 

 dark horizontal streaks, following the rows of scales ; 

 axil dark ; fins pale ; head 3 in length ; depth 3- ] J il ; 



D. X-I, 23 ; A. II, 9. Scales 50 Deliciosa, 66. 



If. Second anal spine long and stout, its length 2 to 3 in head ; back 

 elevated; mouth small, inferior; snout with con- 

 spicuous slits and pores. 

 p. Vertical fins high ; membranes of dorsal and anal scale- 

 less; caudal fin subtruncate, its middle rays the long- 

 est {Scicena). 

 q. Dorsal spines slender and weak, the 4th to 6th sub- 

 equal, If- in length of head ; ventrals long and lan- 

 ceolate, the outer rays reaching almost to vent, 

 scarcely shorter than head ; body rather short and 

 deep, the back elevated, profile steep, depressed above 

 the eye; ventral outline slightly arched; snout blunt, 



S. Mis. 90 26 



