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searcely longer than eye, 4* in head ; eye 5f in head ; 

 preorbital broad, nearly as wide as eye ; mouth rather 

 small, inferior, maxillary reaching middle of eye, 2£ 

 in head; teeth in both jaws in broad, villiform 

 bands, the outer series above somewhat enlarged ; 

 pharyngeal teeth all more or less conical, the inner 

 series somewhat rounded and molar-like ; gill-rakers 

 short, flattened, 5 -f- 8 ; preopercle with an irregular 

 entire border ; dorsal spines all thin and slender ; 

 middle rays of soft dorsal highest If in head : caudal 

 enbtruncate, the middle rays longest ; second anal 

 spine stout and long, about 2 in head, reaching 

 when depressed beyond the last ray ; first and 

 second soft rays elongate If in head, the rest rapid- 

 ly decreasing in length ; pectorals 1 J in head ; scales 

 strongly ctenoid, those about the head cycloid ; a 

 scaly sheath at base of anal and soft dorsal. Color 

 dark golden, each scale with many blackish dots, 

 these forming stripes along the rows of scales ; rows 

 of scales below lateral line undulating ; membranes 

 of dorsal spines blackish ; anal black, the last two 

 rays pale ; ventrals black, their first rays with the 

 outer border white, caudal edged with dusky below 

 and behind. Head 3| in length ; depth 3. D. X-I, 



23 ; A. II, 7. Scales 8-60-17 Umbra, 67. 



pp. Vertical fins low, the membranes of the dorsal and anal 

 closely scaled ; caudal fin lunate, the upper lobe the 

 longer. {Cheilotrema Tschudi.) 

 r. Dorsal rays X-I, 27 or 26 ; snout moderately blunt ; 

 second anal spine 2J in head ; dorsal spines grad- 

 ually shortened behind the third, which is 2| in head ; 

 ventrals short, 1£ in head ; body oblong, the back 

 considerably elevated ; profile steep, the nape con- 

 vex ; snout short and blunt, but less so than in S. 

 faseiata, 3^ in head ; eye, 5 ; preorbital broad, nearly 

 as wide as eye ; teeth as in Sciwna umbra, the bands 

 broader ; pharyngeal teeth all conic, the inner series 

 enlarged ; gill-rakers short, thick, 6 -f- 9 ; middle rays 

 of soft dorsal longest, 2| in head ; second anal spine 

 long and stout, 2^ in head, not reaching nearly to 

 tip of last ray ; first anal rays scarcely elongate, about 

 2 in head; pectorals broad, 1£ in head; all scales of 

 of head strongly ctenoid ; a scaly sheath at base of 

 anal and soft dorsal. Color blackish, with coppery 

 luster, each scale with a cluster of dark points, an 

 obscure, broad, pale cross-band extending downward 

 from front of soft dorsal to tips of ventrals; fins 

 rather dark, belly silvery, dusted with dark specks ; 

 suborbital region coppery, with round, dark dots ; 

 membrane about angle of opercle jet black ; tips of 

 ventral and anal black; young (" Corvina jacobi") 

 with three broad longitudinal dark bands. Head 3| 

 in length; depth 2f. D. X-I, 27; A. II, 7. Scales, 

 10-55 to 60-17 - Saturna, 68. 



