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meter of the eye. General color of the body in life 

 purplish, with six narrow undulating vertical streaks 

 of a violet color ; the first above the gill opening ; the 

 second from the second dorsal spine to the base of the 

 pectoral ; the third from the fourth dorsal spine ; the 

 sixth from the last dorsal spine ; the fifth between the 

 fourth and sixth ; none of these stripes reach the 

 abdominal edge. A yellow longitudinal band in the 

 forehead and snout. Cheeks, thorax and belly to the 

 origin of the anal fin, including the ventrals, yellow, 

 lips red, operculas opening margined with red, yel- 

 low and black ; pectorals yellow ; no ocular band ivhat- 

 ever. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins yellow with brown ; 

 soft dorsal, anal and caudal with a yellow marginal 

 band edged with narrow stripes of black ; there are 

 small irregularly shaped black spots on the soft dor- 

 sal, same number arranged longitudinally on the anal ; 

 upper and lower margins of the tail, and front part of 

 the tail, and front part of the base of the anal, with a 



red line. 



Mullus (Upeneus) microps. '- " ' 



D. 8 1/^. A. 1/6. L. lat. 30. L. tr. 3/6 



The height of the body is contained 4^ times and 

 the length of the head 4 times in the total. The space 

 between the orbits is convex and is 2^ times in the 

 length of the snout ; the eye is quite small being con- 

 tained 7 times in the length of the head ; snout point- 

 ed, 4 times the diameter of the eye in length ; the 

 barbels reach nearly to the base of the ventrals. The 



