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height of the spinous dorsal is a little more than two 

 thirds the height of the body. In life^ rose color, 

 deeper on the back and head, first dorsal uniform yel- 

 low, second dorsal and anal each with 6 or 7 sinuous 

 longitudinal violet bands ; ventrals pale rose with yel- 

 low streaks ; caudal longitudinally streaked with yel- 

 low and rose ; 4 violet streaks from the eye forward, 

 the lower longest and reaching to the maxillary. 



Sargus striatus. 1,'- ^^^ 



D. 11/13. A. 3/11. L. lat. 58. L. tr. 7. 8/13. 



Incisors rather narrow, those in the upper jaw 

 implanted vertically ; four series of molars in the upper 

 jaw, three in the lower. The diameter of the eye is 

 4 times in the length of the head, twice in the length of 

 the snout and f- the width of the interorbital space. 

 The height of the body is 2^ in the total length, (with- 

 out the caudal fin.) The crown is convex, and there 

 is a protuberance on the upper angle of the orbit. 

 The preorbital, which is a little higher than long, 

 nearly covers the maxillary bone. .The pectoral fins 

 reach the origin of the anal ; the ventrals do not at- 

 tain the vent. Second anal spine stronger, but scarce- 

 ly longer than third, and is contained 2i times iu^the 

 length of the head. Second and third dorsal spines 

 longest contained twice in the length of the head. 

 Silvery; 13 dark longitudinal stripes, broad at the 

 spaces between fchem, along the sides of the body ; six 

 above the lateral line and seven below. Four or five 



