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which is 3 to 4 times in the length of head and less than the 

 interorbital width. Maxilla extending to below middle of 

 eye. D. 45-50, spines not distinct, rays increasing in length 

 to about the twentieth, thence subequal to about the fortieth, 

 thence decreasing rapidly to the last, the whole fin rounded. 

 A. 27-30. Caudal rounded, its posterior border slightly 

 emarginate. In very young specimens (35 millim.) the 

 pectorals are rounded, shorter than the ventrals, which extend 

 to about the fifth anal ray and equal the head in length ; the 

 longest dorsal rays are equal to f the depth of the body. In 

 larger specimens (100 millim.) tiie ventrals reach the anus 

 and the longest dorsal ray is equal to ^ the depth of body ; in 

 these the pectorals are broken. In a specimen figured by 

 Giinther (Trans. Zool. Soc. xi. p. 221, 1881), which is 

 240 millim. in total length, the ventrals appear to be less than 

 half the length of the head, much shorter than the pectorals, 

 which are no longer rounded, but have the upper rays longest ; 

 while the dorsal and anal tins are comparatively low. 

 Sc. 136-148 1^. Lateral line curved anteriorly, becoming 

 straight below tlie twelfth dorsal ray. 



Pale olive, marbled with darker; vertical fins punctulated 

 with black. 



Total lenglh 100 millim. 



Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean. 



Lirus maculalus.^ 



SchedophiJus maculatus, Giinther, Cat. ii. p. 412 (18G0). 

 Schedophilus 7narmoratus, Kuer, SB. Ak. Wien, liv. 1860, p. 366. 



Depth of body 2 to 2^ times in total length, length of 

 head 3^ to 3^ times. Snout \ to § of the diameter of the eye, 

 which is 3 to 3^ times in the length of head and equal to the 

 interorbital width. Maxillary scarcely reaches vertical from 

 middle of eye. D. VIII-IX 27-30, the spines distinct and 

 increasing in length to the last, the soft rays increasing in 

 length to about the tenth, thence decreasing, the whole fin 

 rounded. A. Ill 21-24, rounded. Ventrals extending be- 

 yond anus and nearly equal to length of head in specimens 

 44 millim. long, ^ of the distance from their origin to the 

 anus and ^j the length of head in specimens 90 millim. long. 

 Pectorals rounded. Sc. 100-108 ^^^. Lateral line with a 

 long curve, becoming straight below the last quarter of the 

 dorsal. Caudal apparently emarginate. Pale yellowish 

 brown, with a purple tinge above, silvery beneath. Large 

 blotches and bands of darker reddish brown, which extend on 

 to the dorsal and anal fins, and also on the ventrals and 



