534 NEW YORK STATE MUSEXTM 



EpinepJielus niveatus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens. 286, 1868; Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 541, 1883; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1156, 1896; H. M. Smith, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1897, 99, 1898;. 

 op. cit. 1901, 32, 1901. 



Body oblong, compressed, the back elevated; the anterior 

 profile somewhat convex,- the snout short, rather sharp, it 

 length contained three and three fourths times in length of 

 head. Head three sevenths and depth of body about one third 

 of total length without caudal. Mouth large, the maxillary 

 extending to below posterior margin of eye, its length one half 

 length of head. Canines rather strong, specially in upper jaw- 

 Lower jaw considerably projecting. Eye rather large. Inter- 

 orbital space flatfish, its width contained seven and one half 

 times in length of head and twice in length of snout. Pre- 

 opercle with a salient angle armed with stronger teeth, a slight 

 notch above the angle. Gill rakers 15 below the angle of first 

 arch, the longest as long as the gill fringes. Dorsal s|^ines 

 rather high, the fourth contained about two and three fifths 

 times in length of head; soft dorsal of moderate bight; caudal 

 truncate, one half as long as the head; anal moderate, its second 

 spine about as long as the third, three eighths as long as the 

 head, its longest soft ray three sevenths as long as the head. 

 Pectorals not reaching to the tips of the long ventrals, about 

 one half as long as the head. Ventrals about as long as pec- 

 torals, nearly reaching vent. D. XI (rarely X), 14 or 15; A. HI, 9;. 

 scales 1.^ nn t(. 120-50; pores of lateral line 67 to 75. 



Color of young in alcohol: brown, with round whitish spots- 

 oil tin- body, rather smaller than pupil, regularly arranged in 

 vciiiiiil iiiiil lidii/.outal series, about five in horizontal and four 

 in v'!ii<:il row; these rows sometimes show irregularities; no 

 (lisiiiH I spots on breast; a very large black blotch on upper part 

 of ;iii(i;il iirdniiclc extending to below lateral line; a dark nius- 

 iMilie ;il.()\.- tMlge of maxillary; fins nearly plain, probably yel- 

 lowish ill lil'r. I he (loisal with a median row of dusky spots on 

 llif membranes. Some specimens lack the saddlelike blotch on 

 111'- tail, but tlir iicarly spots on the side are persistent in all. 



