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part of head and belly bright golden; a dark stripe along base of dorsal; 

 soft dorsal with 2 or 3 rows of small round dark olive spots, the upper 

 row posteriorly becoming a dark edging to the fin; caudal, dull red, 

 edged with dusky; anal very pale, edged with blackish; pectorals light 

 orange, usually with some small dark spots above; ventrals orange, 

 slightly darker anteriorly. Numerous series of pores on the body, those 

 of the lateral line accompanied by shining golden bodies, as in other 

 species of the genus. According to fishermen, these bodies are phosphor- 

 escent, shining at night; a statement which is probably true, although we 

 have been unable to verify it ; pores on sides of back not shining. Most 

 of the pores, as in other species, accompanied by numerous small cirri 

 or cilia; the arrangement of the lines of pores and shining bodies not 

 very different from that found in P. notatus. It may be thus described in 

 detail: A series of pores beginning at tip of snout, extending down 

 around preorbital region, bounding the dark subocular blotch and joining 

 almost at a right angle with a series of pores which extends downward 

 from lower posterior corner of eye to angle of mouth. Another series 

 diverges from the first in front of eye, passing close below eye, then 

 upward above cheek, ending in a large pore behind preopercle. A curved 

 series of pores extending backward along opercle, and another parallel 

 with it along subopercle. Two obscure series from front of eye along top 

 of head, becoming wide apart at the vertex, converging at the nape, then 

 slightly diverging, converging in front of spinous dorsal, then again 

 diverging to pass around the fin, each at last becoming straight at front 

 of soft dorsal, extending close to its base to its last ray, there being about 

 2 pores to each ray. Just below this series, at front of soft dorsal on each 

 side, begins a second series, with the pores wider apart and somewhat 

 irregular, ceasing near the middle of the soft dorsal fin. The lateral line 

 proper next begins above upper posterior angle of preopercle, whence a 

 short branch passes directly upward. Opposite front of soft dorsal, the 

 lateral line is interrupted for a distance a little more than diameter of 

 eye. A short branch arises at this interruption and passes upward and 

 backward at an angle from the end of the anterior part; thence the 

 lateral line passes straight to base of caudal. The next series arises just 

 behind axil of pectoral, then curves abruptly downward and backward, 

 becoming straight opposite third ray of anal, thence proceeding to base 

 of caudal, the pores small and close-set, anteriorly bead-like and shining, 

 becoming dull toward the tail. Next comes a double series on each side 

 of base of anal, the 2 series converging behind and finally coalescing. 

 Another series begins at the middle of the base of the pectoral in front, 

 curves downward, around the base of the fin, and, proceeding directly 

 backward, ceases opposite vent. A series begins midway between gill 

 opening and ventral and, extending straight backward, ceases opposite 

 base of pectoral. Another begins, on each side, on lower side of head, 

 directly below angle of mouth, the two diverging slightly between ven- 

 trals, then converging a little behind ventrals, then abruptly diverging, 

 joining the series last mentioned, on each side, just in front of base of 

 pectoral. A cross series of pores extends straight across belly, between 



