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much larger than in S. scituliceps. Snout broadly triangular, little 

 pointed, 3 in head, its length about equal to its breadth at base. Mouth 

 large, premaxillary If- in head. Interorbital area concave, rugose, 

 slightly broader than eye, 5| in head; supraorbital finely striate, with 

 serrulate edge. Lower jaw included; teeth moderate. Lateral line 

 without keel. Origin of dorsal midway between adipose fin and anterior 

 margin of pupil ; anterior rays of dorsal not extending so far as the last 

 when depressed; tip of ventrals reaching slightly more than halfway to 

 vent, their length 1 in head ; pectorals reaching root of ventrals, 2 in 

 head, and longer than snout and eye in larger specimens. Color brown- 

 ish olive ; scales on back with paler specks ; a few rows of scales below 

 lateral line with numerous black dots; head not marbled; jaws not 

 spotted, tip of lower black ; inside of opercles dark ; lining of shoulder 

 girdle yellow; pectorals and caudal dusky, former tipped with pale; 

 adipose fin dark, margined with paler; lower fins pale. Gulf of Califor- 

 nia to Galapagos Islands, in 16 to 33 fathoms; common. (Named for Dr. 

 Oliver Peebles Jenkins, who obtained the species at Guaymas.) 

 Synodus jenMnsi, JORDAN & BOLLMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, 153, off coast of Colom- 

 bia, Galapagos Islands. (Type, No. 41171. Coll. Albatross). 



814. SYNODUS FCETENS (Linnaeus). 

 (LIZARD FISH ; GALLIWASP ; LAGARTO ; SOAPFISH.) 



Head 4ij depth 7; eye 5|. D. 9 or 10; A. 11 or 12; V. 8; scales 7-60 

 to 64-8 (the vertical rows counted obliquely). Snout long, the upper 

 jaw 1| in head. Scales less regularly arranged, and the rows less oblique 

 than in Synodus lucioceps ; those on the opercle in about 5 rows, on the 

 cheeks in 7; 25 to 30 scales along back before dorsal, 4 in a vertical row 

 between adipose fin and lateral line, 5 in an oblique row. Pectoral fin 

 short, 2 in head, not reaching ventrals, its length that of the premax- 

 illary; ventral large, 1 in. head, its length from outer edge of base 

 greater than from tip of snout to upper edge of gill opening. Interor- 

 bital space considerably concave, with radiating ridges. Olivaceous or 

 sandy gray; yellowish below; back mottled; upper surface of head 

 brownish, distinctly vermiculated with yellowish ; ventral fins, lower 

 side of head, and inside of mouth tinged with yellow ; no scapular spot; 

 snout not black at tip; dorsal scarcely barred.. Length 12 inches. Cape 

 Cod to Brazil, very common from South Carolina southward, on sandy 

 coasts; not valued as food, (fcetens, odorous.) 



Salmo fty.tens, LINNJEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. xn, 513, 1766, South Carolina. (Coll. Dr. Garden.) 

 Osmerus albidns, LACPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 229, 1803, Carolina; after LINNAEUS. 

 Coregonus ruber, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 263, 1803, Martinique; after PLUMIER, 

 Esox salmoneus, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc., i, 1815, 442, New York. 

 Saurus longirostris, AGASSIZ, Spix. Pise. Brasil. pi. 43, 1828, Brazil. 

 Baurus mexicanus, CUVIER, Kegne Animal, Ed. n, 314, 1829, Mexico. 

 Saurus spixianus, POET, Memorias, n, 304,1861, Cuba. 



Saurus fattens, GUNTHER, Cat., v, 396, 1864; HOLBROOK, Ichth. S. Car., 187, 1860. 

 Bynodus spixianus, POEY, Enumeratio, 141, 1875; JORDAN, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 107. 

 Synodus fcetens, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 280, 1883. 

 Synodus fattens and spixianus, MEEK, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 135. 



