Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2151 



scales moderate (about 50 pores). D.YIII-13; A. 11. First dorsal spine 



longest, 1 J in head ; caudal subtruncate ; pectorals nearly twice as long 



as head, reaching nearly to last rays of dorsal; ventrals about reaching 



to vent; head 3 in length; depth 4^. Color crimson red, nearly plain; 



caudal with 2 dark cross shades. OPHBYAS, 2493. 



kk. Pectoral fins short, not reaching beyond middle of dorsal ; head much smoother 



than in any other species, the bones of the head faintly striate, with small 



granulations; the cranial spines little developed; the supraocular, occipital, 



and temporal spines wholly wanting, there being only 3 pairs of spines on the 



head ; mouth large, the maxillary 2 in head. Gill rakers short and thick in 



adult, slender in young, about 10 developed ; interorbital space concave, rather 



broad, its width, in adult, rather more than length of eye ; first dorsal spine 



granulated; caudal slightly lunate; pectoral subtruncate, the second ray the 



longest, as long as head in adult; scales large, 48 pores in the lateral line. 



Head large, 2 in length; depth 3f. D. X-12; A. 11. Color crimson, with 



darker clouds and small spots; both dorsals with dark cross streaks; head 



and pectoral fins conspicuously reticulated with blackish (in adult); anal 



plain, whitish ; free rays of pectoral unspotted. STEARNSI, 2494. 



jj. Preopercular spine with a distinct smaller one at the base; gill rakers slender. 



q. Cheek bone without distinct spine at the center of radiation; edge of 

 preorbital granular-serrate, without distinct spine, the serrae about 

 12 in number on each side ; temporal ridges roughish but without 

 spines; bones of the head with the striae coarsely granular; mouth 

 moderate, the maxillary about 2g in head; head not very broad, the 

 spines above, except the nuchal spines, not conspicuous ; gill rakers 

 long and slender, 15 to 20 developed ; head 2J in length ; depth about 

 4. D. X-12; A. 11. Coloration brownish ; side with a very distinct 

 dusky bronze band below the lateral line and parallel with it, this 

 becoming broken posteriorly into a series of roundish dark spots ; 

 some dark streaks and clouds below this stripe; fins with dark 

 clouds, the soft dorsal with 2 dark blotches, which extend as bars 

 on the back ; head with scattered dark spots ; dusky area below eye. 

 r. PectOBal with its rays each crossed by fine black bars, these especially 

 distinct*toward the base of the fin ; free rays spotted ; scales com- 

 paratively small, 10 +l-|-23 in a vertical line from last dorsal spine 

 to vent ; interorbital area broad and almost flat, its width a little 

 more than length of eye; first dorsal spine granulated; second 

 spine 2f iu head; pectorals about the length of the body. 



STBIGATUS, 2495. 



rr. Pectoral fin with its rays all plain blackish; free rays plain dusky; 

 scales larger, 8+1+21 in a vertical line from last dorsal spine to 

 vent; interorbital space more deeply concave, its width in adult 

 not quite length of eye ; first dorsal spine nearly smooth ; second 

 spine 3 in head ; pectorals a little more than of the body. 



EVOLANS, 2496. 

 qq. Cheek bone with a spine (small in the adult, larger in the young) at 



the center of radiation, this rarely obsolete in old examples. 

 s. Spines on bones of head moderate, not knife-like; preorbital with a 



series of serraa and 1 or more bluntish spines. 



t. First 3 dorsal spines little if at all serrate; pectorals reaching 

 past middle of anal, their length not quite the body ; gill 

 rakers rather long and slender, about 10 developed; maxil- 

 lary 2f in head ; a bluntish spine on edge of snout behind 

 the serrre ; behind this, 1 or 2 smaller ones, at least in the 

 young ; usually a small spine on cheek bone ; a shallow groove 

 behind the eye evident ; interorbital area rather narrow, con- 

 cave; preocular, supraocular, occipital and nuchal spines 

 rather prominent. Dorsal spines high, the third 2 in head ; 



