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2022 (a.) DORATOXOTUS DEOORIS, Evermann & Marsh. 



Head 2.6; depth 3.4; eye 4; suont 3.5; maxillary 4; interorbit'al 4.6; 

 D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 9; pectoral 1.6; ventral 2.2; caudal 1.6; scales 1-26-6.' 

 Body moderately elongate, compressed throughout; the back a liitlr 

 elevated, the caudal peduncle deep and rather long; dorsal and ventral 

 outlines nearly alike, the dorsal somewhat more strongly arched; anterior 

 profile not trenchant, almost straight from snout to front of dorsal, very 

 slightly convex in front of dorsal and very slightly concave between eye 

 and tip of snout; head pointed, interorbital space broad and flat; eye 

 large, high in position, middle of pupil nearer tip of snout than end "of 

 opercle; snout long, somewhat longer than diameter of eye, moderately 

 produced, the lips broad in front, characteristically labroid; mouth not 

 large, the maxillary not reaching front of orbit, the jaws equal, armed 

 with strong, sharp teeth, about 4 canines in front of upper jaw, 2 in front 

 of lower; teeth on sides of jaws also canine-like, smaller than those in 

 front, but not distinctly different from them; a few smaller teeth behind 

 the main row of large ones; A~omer and palatines toothless; soft dorsal 

 and anal each with a basal sheath of about two rows of large scales, that 

 of dorsal extending over half the fin or more, that of anal lower, the fins 

 otherwise naked; dorsal fin continuous, with a shallow notch, the spines 

 slender and pungent, the second longer than the first, the following ones 

 graduated to the fifth, which is shortest, thence increasing in length to 

 the ninth, which is longest, 2.3 in head; soft dorsal with its middle rays 

 highest, 2.2 in head; anal with three slender, sharp, graduated spines, the 

 third longest, 2.2 in head; the soft part similar to soft dorsal, longest rays 

 2.3 in head; pectoral large, symmetrical, of 11 rays, the middle ones 

 longest, reaching past tip of ventral nearly to vent; ventral moderate, 

 pointed, reaching half-way to vent; caudal rounded; scales large, cycloid 

 the lateral line on second row below the dorsal interrupted near the end 

 of dorsal and beginning again on the row below, on caudal peduncle. 



Color in life: Body chiefly green, darker green on back, lighter below; 

 lower parts of head and breast light yellow ; a broad white bar from eye 

 obliquely across cheek and opercle, bordered above by an undulating 

 maroon line and below by a similar but fainter line; a brown bar from 

 eye to snout; 4 dusky spots near base of dorsal extending as fainter 

 shades downward and slightly forward to or beyond lateral line, 1 from in 

 front of dorsal, 2 under spinous dorsal, and 1 under soft rays; short pale- 

 blue bars or spots on breast and about pectoral ; iris blue, a pinkish border 

 surrounding pupil ; dorsal greenish, the soft part with yellow shade, a 

 pale-blue edging to the whole fin, a maroon border to the green color pos- 

 teriorly just inside the pale-blue edge, a small dark spot on membrane 

 between seventh and eighth rays and a blue spot on membrane of first 

 spine; anal colored like soft dorsal, the maroon border extending from 

 first spine to last ray inside the pale edging, the dark spot between sixth 

 and seventh rays; ventral green near base, pale blue outwardly, the green 

 color bordered by maroon spots; pectoral plain, pale green; caudal very 

 pale transparent blue, a wedge-shaped maroon spot on the 2 upper rays 



