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portion of the first dorsal fin ; the first anal fin begins im- 

 mediately behind the vent, and under the commencement of 

 the second dorsal fin ; the second anal fin has been noticed ; 

 the tail is long, with the rays slightly forked. The number 

 of fin-rays : 



D. 12. 19. 17. : P. 14 : V. 6 : A. 25. 17. : C. 18. 



The head is short and the nose blunt : the barbule at the 

 chin neither so long nor so slender as in the Pout ; several 

 mucous pores about the mouth : the eye large ; the breadth 

 equal to one-third of the length of the head; the irides 

 orange : the scales of the body minute and deciduous ; the 

 lateral line but slightly curved, and that only where it rises 

 over the* pectoral fin : the upper part of the head and back 

 brownish yellow, becoming lighter on the cheeks and sides ; 

 the belly dirty white ; pectoral, dorsal fins, and tail, yellow 

 brown, darker at the edges ; ventral and anal fins dirty yel- 

 lowish white. 



