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H/EMULON SC1URUS." 



Illustration. Page. 



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Yellow Grunt; « Head 2% ; depth 2f. D. XII, 16 \ A. Ill, 



Ronco Amarillo ; 8 . scales 7_ 5 3_i4. Eye moderate, 4 in head ; 



Boar Grunt. . . . , ~_ . , , , . . 



interorbital space convex, 3g in head ; preorbital 



moderate, its least breadth 67^ in head; preopercle finely serrate ; 

 gill rakers small, about 13 + 17. Body oblong; the back not spe- 

 cially elevated ; the profile nearly straight or slightly concave from 

 tip of snout to before eye, thence a little gibbous to base of dorsal ; 

 snout moderately acute, 2)4 in head. Mouth large, the gape curved, 

 the maxillary reaching a little past front of pupil, its length 2 in 

 head ; lower jaw slightly included ; teeth strong ; upper jaw in front 

 with about 3 strong canines on each side, these stronger than any of 

 the other teeth ; front teeth of lower jaw rather strong, as also the 

 antrorse teeth of the back part of both jaws. Scales moderate, those 

 above lateral line not at all enlarged, arranged in oblique series, those 

 below in nearly horizontal ones. Dorsal spines rather slender, the 

 fourth longest, 2-f in head ; longest soft rays 4 ; upper caudal lobe 

 longer than lower, \ l /z in head; longest anal rays 2^ in head, their 

 tips, when depressed, extending beyond the tips of the last rays ; 

 second anal spine stronger and longer than third, 2 1 /?, in head, its 

 tip, when depressed, reaching past the middle of the last ray ; ven- 

 trals \y% in head ; pectorals 1 1. Color, in life, deep brassy yellow, 

 scarcely paler below or darker above ; head and body with about 12 



