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illary reaching to a little beyond front of eye, its length l^j in head ; 

 lower jaw slightly included. Teeth strong, in rather broad bands, 

 those of the outer series enlarged ; antrorse teeth of posterior part of 

 both jaws strong. Interorbital space convex, 4 in head ; preorbital 

 rather deep, its least breadth 6 in head ; preopercle finely serrate. 

 Gill rakers small, about 12 -f 15. Scales rather large, those above lat- 

 eral line anteriorly very much enlarged, arranged in irregular and 

 very oblique series, those below also oblique. Dorsal spines stout, the 

 fourth longest, 2f in head; longest soft rays 3^4 in head; caudal 

 lobes subequal, 2 in head ; longest anal rays 24 in head, their tips, 

 when depressed, about reaching tips of the last rays ; second anal 

 spine longer and stronger than third, 2)4, in head, its tip, when 

 depressed, at least reaching middle of last ray ; ventrals 1^ in head ; 

 pectorals 1^. Color, in life, bluish gray, the base of the scales above 

 bright bronze, tinged with olive ; bases of scales below lateral line 

 also bronze, this color forming very oblique stripes, running upward 

 and backward ; anterior region above lateral line with 3 or 4 sky-blue 

 stripes, ill-defined, apparently continuations of stripes of head ; head 

 golden-bronze with many narrow stripes of deep clear blue, as if 

 painted on, these nearly horizontal, except before eye, where a few 

 curved ones cross the forehead ; also these lines curve slightly upward 

 below eye. Lips dusky ; inside of mouth deep orange, bordered 

 anteriorly on the jaws by yellow ; a greenish bar on opercle partly 

 concealed by the preopercle ; dorsals grayish, with a narrow yellow 

 edge on spinous portion ; caudal plain gray ; anal gray, tinged with 

 yellow ; ventrals gray, with a clear blue luster which disappears after 

 death ; pectorals gray, a dusky bar at base. There is considerable 

 variation in the depth of color in this species. The young is similar 

 to the adult in color, but has traces of two lateral bands and a dusky 

 caudal spot. The color in spirits differs only in the blue becoming 

 dusky." 



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94. "H^MULON FLAVOLINEATUM." No illustration. 1306 

 French Grunt ; 

 Open-mouthed Grunt ; 

 Ronco Condenado. 



