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98. " ANISOTREMUS VIRGINICUS." 539 1322 



Porkfish; " Head Sy 8 ', depth 2 T \. D. XII, 17 ; A. Ill, 10 



Catalineta. or 11 ; scales 11-56-17 ; eye 4/s ; snout 2y 2 to 3 ; 

 preorbital 4 ; maxillary 3^ ; second anal spine 2^ ; third dorsal 

 spine 2^; pectoral fa; gill rakers 7 + 16. Body ovate, the back 

 very much elevated, the anterior profile steep, slightly convex along 

 snout and over eye, very much arched at nape ; mouth small, the 

 maxillary extending to anterior nostril ; jaws subequal ; outer row of 

 teeth enlarged ; about 6 gill rakers besides rudiments, below angle ; 

 dorsal fin low, emarginate, spines slender, the highest about equal in 

 length to second anal spine, which is less than j4 head ; caudal 

 forked. Oblique bar from nape through eye, and vertical bar down- 

 ward from dorsal, jet black ; space before anterior bar deep yellow ; 

 interspace between bars pearly gray, with yellow spots, the spots con- 

 fluent above into a yellow area ; ground color of body plain pearly 

 gray, with about 7 deep yellow longitudinal stripes ; the pearly inter- 

 space not edged with darker and not distinctly blue ; all the fins 

 deep yellow ; iris gilt gray. A very young specimen showed the fol- 

 lowing coloration in life : pale anterior region, from lower jaw and 

 temporal region to spinous dorsal bright yellow ; spinous dorsal ven- 

 trals, and front of anal deep golden ; other fins pale; a large round 



