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LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS." 569 1458 



Spot ; 

 Goody ; 

 Post-croaker 

 Oldwife ; 

 Lafayette ; 

 Besouga (G.). 



" Head S}i to S}^ ; depth 3 ; snout 3^ to 3%. 

 D. X-I, 31; A. II, 12; scales 9-60 to 70-12. 

 Body short, deep, much compressed ; back in front 

 of dorsal compressed to a sharp edge, profile steep, 

 convex, depressed over the eyes ; dorsal outline 

 convex, highest at front of dorsal ; snout very blunt, 

 as long as eye, Syi to 3*4 in head; mouth small, inferior, horizon- 

 tal ; maxillary 3 in head ; extending to below pupil ; no teeth in 

 lower jaw, in the adult ; upper jaw with a series of narrow minute 

 teeth ; gill rakers short, slender, 8 + 22 ; lower pharyngeals small, 

 with three series of molars posteriorly and many villiform teeth 

 anteriorly; preopercle entire; preorbital broad, lj4 in eye; third 

 dorsal spine highest, \y 2 \x\ head ; soft dorsal with the sheath at its 

 base formed by a single series of scales ; caudal long and forked, as 

 long as head ; anal long and slightly falcate ; second anal spine 2^ 

 in the longest ray, 4 in head ; ventrals y$ shorter than pectorals, 

 which are as long as the head ; scales small, strongly ctenoid, extend- 

 ing on caudal and base of pectorals but not on other fins ; lateral 

 line little curved anteriorly ; scales below lateral line in oblique 

 series. Color, bluish above, silvery below ; about 15 narrow dark 

 wavy bands extending from the dorsal downward and forward to 

 below lateral line ; a round black humeral spot rather smaller than 

 eye ; fins plain olivaceous, the caudal not yellow." 



