SPAROID FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 437 
qq. Scales above the lateral line arranged in series 
which are more or less distinetly 
parallel throughout with the lateral 
line; no black lateral blotch; scales 
rather large; 5 or 6 between first 
dorsal spine and lateral line; lateral 
line with 47 pores; vomerine teeth 
ina /-shaped patch; lingual teeth 
well developed; maxillary reaching 
front of pupil, 2} in head; color 
red, dusky above; a blue streak on 
suborbital; anal and ventral fins 
dusky. Head, 2%; depth, 3. D. x, 
14; A. 11, 7. Scales, 5-47-11. 
COLORADO, 15. 
hh. Soft dorsal with 12 rays (rarely 13); body oblong, the back not 
greatly elevated; upper canines 
moderate, lower small or obsolete; 
scales above lateral line in very 
oblique series; anal fin low, its out- 
line rounded, 
t. Mouth moderate; maxillary 22 to 22 in 
head. 
u. Caudal not deeply forked; gill-rakers 
rather few (8 or 9 besides rudi- 
ments). 
v. Pectoral short, 13 in head; teeth on 
vomer in an anchor-shaped patch; 
color olivaceous, no black lateral 
blotch; lower jaw included. Head, 
25; Cepul eos. Wr sku Ea ALS Se 
Seales 8-51-x. (Hybrid griseus- 
synagris?) ..-.. BRACHYPTERUS, 16. 
vv. Pectoral long, more than two-thirds 
length of head; color chiefly red; 
a large black lateral blotch; lower 
jaw slightly projecting. 
w. Vomerine teeth in an anchor-shaped 
patch, with a distinct backward 
prolongation on median line; color 
red; back and sides with rows of 
dark bluish-gray spots following 
the series of scales; similar spots 
onsidesof head; finsreddish. Head, 
22: depth, 22. D. x, 12; A. ul, 8. 
Seales, 7-53-15. .--.--. GUTTATUS, 17. 
ww. Vomerine teeth in a /\ or A\ 
shaped patch, the prolongation on 
median line very short or wanting; 
color rosy greenish above, sides of 
head and body with numerous lon- 
gitudinal stripes of golden yellow; 
soft dorsal and caudal red; lower 
fins yellow. Head, 22; depth, 23. 
D. x, 12; A.1r,8. Scales, 8-60-15. 
SyNaGRis, 18. 
