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Dorsal fin rather deeply notched; spines low and slender; soft 
dorsal low, highest toward the front; anal long and rather low, 
with straight free border; anal spines graduated, the third 
searcely half height of first ray; pectoral faleate, rather Jong; 
caudal deeply forked. Color dark gray, not silvery; center of 
each scale dark, these spots forming continuous streaks along the 
rows of scales; those below the lateral line rather less distinct; 
fins rather jens: opercular membrane and axildusky. Head, : sh 
depth, 3; D. x1, 14; A. 1, 11; scales, 8-65-15; maxillary, 3; eye, 
4%; preorbital, 33; person ie snout, 24; spinous dorsal, 24; 
second anal spine, 6}; anal rays, 34; basesoft dorsal in spinous, 1}. 
L&ETHOPRISTIS, 82. 
akly serrate; preorbital very narrow, 64 in head; mouth small, 
maxillary longer than snout. Body rather fusiform, somewhat 
compressed, the back elevated, anterior profile steep, convex; 
mouth with narrow bands of brush-like teeth, the outer above 
slender, close-set, and a little enlarged; maxillary reaching to an- 
terior edge of eye; gill-rakers short and slender, x +16; snout 
short, blunt; eye large; lower jaw included. Scales small, ex- 
tending from preorbital to fork of caudal, covering base of pectoral 
ventrals, soft dorsal, and anal; base of each scale at base of trunk 
and posterior part of head, with minute scales; dorsal and anal fins 
inclosed in low scaly sheath. Dorsal fin slightly notched, last spine 
14 in first ray; spinous dorsal low, spines slender; soft dorsal and 
anal low, third anal spine longest; pectoral sharp, faleate; ¢ 
long, deeply forked. Color light-bluish gray, with brownish gray 
stripes following the rows of scales. Head, 33; depth, 3; dorsal, 
x1, 16; A. 111, 13 or 12; scales, 10-65-20; maxillary, 34; eye, 44; 
praetbital! 64; pectoral, 1; snout, 34; spinous dorsal, 24; second 
anal spine, 54; anal rays, 3}; base soft dorsal in spinous, 1}. 
BREVIPINNIS, 83. 
aa. Dorsalspines, XIV; scales very small; skull very broad and rounded, interorbital 
area wider than length of snout; preorbital very narrow; the tem- 
poral crest, which rises above the pupil, rather high, its top above 
middle of height of supraoccipital crest, which originates over front 
of pupil. (Microlepidotus Gill.) 
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. Body rather elongate, slightly compressed, back moderately ele- 
vated, profile convex from nape to snout; mouth large, with 
numerous bristly teeth, curved inward, larger in front; maxillary 
reaching to anterior edge of eye; preopercle sharply serrate; gill- 
rakers short, x +17; snout bluntish, equal to maxillary; eye very 
large; jaws subequal. Scales very small, extending from nostril 
to fork of caudal, covering base of pectoral, ventrals, last two 
rays of soft dorsal, and preorbital to level of pupil; dorsal and 
anal fins included in a deep, scaly sheath; dorsal fin deeply 
notched, last spine 1} in first ray; spinous dorsal high; spines 
slender; soft dorsal very low; anal slightly higher than soft dor- 
sal, second spine longest; pectoral sharp, falcate; caudal sharp. 
Color, bluish-gray, with lighter longitudinal streaks. Head, 34; 
depth, 34; D. xiv, 15; A. ut, 12; scales, 9-72-20; maxillary, 3}; 
eye, 42; preorbital, 74; pectoral, 1,4; snout, 3}; spinous dorsal, 24; 
second anal spine, 6; anal rays, 33; base soft dorsal in spinous, 14. 
INORNATUS, 84. 
