SPAROID FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, 509 
d. [Upper jaw with a strong antrorse canine on each side, as in C. proridens; 
preorbital with blue, wavy stripes; eye small; preorbital deep; 
cheeks with 6 rows of scales; dorsal high; pectoral reaching 
front of anal; cheeks with blue flexuous lines, anastomosed and 
forming rivulations; spinous dorsal edged with black; depth of 
body, 2} in length to base of caudal.] (Guichenot.) 
PENNATULA, 99. 
dd. Upper jaw without antrorse canines, the anterior teeth strong, = one on 
each side of upper jaw more or less enlarged; body rather ob- 
long, the snout long and pointed, the anterior profile forming a 
nearly even curve to front of dorsal; depth, 2\ to 22 in length 
to base of caudal; eye about 34} to 5 in head; preorbital less 
than half head, about 4; dorsal spines slender, the highest 24 to 
2% in head; pectorals 24 in body. Color, dull brassy, with little 
blue; a faint-blue stripe below eye; preorbital dull coppery, 
usually plain, sometimes faintly veined with bluish; axils yel- 
lowish; ventrals scarcely dusky. Young, as in other species, 
with dark crossbands. Head, 3}; depth, 2; scales, 8-56-19; D. 
BRUM gee sere PLM OES Ss reyes hohner Berea taate = ects eee BaJONapDo, 100. 
aa. Scales comparatively large, 6, 7-45 to 52-15, 14; about 5 vertical rows of scales 
on base of preopercle with about 9 scales entering into the for- 
mation of the lower margin; no antrorse canines. 
e. Pectoral fins long, about 3 in body. 
J. Seales of moderate size, 50 to 52 in the lateral line; body very deep, 
the back elevated, depth about 2! to base of caudal; longest 
dorsal spine about half head. 
g. Canines short and strong, about =; preorbital narrow, its least 
width 23 to 23 in head; snout short, 1% to 2 in head; mouth 
small, maxillary about 23 in head; eye moderate, about 44 in 
head in adult; pectoral about 24 in body. Body much com- 
pressed, the back considerably elevated, the anterior profile 
steep and regularly convex from base of first dorsal spine to 
point of snout. Color brassy olive, with darker crossbands and 
few violet marks; preorbital plain brownish; an inky axillary 
spot; ventrals dusky. Head, 3}; depth, 21. Scales, 6-50-13. 
DS e Rope GU wets HTT el Oller meray crsteerats aera eee BRACHYsSOMUS, 101. 
gg. Canines moderate, about 5,5; preorbital broad, its least width 
about 2} in head; mouth moderate, maxillary about 2} in head; 
eye moderate, about 3} in head; pectoral about 23 in body. 
Body moderately compressed, rather elongate, the back only mod- 
erately elevated, the anterior profile convex to eye, thence straight 
to point of snout. Color smutty silvery, with dark crossbands; 
blotches on the fins; no black axillary spot. Head,3}; depth, 2}; 
scales,-(-ol-14-" D, xi1, 125) A. Oe 22.22.22 LEUCOSTEUS, 102. 
Jf. Scales large, about 46 (45 to 48) in lateral line; body rather elongate, 
the depth about 2}in body ; longest dorsal spine about 24 in head. 
h. Canines small, about +2; eye large, about 3 in head; preorbital 
narrow, about equal to eye; mouth small, the maxillary about 
2} in head; dorsal spines, x1. (Dorsal outline forming a compara- 
tively regular arch, the back being elevated, the anterior profile 
steep and nearly straight. Color plumbeous gray, with a blue 
spot on each seale, preorbital with blue streaks; a blue streak 
below eye; a blue point in the axil; fins pale.) (Poey.) Head, 
3y5; depth, 2}; scales (?); D. x1?; A. 111?.......Macrops, 103. 
