534 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN SPECIES OF KYPHOSUS. 
a. Soft dorsal and anal moderately elevated. 
b. Incisor teeth well developed, each with a conspicuous horizontal process or 
root; caudal fin moderate, about as long as the head, the outer rays not 
3 times as long as middle rays; junction of gill-membranes forming an 
angle (Kyphosus). 
ce. Soft dorsal with 14 rays; anal with 14; teeth 25 to30; color bluish, sides with 
about 12 dark longitudinal streaks; longest spine about 23 in head; D. x1, 
14; A. 11, 14. : 
d. Soft part of anal fin low, its longest ray 4 in base of fin and 4 in head; scales 
smaller, about 85; depth more than half length; eye nearly 4 in head. 
ANALOGUS, 149, 
dd. Soft part of anal fin somewhat elevated in front, its longest ray 24 in head, 
2hin base of fin; scales 12-70-22; depth2 in length; eye 3}in head; snout 
NE) ah ae] 0) 0S epee ae ie eS er hy ee SRG ooso.4 ELEGANS, 150. 
ec. Soft dorsal with 11 or 12 rays; anal rays 111, 11; teeth 35 to 40; color grayish 
or yellowish, with darker lengthwise streaks. 
e. Scales 10-55-16; soft dorsal and anal fin moderate, the longest ray of anal 
about 2}in head; longest anal spine 2}in head. Body ovate, compressed, 
its depth 24 in length; head, 3%. D. x1, 12; A. m1, 11. Color dusky, with 
about 25 pale streaks following the rows of scales, those near middle of 
body broadest; a silver streak along preorbital. ....-..-.. SECTATRIX, 151. 
ee. Scales 12-67-22; anal fin high in front, its longest soft ray about 1{ in 
head; longest anal spine about 2 in head; depth of body 2} in length; 
heads 325. exrs oll ss VAP Cr pl en ee reels Steet eeele eee LUTESCENS, 152. 
bb. Incisor teeth small, with inconspicuous roots; caudal much longer than head, 
the lobes falcate, the outer 5 times length of middle rays; gill-membranes 
not forming an angle at junction. (Sectator Jordan & Fesler.) 
f. Anal low, its last ray longest, its middle rays shorter than eye; longest 
dorsal spine about 3}in head ; scales 11-78-19; color olivaceous, with blue 
and golden spots and stripes; depth, 24; head, 38; D. x1, 13; A. m1, 14. 
OcyuRUws, 153. 
149. KYPHOSUS ANALOGUS. 
Pimelepterus analogus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 245 (Cape San Lucas) ; 
Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1881, 232 (Porto Escondido); Jordan & 
Gilbert, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1881, 328; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U.S. F.C. 1882, 
107 (Mazatlan, no description) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. 8. F. C. 1882, 110 
(Panama, no description); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1882, 353, 
363 (Cape San Lucas, no description). 
Cyphosus analogus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1882, 626 (Panama, no de- 
scription). 
Kyphosus analogus, Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 92 (Pacific coast, no description) ; 
Jordan, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1885, 380 (Mazatlan, Panama, no description); 
Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U. 8. N. M. 1891, 154 (Guaymas). 
Habitat: Pacific coast of tropical America, from Panama to Gulf of 
California. 
Etymology; Analogus, analogous (to Kyphosus sectatriz). 
This species is generally common along the Pacific coast of tropical 
America, where it represents the closely allied K. sectatrix. The spec- 
imens examined by us are from Guaymas, Cape San Lucas, Porto Es- 
condido, and Mazatlan. 
