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the base of the latter. Insertion of anal directly below a point 

 midway between posterior end of base and posterior angle of 

 second dorsal. Inner angle of ventral ending directly below front 

 of second dorsal spine. Pectoral when folded back reaching to 

 below posterior tip of first dorsal, or to one diameter of eye of 

 insertion of ventrals. Anterior slope of lower candal lobe some- 

 what exceeding posterior margin of candal below the notch, and 

 equal to the anterior slope of first doreal. First dorsal spine 

 equal in length to the second, but much stouter. The black spots 

 on body very sparse, not nearly so abundant as in smaller speci- 

 mens. 



In a specimen ten inches long the superciliary ridges extend 

 very much above the interorbital plane, thus making the inter- 

 orbital space very concave. The spines before the dorsals are 

 covered for three-fourths of their length by the skin. The sha- 

 green spinules are rather sparsely scattered over the skin, leaving 

 smooth interspaces. Larger spinules are irregularly scattered 

 over the body among the smaller ones, being thickest along the 

 back and upper part of sides. On the interorbital space they are 

 definitely arranged in two rows following the inner side of the 

 superciliary ridges. In the newly hatched young the larger spi- 

 nules only are present. The type of this species came from 

 Monterey, but it is doubtless rare there, as it has not since been 

 noticed. 



Measurements. 



Along median dorsal line: mm. 



From tip of snout to between front of eyes 53 



To posterior edge of eyes 16 



To between first gill openings 44 



To between front of pectorals 25 



To front of dorsal 78 



To posterior end of dorsal base 70 



To posterior tip of dorsal 48 



To front of anal 34 



To front of second dorsal 89 



To posterior end of second dorsal 60 



To tip of second dorsal 39 



To tip of caudal 240 



Total length 795 



