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Profile of head rising steeply, slightly concave before eyes, convex 

 over them; rising in a steep, even curve to nape. Interorbital space 

 arched rather strongly from eye to eye, more so in older specimens; 

 preorbital depth equal to, or less than eye, contained If in its own 

 length; maxillary 2| in head, ending under anterior border of eye. 

 Breadth of preopercle at angle equal to that of cheek, its margin 

 not very flexible. Posterior nostril as far from eye as from anterior 

 nostril. Posterior margin of suborbitals, between smaller and larger, 

 strongly notched in all our specimens (not in Kishinouye's figure). 

 Vomer toothless. Jaws without distinct molars, a single row of 

 stoutly conical, sharp teeth laterally in each jaw, with several inner 

 rows of very small granular teeth. Four large, stout, somewhat 



Fig. 8.— Taius tumifrons. 



recurved canines in front of each jaw. Gill rakers half length of 

 gill filaments. 



Dorsal spines stout, first 5^ in head, or two-thirds of eye; second 

 slightly longer than eye, 3 in head; third 2| in head. Dorsal rays 

 equal to last spine, 3 J in head. Anal spines stouter than dorsal 

 spines, second somewhat longer than third, 3 in head; rays about 

 same length. Pectorals 3 in body length, or 1^^ in head; lower rays 

 slightly produced; ventrals reaching nearly to anus, 1| in head. 



Scales present on preopercular limbs, in 3 or 4 rows, on cheek in 

 5 or 6, on interopercle in 3 rows; on bases of dorsal and anal fins 

 as a low sheath. Scales finely ctenoid. 



Color (Kishinouye) reddish with golden luster, two or three mark- 

 ings of yellowish found dorsally; lower portion of body silvery white; 

 no blue spots present; membrane on posterior margin of opercle 



