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and anal fins are of a greenish color, tinged with 
yellow. 
The fin rays, as far as could be counted, are 
as follows: B. 6; D. 120; P.19; V.2; A. 100. 
In a living specimen of this species, received 
March 27, 1838, twenty-one inches in length, the 
color was a light salmon, mottled with irregular 
olive-colored blotches, darker towards the head. 
Head lighter colored than in larger specimens ; the 
two oblique bands on the operculum, narrow and 
rather indistinct. In the upper jaw, the row of sin- 
gle teeth is six in number; in the lower jaw, the 
single row contains six also. rides salmon colored. 
A considerable number of mucous glands quite 
obvious upon the head, back of, and beneath the 
eyes. The /ateral line is more perceptible than in 
the mature specimen. Body beneath, white; neck, 
flesh colored. 
The Dorsal fin almost white, salmon colored at its 
edge. 
The Pectorals of a true salmon color, lighter at 
their origin. 
The Ventrals, salmon colored. 
The Anal is salmon colored at its edge, flesh col- 
ored at its base, with seven distinct white blotches 
in its extent. 
The dorsal, pectoral and anal fins are perfectly 
transparent. 
In the stomach of this fish I found specimens of 
the following shells, viz.: Buccinum undatum, 
Fusus corneus, and pleurotomarius ; Turbo inflatus, 
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