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113. Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins & Evermann). 

 Cabrilla de Astillero. 



Comnion in the Astillero at Mazatlan, reaching a much 

 smaller size than any of the three preceding, the largest 

 among them not being more than two pounds in weight. 

 It is not found about the rocks, but lives in abundance in 

 the branches of the Astillero on the muddy bottoms below 

 a growth of the mangrove bushes. 



Head 2^, depth 3-^. D. XI, 15. A. Ill, 10. Scales 

 23-125-43. Gill-rakers 3-I-10, short, barely longer than 

 pupil. Eye 6]4 in head; snout 3/^; maxillary 2^. P. 

 i|. V. 2. 4th D. spine 3. Longest soft ray 2^4. A. 



2^. C. 13^. 



Body moderately elongate, compressed; profile anteri- 

 orly a little convex, depressed before eye. Mouth mod- 

 erate, the lower jaw longer. Nostrils well separated, sub- 

 equal. Preopercle scarcely notched, the teeth at angle 

 scarcely enlarged. First dorsal low, scarcely notched, 

 the fourth spine not elongate. Soft dorsal low and 

 rounded. Caudal truncate or very slightly rounded. 

 Anal high but not rounded, its posterior border not in- 

 cised. Pectorals and ventrals moderate. 



Color olive gray, with very obscure marks of darker 

 olive in the form of diffuse dark clouds; lower parts pale 

 olive. Pectorals yellowish green; other fins blackish, 

 the soft dorsal and caudal narrowly edged with whitish. 

 Sides of head with wavy blackish streaks ; a black mus- 

 tache behind maxillary; lower side of head clouded, lower 

 lip greenish. 



Several specimens, each about a foot long. 



An adult specimen of the same species shows the fol- 

 lowing characters : 



Head 2^ in length; depth 33,^'. Dorsal XI, 17; anal 

 III, II. Scales 120. Snout 3^ in head; maxillary 2; 



