534 Girard on Fishes of California. 
than the second and contiguous to the latter upon its base ; 
its anterior margin is situated in advance of the base of the 
pectorals. The caudal fin is slender and proportionally well 
developed; it constitutes a little less than the fifth of the 
entire length. The origin of the anal fin is situated a little 
in advance of the anterior ray of the second dorsal; the 
interradial membrane is deeply emarginated. The extrem- 
ities of the posterior rays do not extend so far back as those 
of the opposite dorsal. The ventrals are slender, inserted 
posteriorly to the base of the pectorals, their tip reaching 
and slightly overlapping the vent, which is situated near the 
anterior margin of the anal fin and provided upon its poste- 
rior edge with a double cutaneous flap. The pectorals are 
well developed; their base is unusually oblique and extends 
nearly to the inferior surface of the thorax, while their extrem- 
ities project beyond the origin of both anal and the second 
orsal. i 
Br. VI: VL; D VIIL 17; A13; C3,1,5,4,1,2; VT 3; P 13. 
The skin is perfectly smooth and the lateral line well 
marked, running from the upper part of the thoracic arch to 
the base of the caudal, making a downward inflection or 
curve upon the middle of the flanks. 
The ground color of the upper region of the head and 
body is yellowish brown, mottled or variegated with black- 
ish; along the dorsal region a series of blotches of à 
deeper hue may be observed from the occiput to the — 
of the caudal; the lower half of the sides is vermicu- 
lated rather than mottled in the male, and the abdomen of 
a bright saffron or yellow hue. The inferior surface of the 
head presents traces of black markings; the throat and 
abdomen ate unicolor as also the ventrals and anal. The 
dorsals, caudal, and pectorals are transversely barred upon 
a yellowish ground. 
Specimens were collected in Tomales Bay, Cal. M 
XXIV. fig. 7, represents the species just described, size of 
life. T 
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