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940 — Girard on Fishes of California. 
The first dorsal fin is separated from the second by a nar- 
row space, not contiguous as formerly stated by us. It is 
also lower. As to its length, it is contained once and a half 
in that of the second dorsal, measured along their bases. 
The anal is as deep as the second dorsal is high; it is 
shorter upon its base, and its anterior margin placed a little . 
posterior to the anterior margin of the latter. Both fins 
terminate evenly posteriorly, whilst in G. lepidus the tips 
of the posterior rays of the dorsal project further back than 
those of the anal These fins have also a proportionally 
longer base in G. lepidus than in the present species. The 
caudal fin is rounded upon its posterior margin, constitut- 
ing a little more than the fifth of the entire length. The 
vent has the same position, opposite the anterior margin of 
the second dorsal, as in G. lepidus, and the tips of the 
ventral fins are far from reaching it. The latter are sub- 
ovate, inserted immediately under the base of the: pectorals 
themselves, and their posterior extremity projects bey ond 
that of the ventrals. Thus in the relative position and 
extension of the pectoral and ventral fins, we have good 
diseriminating characters between this species and 
lepidus. 
The formula of the fins is as follows : 
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The scales are small and quite inconspicuous; 4 lateral 
line, if extant, is not apparent. The scales themselves are 
subcircular, deeper than long, cycloid in structure, exhibit- 
ing diverging furrows upon their anterior margin only: 
They are smaller upon the upper than upon the lower 
regions of the body. : 
The ground color is olivaceous, though the dorsal re 
appears almost blackish, owing to the accumulation of 
innumerable black dots which constitute small blotches 
encircling isolated spots of the ground color. The middle 
region of the flanks is mottled equally with black. a 
inferior regions alone being unicolor. The dorsals and 
