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curved near the head, and afterwards runs quite 

 straight to the tail; skin smooth, but, when 

 examined by a lens, appears finely punctured. 



" Color pale carmine, darkest above and to- 

 wards the tail ; gill-plates and undulated trans- 

 verse lines along the sides, silvery ; fins of the 

 same color as the body, except the ventral, 

 which are nearly white. 



" Length of the above specimen, supposed 

 to be a female, ten inches ; depth behind the 

 head rather more than three quarters of an 

 inch. Another taken a month afterwards at 

 the same place was an inch longer, but not 

 quite so deep ; the color rather darker, and the 

 base of the dorsal fin inclining to orange. This 

 was probably a male." Ed. 



