of Noiili Aniericd. 11 



youny; witli about 4 whitish cross-buiKls ; caudal truncate, 

 with a pale edge ; base of pectoral without orange. Deptli 

 \\ in length, head 8J. Scales 8-58-27. First dorsal spine 

 about in the length of the last, which is 11 to li in head. 



AUKEUS, 9. 

 bb. ScaUit of the Idtcntl line }(J to 'JO. 



c. Dorsal spines usaally 10 ; the soft niys £9 to SO. Anal rays HI, 23 to 

 24. Color black; scales of different sizes on the body, most 

 of them with yellow edge ; young witlryellowish cross-bands; 

 base of pectoral orange ; caudal rounded, its border not pale; 

 (35 scales in a median series ; 85 to 90 in the series above the 

 lateral line. Akcuatus, 10. 



cc. [^Dorsal spines 11, soft rays 23 ; anal rays III, 20 to 22. Profile very 

 steep, uneven ; vertical limb of preopercle with minute serrae, 

 at least in young ; spine at angle of opercle about as long as 

 eye. Soft rays of anal lower than those of dorsal. Soft dor- 

 sal highest toward the front, the rays more rapidly shortened 

 posteriorly than those of anal. Caudal somewhat rounded ; 

 Ventrals elongate, reaching 3rd anal spine, the first ray fila- 

 mentous. Scales of body irregular in size, large and small 

 ones closely intermixed ; scales of head, breast, and front of 

 back very small. Color brownish, a bi'oad dark band gird- 

 ing the breast and extending up to 5th dorsal spine. Young- 

 pure black on dorsal and anal. Top of head with a median 

 line of bright yellow, dividing at the snout, extending along- 

 each side of mouth and meeting on throat below^ Sides with 

 five very distinct narrow bright yellow cross-bars, strongly con- 

 vex forward ; blue lines between bars. Depth 1| in length ; 

 head 3-|. Scales in lateral line 70.] {Jordan & Gilbert, Gill.) 



ZONIPECTUS, 11. 



aa. Dorsal spines 14, dorsal rays 17 to 20 ; scales all of about the same size, 

 the rows lengthicise and crosswise quite distinct. 



d. Ascending limb of preopercle armed only loith small serrm, the largest 

 not more than -^^ the length of the large spine at the angle, 

 tchich is about 2^ in head. 



e. [Scales in lateral line 75 to 80 ; the angles of the caudal not pro- 

 duced into filaments ; preorbital icith tico or three blunt points. 

 Color brown, with a transverse white band from the sixth 

 dorsal spine ; caudal, ventral, pectoral, and margin of anal 

 fins yellow\ Head with tw^o distinct bluish bands, one in 

 front of eyes, one from front of dorsal behind the eje. 

 Depth ^ in length ; head 4. D. XIV, 17 or 18 ; A. Ill, 

 16-18.] {Valenciennes, etc.) Passer, 12. 



