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568 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
ii. Palatine teeth present, few; gill-rakers moderate ; body oblong ; 
adult olive ; belly aud lower fins largely red ; scales on 
sides with bluish spots; bluish stripes on head, especi- 
ally before eye. Body elongate, moderately deep, profile 
steep; head moderately long; snout short, 4 in head; 
maxillary extending to posterior border of pupil; oper- 
cular flap becoming very long in the adult, but always 
remaining narrow ; eye moderate, 4 in head; scales vary- 
ing in size : dorsal spines low, longest reaching to pupil ; 
pectorals reaching to anal; ventrals usually not reaching 
anal ; spine to If in distance from origin of ventrals to 
auus. Head, 2f to 3 ; depth, 2\ to 2£ ; lat. line, 38 to 48. 
L., 8 inches Auritus, 18. 
hh. Opercular spot higher than long; cheeks without distinct blue 
stripes, sides of body with round orange spots ; body 
deep and compressed. 
j. Body without conspicuous brown spots, dusky, fins darker; 
scales above lat. 1. with rows of dark spots, as in auritus; 
below lat. 1. are about 7 rows of bronze spots, which fade 
out towards the belly; lower fins dusky; body moder- 
ately robust, short and deep, compressed ; head small ; 
y snout short, smaller than eye; maxillary reaching mid- 
dle of pupil ; eye large, 3£ to 3f in head; opercular spot 
margined above and below; scales moderate, five or six 
rows on cheeks ; dorsal moderate, longest spine reaching 
from tip of snout to posterior border of pupil; pectorals 
short, If in head , not quite reaching anal ; ventrals nearly 
reaching anal. Head, 3; depth, 2; lat. 1., 36 to 38. 
Garmani, 19. 
jj. Body covered with conspicuous brown spots, like fly-specks. 
Olivaceous, with numerous small deep-brown spots, 
smaller than pinheads; these are most distinct on the 
lower parts of the side, where they form lines along the 
rows of scales, and on opercles ; body robust, short and 
deep, compressed; head small; snout short, 4 in head: 
maxillary extending to middle of pupil; eye large, 3f in 
head; opercular spot about as large as eye, black, con- 
fined to bony part; scales rather largo; dorsal spine.s 
rather high, longest reaching posterior border of eye; 
pectorals short, not reaching anal; ventrals not reach- 
ing anal ; spine If in distance from origin of ventrals to 
anus. Head, 3; depth, 1} to 2; lat. line, 40 to 45; L., 
5 inches Punctatus, 20. 
ee. Pectorals longer than head ; dorsal and anal with a black spot at base of pos- 
terior ray. Body short and deep, compressed ; head small : 
snout short, 4 in head; maxillary reaching front of pupil; 
eye large, 3f to 3f in head; opercular flap usually higher 
than long and the black confined, but in some southern 
specimensfonger than high and with a black membrana- 
ceous border, with or without a pale margin below ; scales 
n • I rate ; dorsal spines high, longest reaching posterior 
■of eye; pectorals reaching middle of anal; ven- 
not reaching anal; spine If. Olive green ; young, 
; lish silvery, with crossbars; belly coppery red in 
specimens. Head, 3; depth, 2; lat. line, 42 to 44; L., 10 
hes Palltdus, 20. 
