594 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
middle of gape ; cleft of mouth 
2£ in head ; head 2£ in trunk; 
color dark olive-brown, nearly 
plain, paler on throat, some- 
times with very faint darker 
marblings; dorsal and anal fins 
with dark lines running longi- 
tudinally ; jaws not completely 
closing Funebris, 20. 
88. [Tail considerably shorter than head and 
trunk. Teeth of maxillary and 
the anterior of mandible bi- 
serial, the others uniserial; jaws 
completely closing; eyes small, 
somewhat nearer to the end of 
the snout than to the corner of 
the mouth ; cleft of mouth 2i 
in head; head 3 in trunk. 
Color, coffee-brown, irregularly 
marbled with darker.] ( Giin - 
ther.) Chilensis, 21. 
hh. Body with distinct small blue, white, or yellow spots. 
t. Dorsal and anal without a distinct colored 
margin ; pale spots on body 
usually smaller than eye. 
u. Teeth of upper jaw uniserial. 
v. Vomerine teeth uniserial. Teeth all 
uniserial, those on lower jaw 
small, compressed, directed 
backwards ; front of lower jaw 
with several canines; upper 
with some fixed canines among 
the other teeth ; head 2 to 2£ in 
trunk; cleft of mouth 2 to 2^ 
in head ; tail longer than body. 
Brownish or blackish, with small 
round bluish or yellowish spots, 
ocellated or not, these spots 
scattered, irregular in position, 
and smaller than eye; dorsal 
colored like the back Dovn, 22. 
vv. [Vomerine teeth biserial ; mandible 
with about 17 teeth on each*side. 
Head 2^ in trunk ; tail but little 
* longer than rest of body; 
entire body covered with small 
blue dots one-sixth the diameter 
of the eye, the distance between 
them being equal to the diame- 
ter of eye; front and top of 
head without dots ; dorsal \v;ith 
vertical cross streaks of bluish. ] 
( Poey .) Conspersus, 23. 
uu. Teeth of upper jaw biserial ; body with 
many small yellow spots. 
