626 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
k. Dorsal beginning behind the tip of the pectoral, at a distance 
equal to diameter of eye. Head 2£ in truuk, 4£ in 
tail ; pectoral fin shorter than in ocellatm, 3£ in 
head; eye in snout ; cleft of mouth 2£ in head. 
Color very much as in ocellatus, but paler, rather 
light brown above, pale below, with about 20 
round pale spots along the lateral line ; lower jaw 
and throat rather pale, dusted with brown dots; 
pectoral pale, with a dusky border ; a line of small 
white spots across the occiput, and a shorter but 
similar row on each side of head.. .Guttifer, 66. 
kk. Dorsal fin beginning over or just before tip of pectoral. 
I. Color rather dark brown above, lighter below, with about 
20 round whitish spots along the side, averaging 
more than half the diameter of the eye ; dorsal fin 
commencing over or a little before the tip of pec- 
toral, light-colored with a narrow dark margin; 
anal light yellow ; ar row of small white spots 
across the top of head, sometimes coalescent into 
a band, and one or more similar but shorter rows 
on each side of head ; pectoral decidedly dusky ; 
jaws, throat, and chin dusted with brown dots. 
Vomer with about 15 teeth, the anterior inclined 
to form a double series ; tail ^ a head’s length 
longer than head and trunk ; head 2f in trunk ; 
eye If in snout; snout 5£ in head ; cleft of mouth 
in head ; pectoral 2f in head . . Ocellatus, 67. 
II. [Color above dark brown, below paler, the two colors 
separated by a water line : along the lower border 
of the dark part a series of small yellowish spots, 
half an inch apart, invisible posteriorly. Cleft of 
mouth 2$ in head, which is half the length of the 
trunk; eye 2 in snout; pectoral 3 in head; the 
dorsal inserted just before its tip ; terminal inch 
of dorsal and anal inclosed in a deep groove.] 
{Cope.) .Uniserialis, 68'. 
jj. Sides of body with conspicuous black spots or blotches. 
k. Back and sides with round black spots. Body terete, the 
tail H times the length of head and trunk ; head 
flattish ; mouth broad, its width as great as 
distance between the nostrils or as interorbital 
spqce; gill-openings vertical, well separated ; dor- 
sal fin beginning a little before the tip of the 
pectoral ; head 2£ in the trunk, 5^- in the tail ; 
pectoral fin 2f to 3J in the head, about equal to 
the lower jaw ; cleft of month 2f in the head ; gill- 
openings less than one-half the pectorals, less than 
the eye, 1J in the isthmus; eye li in snout, 2f in 
cleft of mouth ; teeth rather strong, one or two in 
front of upper jaw almost canine-like; vomerine 
teeth small. Color light brown ; a row of rather 
large round black blotches above the lateral line; 
a series of smaller spots on each side of dorsal, 
alternating with the large blotches ; a row of sub- 
marginal spots along the dorsal fin, anal fin plain ; 
