APODAL FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 
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top and sides of head with smaller spots ; in adults 
a faint, dusky shade across the pectoral ; lower 
parts pale ; longitudinal wrinkles on throat con- 
spicuous Triserialis, 69. 
kk. [Back with broad blackish cross-bands extending downwards 
to below lateral line, and alternating with large 
round dorsal spots; dorsal with a small blackish 
margin ; anal blackish. Teeth all biserial, except 
on vomer ; pectoral more than f length of head; 
dorsal beginning before middle of pectoral ; head 
2f in trunk ; tail longer than rest of body ; cleft of 
mouth more than f of head ; eye If in snout and 
situated in the anterior part of head.] (Gunther.) 
Grandimaculatus, 70. 
ii. [Teeth in both jaws in bands of 3 to 4 series in the adult. Color 
brown ; a series of very small whitish dots along 
the anterior part of lateral line ; some similar dots 
on nape ; dorsal fin with a black edge ; head 2f 
in trunk; cleft of mouth 2f in head; eye If in 
snout, situated in the anterior third of head; 
length of pectoral rather more than f of head; 
dorsal fin low, commencing opposite the extremity 
of pectoral ; tail longer than rest of body.] ( Gun- 
ther ) Pacifici, 71. 
hh. Vomerine teeth biserial throughout ; teeth in both jaws biserial, 
subequal, no canines; color plain brownish, paler 
below. (Scytalophis Kaup.) 
m. Eye large, more than half length of snout. 
n. Head rather short, 2f to 3 times in the trunk. 
o. Pectoral 2f to 2f in head, about as long as cleft of 
mouth, which is 2f in head. Body terete ; the 
head about 2f times (2f to 3) in the trunk; the 
head and trunk 1$ (If “ chrysops ” to 1-$,- “ macru- 
rus”) in the tail; snout rather short, pointed; 
interorbital space broad, equal to eye, which is 
about If in snout ; nasal tubes short; dorsal in- 
serted behind middle of pectoral ; diameter of gill- 
opening equal to eye, If in the isthmus, 3 in^the 
pectoral. Olive brown above, the coloration 
caused by innumerable brown points on a yellow- 
ish ground ; light yellow below ; pectoral dusky, 
dark along the upper edge ; lower jaw with dusky 
* markings ; dorsal and anal fin translucent, with 
dark margins; pores on jaws and head conspicu- 
ous Gomesi, 72. 
oo. Pectoral longer, 2 to 2f in head, longer than the 
cleft of the mouth, which is 2.f in head. Tail 
very nearly twice as long as rest of body ; snout 
rather long ; interorbital space narrow, less than 
eye ; nasal tubes rather loug, flattened, the edge 
uneven ; dorsal commencing over or in front of 
the middle of pectoral; head 2f in the trunk; 
head and trunk a little more than half the tail; 
pectoral fin 2f in the head ; eye If in the snout, f 
greater than the interorbital width ; gill-openiug 
