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THE ZOOLOGIST, 



outside of the epibranchial. There are long horny gill-rakers in 

 the middle portion of the branchial arch, the length of the 

 longest being about one-fourth of the length of the cerato- and 

 hypo-branchial combined. The gill-rakers dwindle in length 

 from the angle each way, the last ones being short, but they do 



MORONE LABEAX. 



not become tubercles. All these gill-rakers carry fine villiform 

 teeth on their inner side. On the inner side of the first arch 

 there are distinct tubercles covered with fine villiform teeth. 

 The second and third arches on each side of them, and the 



