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tinued upon the shoulder as a conspicuous blotch, one to lower angle 
of opercle, one downward and slightly backward across cheeks ; lower 
lip and anterior pgrt of maxillary dusky. A few conspicuous spots on 
base of pectoral. 
All the dark markings becoming blackish and persisting in spirits, 
the radiating streaks of the head especially conspicuous in the alcoholic 
specimen. A light spot under last dorsal spine; one on opercular flap. 
spinous dorsal fin blackish. 
‘Teast so. A dark-blue axillary spot. 
S. cos. 
Mandible, maxillary, and snout, 
except a median triangular spot, 
scaly. 
Preorbital with a single, flat, 
downward-directed spoe at its 
posterior angle. 
Interorbital deeply concave, 
grooved medially. 
cond preopercular spine di- 
rected downward. 
Second anal spine 224 in head. 
Color-markings having a washed 
or faded appearance. 
A prominent symphyseal knob. 
Intermaxillary band of teeth 
very deep in front, 3 in orbit, 
projecting beyond the mandible. 
es of head strongly ciliate, 
with upturned edges, the breast 
scales similar. 
Palatine band of teeth long, 14 
in orbit. 
GERRES CINEREUS, Var, NOV. —One specimen, 
Probably taken in the bay. — 
specimen collected for us by Mr. Medina, at San Diego, 
California, summer of 1890. 
S. gilli. 
Mandible entirely naked ; max- 
illary with a few scales medially. 
Preorbital with an anterior and 
a posterior spine. 
Interorbital nearly evenly con- 
cave, the median groove shallow. 
Upper three preopercular spines 
directed backward. 
Second anal spine 334 in head. 
Peritoneum nearly white. 
Color-markings conspicuous, 
No symphyseal knob, 
Intermaxillary band of teeth 
shallow in mre? 5 in orbit, the 
lower jaw projecting. 
Scales of ea slightly ciliate, 
depressed. 
Palatine band of teeth short, 4 
in orbit. 
185 mm. San Diego, 
The single 
is interme- 
diate between G. californiensis and G. cinereus. 
. The caudal fin is slightly longer than the head, while the second 
Ventral fins 134 in head. 
cept on the ventral surface. 
anal spine is short, about 334 in the head. 
Dark seem 
No dark lateral bars. 
All the fins finely punctate, the pectorals 
everywhere, €X- 
pper portion of 
