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of the articulated portion are shorter than in the first species, 
but they are more numerous by three rays. The pectoral 
has twenty-one rays; it is perhaps longer than in the other. 
The ventrals differ little. The anal fin, however, differs 
greatly ; it is very small and contracted, and is placed far 
behind the ventrals. The scales at its base form a waved 
outline much more marked than in EK. Jacksoni. The spinous 
rays are very short, the last being less than one half the 
length of the following articulated ray, the base of which 
latter is directly under that of the fifteenth corresponding 
ray of the dorsal fin. Its posterior base and termination are 
as in the first species. The caudal fin, however, is more 
slender, and more deeply notched. The scales of the body 
are by no means so large. The lateral line follows the out- 
line of the back, as in E. Jacksoni; there are seventy-five 
scales in it. 
Colour light olive, darker along the back ; light brown 
longitudinal bands extend between the rows of scales, and 
darker transverse bands reach from the back to the sides 
of the body, not extending below the lateral line in the an- 
terior part of the trunk, but more marked, and reaching 
nearly to the anal fin upon the tail. Head mottled black 
and white. Dorsal and caudal dotted with black and white. 
Anal with a large diffuse black mark upon lighter ground. 
Pectorals white. Ventrals white at the base, terminated 
with black. 
Only one female has been observed containing eight young. 
This species was discovered by T. G. Cary, Esq., in the Bay 
of San Francisco, in the beginning of August 1853.—(A meri- 
can Journal of Science and Arts, vol. xvi., p. 380.) 
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