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erect dorsal spine 4>^ ; second dorsal ray 2% ; third anal ray 3 ; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle sH y upper caudal lobe i>-4 : pec- 

 toral 1%; ventral iVio- Body ellipsoid or fusiform, well com- 

 pressed. Head more or less conic, compressed, longer than deep, 

 and upper profile descending in a gentle convex curve. Snout 

 long, conic. Eye small, circular, a little anterior. Maxillary 

 reaching a little beyond front rim of pupil, and its distal ex- 

 pansion about y^ of orbit. Jaws even. Mouth a little inclined. 

 Teeth in broad bands, villiform, on both jaws, vomer, palatines 

 and tongue. Width of supplemental maxillary about half of 

 pupil. Nostrils together, small and a little nearer front of eye 

 than tip of snout. Interorbital space highly convex. Gill-rakers 

 6+16, longest 5^ of orbit. Small scales on body and side of 

 head. Lateral line a little convex at first, forming a slight keel 

 on side of caudal peduncle. Spinous dorsal low, graduated from 

 fourth or longest spine, and inserted a little behind pectoral. 

 Rayed dorsal inserted nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, 

 anteriorly elevated but without lobe. Anal similar, inserted about 

 midway between origin of pectoral and base of caudal. First two 

 anal spines small and inconspicuous. Caudal forked, lobes 

 pointed. Pectoral short, broad, and a trifle more than half length 

 of depressed ventral. Ventral about ^/^ to anal, with a deep 

 basal groove, joining its fellow posteriorly, and extending back 

 so both fins are depressible within. Color bluish above, whitish 

 below. On side 6 broad vertical dusky bands extending on rayed 

 dorsal and anal. A dark band from spinous dorsal to eye. 

 Spinous dorsal and ventrals black, radii of latter whitish basally. 

 Length 7J4 inches. Sea Isle City. 



Color of the above, when fresh in spirits, back and upper sur- 

 face grayish or slaty-olivaceous, with greenish and bluish metallic 

 reflections. Upper surface of head a little more olive than back, 

 and jaws pale, lips translucent. Lower half of body whitish, 

 washed with dull ochraceous tints from level with eye. On 

 under surface of body whitish is most pronounced. Dorsals and 

 caudal slaty, anal paler or a sort of translucent brownish. Pec- 

 toral translucent brownish, darker basally. Ventral with radii 

 and bases whitish, and g^reater part of fin otherwise blackish. 



