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obliquely back from origin of spinous dorsal to lateral line; 13 

 scales in a vertical series between origin of spinous -anal and 

 lateral line; mandible 2^/10 in head; third dorsal spine 2^ 

 seventh dorsal ray i^/j third anal spine 4^ ; fifth anal ray 2; 

 middle of pectoral i^ ; least depth of caudal pedtincle 3; pec- 

 toral i}i', ventral ij/^. Body robust, back somewhat elevated 

 anteriorly. Head large, thick, little compressed. Snout conic, 

 profile straight. Eye circular, a little anterior. Mouth low, large, 

 little oblique and mandible projecting. Maxillary long, reaching 

 middle of eye and its distal expansion % of orbit. Teeth fixed in 

 broad bands, and canines small. Nostrils separated, anterior a 

 little behind middle of length of snout, circular, and with a short 

 cutaneous flap. Interorbital space convex. Margin of preopercle 

 finely serrate. Gill-rakers 11 7 + 4 iii, thick, pointed, longest 

 i^ in orbit. Scales rather large and ctenoid. About 11 series 

 of scales on cheek. Top of head naked. Spinous dorsal inserted 

 over origin of pectoral, graduated from third and fourth spines 

 which are longest, each provided with short terminal cutaneous 

 points, and edge of fin deeply notched. Rayed dorsal inserted a 

 little nearer origin of pectoral than base of caudal, seventh ray 

 longest and at same region and posterior ends of radii largely 

 free. Anal inserted a little nearer origin of pectoral than base of 

 caudal, spines graduated to third which is longest, and rayed anal 

 similar to rayed dorsal with fifth ray longest. Caudal slightly 

 double concave with its angles produced and longest ray not ex- 

 serted for a distance equal to length of fin. Pectoral long, not 

 quite reaching anal and radii of upper half truncate behind. 

 Ventral inserted a little before pectoral, and a little more than J4 

 to anal. Color blackish, more or less mottled, with paler longi- 

 tudinal streaks along rows of scales. Dorsal wath a series of 

 elongate whitish spots forming oblique light stripes. Length 

 15^ inches. Anglesea. 



Color in life blackish-brown. Mandible purplish. Shoulder- 

 girdle and inside of gill-opening gamboge-yellow. Iris pearly- 

 orange. Lower eyelid deep green. Lines along snout from its 

 tip to eye and below same deep russet, also traces of dull 

 greenish-purplish or brownish, margin of each scale brownish, 

 forming a reticulated pattern, and that on costal region more or 



