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very fine spines, which give it a velvety appearance. No 
particular spines on the tail ; snout rather concave in its upper 
profile ; teeth triangular j at the upper jaw the lateral ones 
almost as long as the front ones, but at the lower jaw these 
are much larger, triangular, and rather arched ; on the side of 
these is only one broad one on each side, which is pointed in 
front and rounded behind, and has a bifide appearance • the 
space between the two dorsals is convex. 
The dorsal spine is broken in my specimen ; it is inserted 
over the first third of the orbit, it is stout, covered with fine 
tubercules closely placed one to the other on longitudinal 
lines, and has on its posterior edge two series of tuburculous, 
short, thick, conical spines, which, towards the base, extend to 
the middle of the breadth of the spine ; the second ray is 
very visible ; the dorsal begins at the height of the ventral 
spine, it is formed of thirty-five rays. Caudal about two- 
thirds as long as the snout, rounded at its extremity, of seven 
strong rays • anal beginning behind the dorsal, of twenty-seven 
rays ; it has, as is also the case with the dorsal, its broadest 
part of about one-fourth of its length ; pectorals of fifteen 
rays ; they have once and a half the length of the orbit. 
The ventral spine is formed of a small knob of spinules, 
with a few longer ones on the sides, and four still much longer 
ones directed obliquely, two forwards and two backwards. 
General colour of a chocolate brown ; caudal similar, with 
its posterior margin white ; dorsal and anal pink ; pectorals of 
a light brown. 
Length of specimen three inches and a half. 
