99 
Inches. 
Length of ventrals If 
Distance of ventrals behind pectorals f-f 
From extremity of lower jaw to ventrals 
to anus 7f 
to anal 7f 
From anus to base of anal i 
to extremity of anal 4-1 
Nota.— It would be more exact to say that the two first rays 
of the second dorsal are not branched, and could be called spines 
if they were not soft ; the following (third) ray is much longer. 
SCIiENIDJi:. 
“ Body compressed and rather elongate, covered 
with ctenoid scales. Lateral line continuous, and 
often continued on the tail. Mouth in front of the 
snout Eye lateral, of moderate size. Seven 
hranchiostegals. Teeth in villiform bands, with 
canines in some of the genera ; no molars or tren- 
chant teeth in the jaws ; no teeth on the palate. 
Cheek not cuirassed ; the opercles not, or feebly, 
armed. Two dorsal fins, the soft one much more 
developed than the spinous or the anal ; the spines 
of the first dorsal generally feeble and elevated. 
The anal fin with two spines. All the rays of the 
pectorals branched ; ventrals thoracic, with one 
spine and five soft rays. The hones of the head 
with one spine and five soft rays ; the hones of the 
head with the muciferous system very developed. 
Stomach csecal ; pyloric appendages in small or 
moderate number. Air-bladder with brandling 
