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in the deeper body; and from littoralis in the presence of large scales (which are not 
notably reduced) on the chest, and in the longer pectoral fins. This species, according 
to the specimens at hand, alone has definite dark bars (on anterior part of the body) 
at this size. 
Specimens 50 to 60 millimeters long . — The body has continued to grow less 
compressed and somewhat more elongate, the depth now being contained in the 
length 3.8 to 4.1 times, which are the dominating proportions in the adult. The 
Figure 13 . — Menticirrhus saxatilis. From a specimen 30 millimeters long. (Drawing by Miss Nell Henry.) 
snout is conical, it projects much more strongly than in the smaller fish described 
in the foregoing section, and is somewhat longer than the eye. Although none of 
the dorsal spines are notably produced, the longest one reaches well past the origin 
of the second dorsal. The caudal fin lias a slightly concave margin and the lower 
lobe remains notably longer and somewhat angulate. The color varies greatly among 
specimens. Some are dark brown, others silvery gray. However, all have rather 
definite oblique dark bars on the anterior part of the body and a few blotches poste- 
Figure 14. — Menticirrhus saxatilis. From a specimen 63 millimeters long. 
riorly. The spinous dorsal and the ventrals remain almost wholly black in the darker 
specimens, but are only partly dusky in the lighter ones (fig. 14). 
The characters of the adult are perhaps less fully developed in this species than 
in the other local forms at the length described. The third dorsal spine becomes 
notably produced when the fish reaches a length of about 85 millimeters, although 
not yet as long as in larger specimens. The caudal fin does not acquire fully the shape 
it has in full-grown fish until a length of about 120 millimeters is attained. However, 
