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Maxillary nearly reaching under anterior margin of eye; articulation of mandible nearly under 
anterior margin of pupil; margin of preopercle with a broad shallow emargination above lower 
angle, its entire edge finely denticulate, the spinules below the emargination coarser; knob on 
interopercle but faintly indicated. 
Teeth in upper jaw with an outer enlarged row, 2 canines in front markedly larger than 
others with a pair of smaller canines between, one on either side of symphysis; the teeth behind en- 
larged ones gradually growing smaller posteriorly; a narrow band of villiform teeth behind outer 
enlarged row extending to angle of mouth and interrupted at symphysis. Lower jaw similarly 
with an outer row of enlarged teeth, the hindmost two conspicuously larger, the others subequal, 
the band of villiform teeth extending but a short distance on either side of symphysis. Teeth on 
vomer in a somewhat anchor-shaped patch, the backward extension on the midline of moderate 
length. Teeth on tongue in two patches, a large elongate patch on middle and a much smaller 
oblong patch in front. 
Lower limb of first gill arch with 11 gill rakers and 6 tubercles in front, the gill rakers gradually 
passing into the tubercules; upper limb with 2 graduated gill rakers near the angle and 5 short 
stumpy subequal ones above, the latter sharply separable from the lower two. Same number of 
gill rakers on both sides. 
Exposed portions of scales on sides, higher in front, the scales behind head at about level of pos- 
terior tip of opercle, being about 1 / times as high as those over anal fin. Modified scales of lateral 
line not overlapping, numbering 51 to base of caudal; 72 vertically oblique rows over lateral line and 
62 below (counting the rows running upward and backward) ; 9 in a row from origin of dorsal and 15 
from origin of anal to lateral line; 7 rows on cheek; scales on cheek continued upward behind the 
eye to a level of upper margin of eye; behind the eye and slightly above a level through its upper 
margin there is present an isolated horizontal row of 7 small nonimbricate scales (may be called 
temporal scales). 
Origin of dorsal over upper angle of base of pectoral distance of dorsal origin from tip of snout 
2.51, and its base 1.95 in length without caudal, soft part angulated, ninth ray longest, 2.58 in head; 
pectoral strongly falcate, 1.18 in head, its tip reaching a vertical through vent; length of ventral 
1.59 in head, its origin but slightly behind lower angle of base of pectoral, its tip falling short of 
anus by a distance nearly equal to vertical diameter of eye; origin of anal under base of third soft 
dorsal ray, end of its base under tenth dorsal ray, length of base 2.6 in head, the hind margin rather 
falcate, third soft ray longest, 2.24 in head, second spine 4 and third 3.58 in head; upper caudal 
lobe a little longer than lower, middle rays 1.81 in longest upper rays. 
Color in fresh condition ( iced specimen ) . — Rose red, darkest at back and gradually shading off 
to a lighter reddish silvery tint on belly. Centers of most scales on upper half usually greenish, 
frequently whitish, giving the fish somewhat of a streaked appearance. Caudal fin yellowish, 
washed with pink, with a marginal band of lighter yellow. Dorsal red margined and irregularly 
washed with yellow shades, especially on soft part. Anal similar to soft dorsal. Ventral pinkish 
washed with yellow. Pectoral light yellowish in anterior half becoming hyaline posteriorly, its base 
deep red. Pupil dark blue. Iris bright yellow. No dark lateral spot. 
After being preserved in alcohol the bright red and yellow colors nearly all disappeared, while 
the black pigments became more prominent. The iris remained golden yellow, but some shadings 
of black pigment have appeared. A little diffuse black pigment at the base of the pectoral and a 
very narrow marginal streak of black on the posterior edge of the caudal became evident, although 
not seen in the fresh specimen. The longitudinal rows of small spot in the centers of the scales are 
present but have changed from greenish to brownish. 
The foregoing description was drawn from a specimen 52 centimeters in total 
length. Another specimen of 63 centimeters received at the same time showed the 
following differences: The eye when fresh was orange suffused with red. The body 
is markedly deeper. The backward extension of the vomerine teeth is somewhat 
longer. The anterior patch of teeth on the tongue is much better developed, being 
subquadrate and about as wide as the posterior patch. The origin of the dorsal is 
further backward, being slightly behind origin of ventrals. The temporal band of 
scales is more oblique, nearly parallel to the nuchal band; the scales are larger, 
imbricate, and have a second incomplete row. These differences are slight and are 
most probably due to variation in the age of the specimens and to individual vari- 
