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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
about equal in the closed mouth; symphysis pointed; lips thin and broad; teeth in jaws sharp, depres- 
sible, directed forward, in 2 irregular series, those forming the outer series in upper jaw more or less 
concealed by the broad lip, so that only the tips of these larger ones are seen when the mouth is 
closed; teeth on vomer and palatines depressible, sharp; in a narrow band on each side of the latter; 
tongue and basi-branchials with a band of depressible teeth, forming a triangular patch of large ones 
on the former; tongue rather sharply pointed, a little free in front; nostrils on the sides of snout, each 
pair close together, nearer front margin of eye than tip of snout, the anterior pair with an elevated 
fleshy rim which ends in a fleshy point; interorbital space concave, a bony ridge rather prominent in 
front of each eye; top of head all more or less roughened, also the space behind eye; gill-opening 
large, the narrow membrane free from isthmus; gillrakers developed as small sharp asperities on the 
inner surface of branchial arches; gill-filaments short; pseudobranch ise small; peritoneum silvery; 
scales large, cycloid, 6 rows on cheek; a series of enlarged scales along the margin of preopercle; 
occiput and sides of head scaly, the rest bare; scales between ventrals forming a broad flap; no scaly 
flap at base of pectoral; a small short scaly flap at base of ventral; lateral line nearly straight to base 
of caudal; origin of dorsal midway between tip of snout and origin of adipose dorsal; last dorsal ray a 
trifle over half length of longest ray of fin, tip of latter reaching a little over two-thirds length of fin 
when depressed; origin of adipose dorsal about midway between tip of last dorsal ray and base of 
caudal; anal small, its origin well in front of that of adipose fin and about midway between tip of 
ventral and base of caudal; caudal deeply emarginate, the lobes pointed; pectoral small, not reaching 
origin of dorsal; origin of ventrals about midway in length of pectoral. 
Color when fresh (field No. 03430) ground white; a 'series of light reddish-brown quadrate spots 
along side, the markings over the back darker reddish brown; an indistinct bluish longitudinal band 
showing through just above the lateral row of quadrate spots along the side; a reddish spot on the 
upper angle of gill-opening; dorsal crossed by light-brown lines transverse to the fin rays; pectoral 
also crossed by narrow light-brown lines; ventral with 6 orange-colored crossbars. 
We have two other examples, the first of which (No. 03236) was light gray when fresh, with dark 
markings all olive, washed with brownish red; belly white; upper fins pale, with narrow crossbands 
of white dots; lower fins white. The other specimen (No. 03010) when fresh had the back flesh 
color, with about 6 reddish-brown lines made up of dark borders to the scales; side with a narrow 
pale-yellow line, below this a fainter one; lower side and belly white; dorsal fin pale, with small white 
specks; other fins all pale; iris green. 
Another example (No. 03011) in life was pale grayish on back and sides, crossed by 5 or 6 
broad greenish-red bars or saddles, red at lower ends; belly white; head marbled with brown, orange, 
and white; lower jaw y white, with some pale brown; fins all pale; iris orange and yellow. 
In life another example (No. 03235) was rose red, with dark-brown streaks and marks; lower 
parts silvery, with bars of salmon-color; side of head with salmon-colored bars below, especially distinct 
on lower jaw and breast; dorsal and caudal with bars of fine white specks. 
