68 
BUI.I.ETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Body markedly robust, deep and heavy, the caudal peduncle especially so; head rather bltmt, the 
snout roxmded; eye just within anterior half of head and entirely above median line of body; angle of 
mouth reaching a vertical which passes a little anterior to orbit. Gillrakers on first arch 9, very short 
and blrmt. Pharyngeal teeth (of cotypes) 4-5, 4 on the right side; a narrow grinding surface on each 
tooth, a slight hook near the tip. An examination of 10 individuals shows no material variation in the 
character of the teeth. Lateral line ctnved downward to a point above insertion of ventrals from where 
it is more or less straight to base of caudal. Origin of dorsal midway between center of pupil and end 
of last caudal vertebra; the 2 anterior rays highest, 1.25 in head; their tips falling somewhat short of 
those of posterior rays when fin is depressed. Ventral inserted a little anterior to dorsal, the point of 
insertion being midway between nostril and base of caudal; edge of fin rotmded; not quite reaching 
anal opening when depressed. Anterior rays of anal longest, equal to those of dorsal; reaching beyond 
tips of posterior rays in depressed fin. Caudal emarginate, the lobes broadly roimded and about equal; 
somewhat longer than head. Pectoral rounded, 1.3 in head. 
Color in spirits, dark above, light below; a faint, light stripe about 2 scales wide extending from 
upper edge of gill opening alongside of body to base of caudal, the stripe being straight and lying entirely 
above the lateral line; beneath this a series of narrower and very indistinct alternating light and dark 
stripes. In life deep olive above, whitish beneath, the transition appearing below the lateral line; 
a silvery pigment appearing on the lighter areas. 
The number of dorsal rays is typically 8, the anal 7. Occasionally examples have 7 or 9 dorsal rays, 
and a few specimens have 8 anal rays. The following table will serve to illustrate the variation of fin rays: 
Number of 
specimens ex- 
amined. 
Dorsal rays. 
Anal rays. 
7 
8 
9 
7 
8 
205 
9 
194 
2 
187 
18 
Among the 18 examples tabulated as having 8 anal rays 13 were taken from the same pool in the 
Pajaro at Sargent. 
The scales appear to be larger than those of H. venustus, and there are consequently a lesser number 
in the lateral series, the difference, an average one, appearing in the annexed table. 
