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00 . Dorsal fin without yellow edging. 
q. Body without dusky longitudinal streaks, 
r. Dorsal rays XI, 15 to 17. 
8. [Color brown, with a large quadrate golden blotch on the side 
of the back, chiefly below the spinous dorsal ; fins all low ; 
the dorsal spines subequal; teeth at angle of preopercle 
strong ; caudal fin lunate ; body rather slender ; the depth 
3i in length ; maxillary partly scaly ; lower jaw much pro- 
jecting; dorsal rays XI, 16 or 17 J {Doderlein). 
Chrysot^nia, 30. 
89. [Color nearly uniform brown ; the dorsal scarcely edged with 
darker ; a black mustache along the maxillary, but no blue 
bands on cheek ; maxillary chiefly naked ; caudal fin trun- 
cate, with rather sharp angles; dorsal rays XI, 15 or 16 ; body 
not very robust, the depth 3J in length. { Stein dachner). 
Goreensis, 31. 
rr. [Dorsal rays XI, 13orl4; caudal fin truncate, the angles rounded; 
body robust ; the depth 2| in length ; mouth large ; maxil- 
lary scaly; lower jaw projecting; dorsal spines low, sub- 
equal ; color uniform grayish] (Doderlein) Caninus, 32. 
qq. [Body reddish, with three or four dusky longitudinal streaks along 
the side of the back ; two dark streaks across cheek ; caudal 
truncate, with rounded angles; maxillary nearly naked; 
dorsal rays XI, 15 or 16 ; body rather elongate, the depth 3J 
in length; serrae at angle of preopercle very strong; fins 
rather low, the spines subequal] ^Doderlein). 
Alexandrines, 33. 
nn. Caudal fin convex behind, the middle rays longest ; maxillary naked. 
t. [Dorsal rays XI, 13 or 14 ; vertical fins not edged with black; 
body rather slender, the depth 3| in length ; mouth moder- 
ate ; dorsal spines unequal, the third and fourth a little 
longer than those following. Color olivaceous, three con- 
spicuous, pale-blue streaks across the cheek and opercles] 
{Doderlein) .ffiNEUS, 34. 
tt. Dorsal rays XI, 15 or 16; vertical fins broadly edged with 
dark brown or black ; color reddish brown, the adult nearly 
plain, the young with darker spots; preopercle with strong 
teeth at its angle, the lower limb entire; dorsal spines sub- 
equal, rather low ; interorbital width moderate, about 6^ in 
head; caudal rounded; maxillary naked; body robust, the 
depth 3 in length Gigas, 35. 
dd. Preopercle with two or three small irregular teeth below its angle ; posterior nostril very large, 
nearly three times diameter of anterior; head large ; pyloric 
caeca in increased number {Schistorns) ; second and third anal 
spines about equal in length ; color brownish, with about 
eight darker cross-bands; dark bands radiating from eye ; 
a dark mustache above the maxillary; a dark blotch on 
back of tail Mystacinus, 36. 
cc. Second dorsal spine elevated, not lower than third or fourth ; caudal fins lunate; preopercular 
angle little salient, without enlarged teeth; interorbital 
width "7^ in head ; color brown, clouded with whitish ; lower 
parts flushed with orange-red ; small dark spots about eye ; 
vertical fins broadly edged with blue-black Morio, 37. 
Interorbital area very broad, its width 4 to 6 times in length of head; caudal fin rounded; dor- 
sal spines very unequal, the second considerably elevated; 
body very robust. {Garrupa Jordan). 
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