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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
XX. Teeth unusually strong, three or four on each side in upper jaw as large as 
the largest lateral teeth ; eye very large, iu head ; maxillary 2^ in 
head ; jaws equal ; preorbital extremely narrow, not one-third width 
of pupil; preopercle very sharply serrate ; gill-rakers short, slender, 
X -1- 10; scales very large, covering head forward to hack of pupil; 
first dorsal spine short, second a little longer; fourth longest, 2J in 
head; the rest gradually shortened, lower than the soft rays, which 
are scaleless ; second anal spine 4 in head, as long as third and stouter ; 
caudal forked. Color plain olivaceous ; fins all pale ; sides with 
about six faint dark cross-bands, more or less confluent along lateral 
line, and disappearing below. Head, 2f in length; depth, 3^. D. 
X, 12; A. Ill, 7. Scales, 48 Fusculus, 88. 
ee. Scales on cheek moderate, in about eight series ; body oblong, heavy anteriorly ; dorsal out- 
line a little elevated, the profile almost straight; eyes very large, 
as long as snout, 3^ in head, twice the concave interorbital space; 
top of head naked ; lower jaw not projecting ; canines small ; mouth 
large, the maxillary reaching middle of eye; preorbital narrow; 
gill-rakers short, about x -|- 10; twelve rows of scales before dorsal ; 
dorsal spines strong, the fourth highest, 2J in head, a little longer 
than longest soft ray; dorsal fin not notched; soft dorsal a little 
scaly ; caudal deeply lunate ; second anal spine 3^ in head, stronger 
but scarcely longer than third spine; pectorals long, reaching anal. 
Color light brownish, with lighter blotches and faint dusky bars ; 
a very conspicuous, sharply defined, vertical white bar extending 
upward on each side from just before vent ; fins pale. Head, 2f in 
length; depth, 3^. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 7. Scales, 5-53-15 .. Phcebe, 89. 
eee. Scales on the cheek small, in about twelve series ; second anal spine about as long as fourth 
dorsal spine. Body oblong, not elevated; snout sharp; lower jaw 
much projecting, its tip entering the profile ; maxillary reaching to 
beyond middle of eye; teeth rather strong, much as in S. scriba; 
gill-rakers short and few, x -f- 8. Dorsal continuous, the spines 
low, the longest 3 in head; second anal s^jine stronger than third, 
and about as long, 3 in head ; last ray of anal longest, 1^ in head ; 
caudal somewhat lunate, the outer rays slightly produced ; pectoral 
l^inhead; ventrallf. Color light olivaceous, with twelve irregular, 
broad, dark brown bands extending to below the lateral line, ap- 
pearing again at level of base of pectorals as a series of rounded 
blotches, those in front pinkish, those behind brown ; a pale streak 
from nape to dorsal; two pale streaks or rows of blotches below 
this, extending from snout through eye and backward ; a broad 
brown streak from eye to upper angle of opercle, this again bounded 
by a pale streak ; suborbital light blue ; a dark spot at base of ven- 
trals, one or more below base of pectorals, and one in front of the 
latter; caudal dark brown at base and on outer rays; pink on inner 
rays, reticulated with irregular, narrow, light blue lines, these marks 
most distinct on outer rays ; a Large double blotch at base of caudal ; 
anal and ventrals light glaucous blue, thickly marked with brownish 
yellow spots, the blue forming reticulations around the brown spots; 
spinous dorsal and base of soft dorsal dusky, upper part of soft dor- 
sal sharply spotted with dark brown, the pale ground color forming 
reticulations around the dark spots. Head, 2f ‘in length ; depth, 3^. 
D. X, 12; A. Ill, 7. Scales, 5-50-15 Psittacinus, 90. 
cc. Scales small, the lateral line with 60 to 75. * 
g. Low^er jaw not very strongly projecting. 
Not described in Serranns per tianus, which presumably belongs to this group. 
