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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Ick. Snout sharp, much longer than the large eye ; preopercle finely denticulated ; 
top of head with vertex naked; caudal deeply forked ; skull de- 
pressed, with a single crest ; dorsal spines moderate, the third 
highest. 
I. Color red, with numerous inky-black spots on posterior half of body, most of 
them round, rather smaller than pupil, and ranged in irregular hor- 
izontal rows; a large quadrate blotch at front of soft dorsal, ex- 
tending on the fin ; dorsal with dark spots; lower half of caudal 
chiefly black ; a large, oblong, silver-white blotch from before vent, 
extending obliquely upward and backward to near the black 
dorsal blotch. Head, 3 in length ; depth, 3f. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 7. 
Scales, 8-65-18. Snout, 3 J in head ; maxillary, 2^. Eye, 4. Eleven 
rows of small scales on cheek; fonrth dorsal spine 2^ in head ; anal 
spines graduated, the second 3| in head; pectorals 1^ in head; 
ventral If Stilbostigma, 96. 
II. Color clear brown with larger darker spots or bars on the sides ; fins pale, more 
or less tinged with orange. Head, 3 in length; depth, 3f. D. X, 12 ; 
A. Ill, 7. Scales, 7-70-20 Luciopekcanus, 97. 
II. Dorsal fin long, its rays X, 14 or X, 1.5; head acuminate, the lower jaw 
projecting ; canine teeth strong, membrane of both dorsals scaly ; 
scales small. 
X. Lateral line as in other species of Serraniis. not close to the back, on about 
the ninth row of scales; caudal subtruncate (Serranellus Jordan). 
y. Scales moderate, about 73 in the lateral line; caudal fin truncate ; lateral 
line not running near the back, not approaching nearer than about 
the ninth row of scales; anal spines graduated; top of head not 
scaly; the skin rugose; body rather short, compressed, the back 
a little elevated, the anteroir profile straight ; head subconical, 
compressed, the snout acuminate; eye small, shorter than snout, 
5 in head ; mouth large, narrow, maxillary reaching middle of 
eye, 2| in head; lower jaw projecting; teeth in narrow bands, the 
canines strong, recurved, two to four in front of each jaw on each 
side and several on side of lower jaw, the latter largest of all; 
gill-rakers few and short, about x -j- 8 ; scales on cheeks quite small, 
in fifteen to eighteen series, about twenty series before dorsal ; 
preopercle rather finely serrate, the angle rounded ; preorbital 
very narrow; first four dorsal si^ines graduated, the rest subequal, 
2§ in head ; the dorsal fin not notched ; soft dorsal somewhat scaly ; 
caudal obliquely subtruucate ; the upper rays somewhat longer, the 
middle rays a little shortened ; anal spines rather strong, graduated; 
pectorals long, reaching vent. Color olivaceous, the body with five 
to seven blackish cross-bands; two of these, under soft dorsal, very 
distinct; head with numerous wavy, blue lines; vertical fins ver- 
miculated with bluish lines around small, round, reddish spots. Head 
2f in length ; depth 3^. D. X, 14 or 15 ; A. III. 7. Scales, 8-73-27. 
SCRIBA, 98. 
yy. Scales small, about 115 in the lateral line ; snout scaleless, pointed, 
the lower jaw slightly prominent ; the maxillary reaching beyond 
middle of eye ; eye 4f in head, If in snout ; interorbital space flat, 
narrow; serrm on angle of preopercle largest; caudal truncate; 
ventrals short. Color olive, with several dark cross-bands, most 
distinct on middle of side of body; two of them near middle of 
body darker and broader than the rest ; three bluish, dark-edged 
streaks across cheeks* from eye to angle of preopercle ; soft parts 
*Es ist nicht ein dunkles Wangenband vorhauden (Gthr.), sondern bisdrei, sie sind bliiulich, schwarz- 
gesaumte.” (Hilgendorf.) 
