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broad at tip, its width three-quarters eye ; snout in head ; snout and forehead and top of 
head naked; teeth very small, in very narrow bands; two canines each directed outward, in 
front of lower jaw, a smaller one turned backward before middle of side of jaw ; upper jaw with 
a single short canine directed forward on each side in front ; interorbital region tlattish, with 
two bony ridges and a median depression ; smooth area of frontal region of skull short and 
small, broader than long; occipital crest high and long; preopercle sharply serrate, its angle 
aright angle ; gill-rakers very long, slender, and close set, x -\- 23, the longest three-fifths eye ; 
branchiostegals 7 (8 according to Steindachner) ; dorsal spines rather low, slender, only the 
third produced in a long, stifiish filament, which reaches the third soft ray ; soft dorsal naked, 
the last rays very high. If in head ; caudal very long, with a narrow fork, the middle rays as 
long as head and If in the longest ; anal high, its spines moderate, graduated ; ventrals elon- 
gate, the third ray longer than head; pectorals shortish, pointed, 1| in bead ; scales moder- 
ate; lateral line complete, running abruptly upward and backward to below sixth dorsal 
spine, then gradually curving downward ; color rose red, with small diffuse golden-brown 
spots on body and on soft dorsal, caudal, and anal. Head, 3f in length ; depth, 3. D. X, 14 ; 
A. Ill, 8. Scales, 5-56-20 Fekuanus, 101. 
tia. Scales large, 30 to 50 in the lateral line ; canine teeth rather strong, conspicuous; body lanceolate, 
compressed (Promtogrammua). 
c. Scales not large, about 50 in the lateral line; second anal spine a little shorter than third ; 
ventrals longer than pectorals; profile convex to the occiput, straight anteriorly; mouth 
very obli<iue, the maxillary extending to below pupil, 2f in head ; lower jaw with a canine 
in front on each side directed forward and outward ; a canine hooked backward in front of 
middle of side of jaw ; upper jaw with a canine directed forward on each side in front; eye 
longer thau snout, 3 in head ; vertical margin of preopercle serrate, the serrm larger below; 
a short, stroug, Hat spine at the angle; lower limb entire or serrate; top of head naked from 
the occiput forward ; five series of scales on cheek ; dorsal spines rapidly graduated to the 
fourth, which is nearly half bead; several of the spines ending in long, fragile dermal fila- 
ments ; the filament of the fourth spine longest, sometimes reaching caudal; caudal very 
deeply forked, some of the outer rays produced, sometimes half length of body; anal spiues 
graduated, the second 3^ in head; pectorals short, IJ in head; ventrals produced, extending 
beyond origin of anal ; lateral liue on third row of scales; gill-rakers very numerous, long 
and slender; color carmine, deepest ou the back, becoming a clear violet ou sides ; back and 
sides everywhere freckled with golden olive, this ou the sides becoming reticulations around 
the violet ; a bright golden stripe from eye to base of pectoral above; another from tip of 
snout along lower border of eye to middle of pectoral ; dorsal carmine, the rays tinged with 
golden ; caudal similar ; anal golden ; pectoral carmine ; ventrals red and yellow. Head, 
3^ in length ; depth, 3J. D. X, 14 or 15 ; A. Ill, 7 or 8. Scales, 3-48-16 Vivanus, 102. 
cc. Scales medium, about 38 in the lateral line ; body elongate, the head thick, the lower outline 
nearly straight; mouth oblique; tip of lower jaw fitting into a notch of upper, not en- 
tering profile ; maxillary broad, reaching middle of pupil, 2^ to 2^ in head ; teeth in a narrow 
band above, in one series below ; one or two canines directed forward and outward in front 
of each jaw; a pair on sides of jaw turned backward and in ward ; no teeth on tongue ; inter- 
orbital space somewhat concave, the supraocular ridges being elevated ; preorbital narrow, 
about one-third pupil ; eye very large, 3 in head; angle of preopercle slightly projecting, its 
seme coarser ; gill-rakers long, slender, x -)- 30, the longest half orbit; dorsal emarginate, 
the spines slender and pungent, the sixth longest, 3J in head, times tenth ; each spine 
with a short filament near its tip, as usual in this genus ; soft dorsal high ; anal similar, its 
second spine shorter than third, which is 3| in head. Caudal forked, the middle rays two- 
thirds the outer, which are not produced ; pectorals short, reaching a little beyond front of 
anal; scales large, ctenoid, extending forward from occiput on top of head to middle of 
orbit; snout and maxillary naked ; scales on cheek in six rows; dorsal and anal naked ; lat- 
eral line very high on the third row of scales. Rose-red, silvery below, the fins light yel- 
low ; a dark spot above the middle of each eye and two V'Shaped olive marks behind head, 
the apex of the one at the nape, the other at front of dorsal ; lining of gill cavity and peri- 
toneum silvery. Head, 2^ to 2f in length ; depth, 2§- to 3. D. X, 15 ; A. Ill, 8. Scales, 
2i-38-X EOS, 103. 
