VIVIPAROUS FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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Body ovate, rather thick, the outlines nearly equally convex; snout blunt and 
rounded, as long as the eye; occipital region considerably depressed. Lower jaw 
included; maxillary not reaching to the front of the orbit; gill-rakers rather slender 
and weak. Dorsal fin with spines all shorter than the rays; the pectoral fins long, 
reaching nearly to the tips of ventrals. Head, 3£; depth, 2; D. ixorx, 20; A. Ill, 25. 
Lat. 1., 58. Colors “extremely variable, pattern of color not definite. Brownish, tinged 
with green, blue, red, or yellowish. Sides with about 10 faint vertical dusky bars; 
belly usually yellowish; head with blue spots; fins dusky, tinged with blue or red”; 
anal frequently with yellow blotches. 
10. PHANERODON* Girard. 
Phanerodon Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v. 7, pp. 153, 321, 1854 (furcatus). 
Phanerodon (Gd.), Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v. 14, p. 274, 1862. 
Embiotoca sp. Girard, A. Agassiz. 
Ditrema sp. Gunther, 1862; J. & G., 1883. 
Tamiotocat A. Agassiz, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. His., v. 8, 133, 1861 (lateralis). 
Type : Phanerodon furcatus Girard. 
ANALYSIS OK THE SPECIES OK PHANERODON. 
a. Vertebras 35-37 (21-22 abdominal); caudal peduncle deep, short (TvENIOTOCA.) 
b. Body oblong, the dorsal and ventral profile nearly equally curved, tapering abruptly to the deep 
caudal peduncle; snout blunt and rounded; occipital region little depressed ; mouth slightly 
oblique, lower lip with a frenurn ; gill-rakers slender and rather weak. The last spine of the 
dorsal fin highest, but shorter than the soft rays; soft dorsal and anal high. D. x or xi, 23; 
A. iii, 31. Lat. 1., 63. Color, “reddish olive above, becoming bright orange-red below, every- 
where thickly dusted with black points ; a continuous bright-blue streak along the edges of 
each row of scales; streaks of thoracic region formed by isolated blue spots on the middle of 
the scales; head with several series of blue spots and streaks; fins all olivaceous dusky; ven- 
trals with some light orange” Lateralis, 13. 
aa. Vertebrae, 37-38; (23-24 abdominal) (Phanerodon.) 
c. Body oblong elliptical, dorsal and ventral outlines nearly equally curved, tapering into a slen- 
der caudal peduncle; snout projecting somewhat, a little longer than the eye; occipital region 
not much depressed; lower jaw included; last spine of the dorsal fin highest, nearly as high 
or higher than the rays; pectorals reaching a little farther than the tips of the ventrals; 
caudal strongly forked. Head, 3|; depth, 2|; D. xi, 22; A. iii, 30. Lat. 1., 69. Color, “light- 
olivaceous, silvery below, sometimes yellowish; scales with bright reflections, but no red 
markings ; usually a round dusky spot on the anal ; ventrals plain ; caudal fin edged behind 
with dusky; fins usually yellowish tinged” Furcatum, 14. 
cc. Body elongate oblong, tapering gradually into a long slender caudal peduncle. Head rather 
small; snout projecting somewhat, as long as eye; occipital region moderately compressed; 
dorsal fin with highest spine about as high as the highest rays; pectorals long, reaching tips 
of ventrals. Head, 3j; depth, 2^; D. x, 22. A. iii, 28. Lat. 1., 70. Color, “light olivaceous 
above, pearly below; scales above the axis of the body each with an orange spot at base, its 
outer margin tinged with blue, these forming faint reddish streaks along the rows of scales; 
anal with a dusky spot; ventrals broadly tipped with blackish; caudal not dark-edged.” 
Atripes, 15. 
* Phanerodon: $avepo?, evident, and odov(, tooth; referring to the size of -the teeth, which were 
supposed to be larger than in the allied genera. Type, Ph. furcatus Grd. 
t Tasniotoca: T aivia, band, and ronog, the terminal component of Embiotoca, intended to suggest the 
characteristic longitudinal lateral bands of the species of the genus, which is closely related to 
Embiotoca. Type, T. lateralis. 
