78 
wide. Gill membranes united. Gill rakers long. Branchiostegals 7. Pseudo- 
branchiae present. Pyloric coeca moderate. Dorsal postmedian, its origin well 
before anal origin. Caudal forked. Paired fins long or short. 
The inclusion of several new forms considerably widen the range of variation 
as now understood. 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES. 
1 
a. Narcetes. “Vent posterior to dorsal origin or close before anal. 
1 
b. Scales large, 45 to 50 in lateral line. 
1 
£• Maxillary reaches l/2 in eye, which 3 l/2 in head paopenheimi. 
2 —- 
c. Maxillary reaches behind eye, which 6 l/4 in head lloydi . 
jb* Scales smaller, 64 to 105 in lateral line# 
1 
Anal origin below middle of dorsal base; pectoral reaches less than 
l/3 to ventral, which inserted wdll before dorsal origin 
affinis . 
Anal origin below last third of dorsal basej pectoral reaches less 
than half way to ventral origin, which well before dorsal origin 
pluriserialis. 
Anal origin entirely behind dorsal fin base; pectoral reaches 2/3 
to ventral origin, which nearly opposite dorsal origin 
erimelas. 
2 - 
a* ALCOCKELLA new subgenus. Vent well before dorsal or but slightly nearer 
anal origin than pectoral origin; scales 62 in lateral line. 
garmani. 
Subgenus NARCETES Alcock 
