Scales 115 to 120 in medial lateral series axially to caudal 
base; 14 or 15 above lateral line to dorsal origin, 100 to 103 predorsal 
or 70 to 73 forward from dorsal to occiput or opposite hind vertical edge 
of preopercle. Scales very caducous, most all fallen. Scales with 0 or 1 
short basal radiating striae; circuli 16 to 70, not extended apically. 
D. II, 8 or II, 9—5 or 6, first branched ray 5 to 5^- in total 
head length; A, II, 10 or II, 11—6 or 7, first branched ray 6 to 6g-; 
caudal 2 to 2-4/5; least depth of caudal peduncle lof- to ll|r; pectoral 
4 to 4-7/8; ventral 4-l/5 to 4-9/10. 
Back drab brown, sides and below silvery white, line of de¬ 
marcation high on side. Iris silvery white. Dorsal and caudal pale 
brown, other fins still paler or whitish. 
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, southern Indian Ocean. Reported 
from the Red Sea by Borodin. 
U. S. N. M., no. 13164. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. E. G. Blackford 
Length 270 mm. 
U. S. N. M., no. 13165. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. E. G. Blackford 
Length 280 to 310 mm. 
U. S. N. M., no. 19852. Wood’s Hall, Massachusetts. V. N. 
Edwards. Length 260 290 mm. 4 examples. 
U. S. N. M., no. 19853. Tfood’s Hall. V. N. Edwards. Length 
265 to 274 mm. 3 examples. 
U. S. II. M., no. 20751. Newport, Rhode Island. Samuel Powell. 
Length 241 to 278 mm. 2 examples. 
U. S. N. M., no. 22385. Halifax, Nova Scotia?. J. M. Jones. 
Length 373 mm. 
U. S. N. M., no. 23770. Massachusetts. U. S. Fish. Comm. 
Length 240? mm. 
