1323. 
Genus Samaris Gray 
Samaria Gray , Zool. Miscellany, p. 4, 1831. (Type Samaria cristatus 
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Gray , monotypic.) 
%es on right side, close together. Mouth narrow. Teeth small, 
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equal, in narrow bands in jaws. Palate toothless. Gill membranes broadly 
united below throat. Gill rakers rudimentary. Scales of colored side 
strongly ctenoid, cycloid or moderately ctenoid on blind side. Lateral 
line straight, not arched over pectoral. Vertical fin rays simple. Dor¬ 
sal begins on snout, first rays greatly extended filaments. Only right 
pectoral present. Right ventral with extended rays, longer and little in 
advance of left one. 
