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pectorals. The base of the spinous portion is but a little shorter than that of the soft. The 
membrane uniting the spines is less emarginated than in E. jacksoni. The articulated rays are 
bifurcated hut twice ; the extremities of the posterior rays extending a quarter of an inch more 
backwards than the base of the anal. The rays of the caudal bifurcate four times ; the length 
of the fin itself constituting the sixth of the total length. The anal fin, the articulated rays of 
which exhibit signs of a third bifurcation, is elongated, undulating upon its external margin ; 
its anterior spine is situated opposite the third articulated ray of the dorsal. A line dropped 
vertically from the posterior extremity of the base of dorsal will intersect the base of the 
twenty-third articulated ray of the anal. The insertion of the ventrals does not vary materially 
from that in E. jacksoni when compared to the dorsal spines. The extero-anterior spiny ray, 
however, is proportionally longer. The articulated rays subdivide thrice. The base of the 
pectorals is greater than in the latter species ; their tip extends backwards to a vertical line 
drawn at the anterior articulated ray of the dorsal; the rays subdivide twice. 
The formula of the fins is as follow : 
Male: Br. VI: VI; D X, 20 ; A III, 10 + 16 = 26 ; C 3, 1, 6, 6, 1, 2 ; V I, 5 ; P 20. 
The general aspect of the scales, as well as the number of longitudinal rows, is nearly the 
same as in E. jacksoni, being, however, smaller on the sub-tlioracic region. The dorsal furrow 
originates likewise under the first articulated ray of the dorsal fin, extending to the sixteenth. 
The sheath above it is composed anteriorly of two rows of scales, and posteriorly of one row 
only. The anterior radiating furrows of the scales themselves are more numerous than-in 
E. jacksoni and E. ivebbi. 
The ground color of the head and body is purplish brown ; the latter exhibiting about a 
dozen vertical hands of a deeper hue, extending almost to the inferior outline of the abdomen. 
The pectoral fins are olivaceous ; the other fins being of a deep purple. A light olivaceous 
streak may he observed along the base of the soft dorsal. 
In specimens which have not completed their growth, the ground color is of a light olivaceous 
tint; the transverse hands being dusky. 
The species appears to he quite common in the hay of San Diego, California, where the 
specimen figured has been obtained. 
Six specimens, of an average size of two inches and a half, were received from the same 
locality. These we consider as being the young, and accordingly have caused the outline of one 
of them to he represented on Plate XXVI, fig. 12. It is upon this specimen that the species was 
first established. It bears a very great resemblance to the young of Embiotoca ornata , figured 
on the same plate (fig. 11). We observe the same shape of the caudal fin, the same prolon¬ 
gation of the posterior articulated rays of both the dorsal and the anal fins. The most 
prominent difference will he found in the length of the anal. The ground color is greenish 
yellow with transverse greyish bands. The fins are all light yellow or straw color ; in one 
specimen we noticed the tip of ventrals and anterior portion of anal assuming a darker hue. 
It is worthy of remark, that while these young were caught in open waters, they are 
smaller than those of Embiotoca ornata , taken within the body of the mother. This must be 
explained by the fact that the parent from which they issued differed very materially in hulk. 
Plate XXIX, fig. 1, represents a male individal of Embiotoca cassidii, size of life. 
Pig, 2 is a section across the line of greatest depth of the body* 
