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28. ENNICHTHYS HEERMANNI, Grd. 
Gen. Rep. 199. Plate XXXYIII and Plate XXYI, Fig. 9. 
Spec. Char. —General form sub-elliptical; snout sub-conical; mouth moderate; posterior extremity of maxillary even with 
a vertical line intersecting the centre of the pupil Eyes of medium size. Branchiostegals six. About sixty-two scales in 
lateral line. Back olivaceous, sides and abdomen silver and golden; flank with indistinct transverse bars or bands. Fins 
unicolor, yellowish and greyish. 
549. San Francisco, California. Dr. A. L. Heermann. 
29. AMPHISTICHUS ARGENTEUS, Agass. 
Gen. Rep. 201. Plate XXXIX. 
Spec. Char. —General form sub-elliptical, more convex above than below. Snout anteriorly rounded. Posterior extremity 
of maxillary reaching a vertical line passing behind the pupil. Anterior anal spines rather large. Sixty-eight scales in lateral 
line. Brancbiostegals, six. Bluish grey above, sides silvery with indistinct olivaceous transverse bands. Vertical fins and 
ventrals olivaceous; pectorals yellowish. 
557. San Francisco, California. Dr. A. L. Heermann. 
30. AMPHISTICHUS SIMILIS, Grd. 
Gen. Rep. 203. Plate XXX YI, Figs. 5—9. 
Spec. Char.— General form regularly sub elliptical. Snout sub-conical. Posterior extremity of maxillary reaching a 
vertical line passing in advance of the pupil. Spinous portion of dorsal as high as the soft. Anterior anal spines rather small. 
Branchiostegal rays, five. Bluish grey above; sides silvery. Dorsal and caudal greyish yellow; anal, ventrals, and pectorals, 
dull yellowish. 
560. San Francisco, California. Dr. A. L. Heermann. 
31. MYLOPHARODON ROBUSTUS, Ayres. 
Gen. Rep. 216. Plate XLYII. 
Spec. Char. —Upper surface of head very declivous ; snout tapering, almost wedge-shaped. Posterior extremity of maxillary 
extending to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the orbit. Eye of medium size. Pectoral and ventral fins broad 
and stout. Anal nearly as large as the dorsal. Ground color olivaceous, darker above than below. 
244. San Francisco, California. Dr. Jolm S. Newberry. 
32. MYLOPHARODON CONOCEPHALUS, Grd. 
Gen. Rep. 216. Plate XLYI, Figs. 5—8. 
SrEC. Chau. —Head sub-conical. Posterior extremity of maxillar bone not extending as far as the anterior rim of the orbit. 
Eye well developed. Pectoral and ventral fins of moderate size. Vertical fins well developed. Anal and dorsal much deeper 
than long. Base of anal entering twelve times and a half in the total length. Brown above; whitish beneath. 
243. San Joaquin river, California. Dr. A. L. Heermann. 
33. ALGANSEA FORMOSA, Grd. 
Gen. Rep. 240. 
Spec. Char. —Head contained four times in the total length. Eye moderate sized; its diameter entering five times in the 
length of the side of the head. Posterior extremity of the maxillar bone corresponding to a vertical line drawn behind the 
nostrils. Anterior margin of dorsal fin equidistant between the extremity of the snout and the insertion of the caudal. 
