Gill-opening 1 1/3 to 2 in eye. Dorsal inserted about last 
2/5 in space between hind eye edge and gill-opening. 
Color in alcohol: largely rich brown, marked very ob- 
scurely with dusky. many small buff or creamy spots on 
trunk in about 6 or 7 longitudinal series and on tail grad- 
ually decreasing until terminally only 2 or 3 alternate 
dark and pale large bliotches. Body spots, except on tail 
end, smaller than interspaces and none much larger than 
pupil. On head spots not more crowded than on pharynx, 
though equally small. Eye rim dark drown, also gill-opening. 
Dorsal with number of rather large blackish marginal blotches, 
this more or less alternated on lower part of fin with larg- 
er or paler blotches. Anal broadly and entirely edged with 
blackish. Iris grayish. Mouth pale inside. Length 
Besides the Wilkes example, without fecality though 
doubtless obtained at Rio Janeiro, we also include an ex- 
smple from Santo Domingo, 420 mm. long, ij he Academy. It 
agrees largely with the figure by Agassiz. shows the 
white spots of uneven size, some large as pupil and others 
smaller, dorsal and anal edges with many various white spots 
of which some small and others much larger than eye and 
black interspaces often equally large. 
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