or uneven inconspicuous serrae along the entire lower 
edge of the preopercle in our example, Their figure shows 
a much larger second dorsal spine than our example (end now 
broken) ever appears to have had, They but faintly show 
the scales on the predorsal and breast,though in our example 
they are quite large. Gunther's figuret?® would comvey the 
impression that the lower and lower hind preopercle edges are 
slightly roughened or obscurely serrate, 
he BN Gurw ine Ce eS Gr Tae “ee QR SUE SR GENT BO ee ee em eg 
105 
Bull. Bur, Fisher, U.S.,1905 (1906), p. 247, fig. 41. 
106 
Journ. “us. Godeffroy, vol. I, 1875, "1, 20,' fig. E. 
Fowleria variegatus (Valenciennes). 
Head 2 1/3 to 2 2/5; depth 2 3/5 to 2%; D. VII - I, 8, 
or 9, 1; A. II, 8; scales 22 in lateral line to caudal base; 
2 scales above lateral line; 6 below; 6 predorsal scales; 
snout 4 2/3 to 4 3/4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3 1/3 to 
4; maxillary 12 to 1 9/10; interorbital 62/ 
Body elongately ei ipioad. compressed. Head width 2 2/5 
to 2% its total length. Snout convex, length 2/3 its width, 
Eye slightly impinging on upper profile, which little conceve 
or depressed at this point; hind eye edge about midway in head, 
Lower jaw slightly protrudes, Maxillary reaches beyond hind 
pupil edge, though not quite to hind eye edge; expansion 1% to 
1 4/5 in eye. ands of minute villiform teeth in jaws and on 
vomer, also band along each side off tongue idngitudinally, 
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