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basal striae 9 to 12; apical denticles 55 to 62; circuli fine; 
soft vertical fins densely scaled; 16 scales across cheek; later- 
al line nearly concurrent with dorsal profile, short tubes 
usually with short branch. Fourth dorsal spine 2 2/5 in head; 
third dorsal ray 3; second anal spine 2 3/5; second anal ray 
21/3; caudal 1g; pectoral 1 1/6; ventral 1 3/5. 
Color in alcohol dull olive-brown, paler below. Fins dull 
browm. Each row of scales with longitudinal peler line, made 
up of paler or slightly yellowish spot on each scale, and lines 
all following courses of scales. length 15 pm. One without 
locality, likely from Rié Janeiro? 
Conodon nobilis (Linnaeus). 
Head S176) depth © 770; DB. XI, I, 13 iA. TIT, 7, Us 
tubular scales in lateral lines5l1 to caudal base and 7 more 
on latter; 7 scales above lateral line to dorsal origin, 
13 below to spinous anak origin; 354 predorsal scales; snout 
3 2/3 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 33, maxillary 3; inter- 
orbital 3 4/5. 
Body elongately ellipsoid, well compressed; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 4/5 its length or 2 7/8 in total head 
length. Head width 1 9/10 its length. Snout conic, length 
¢ its width. Eye close to upper profile, hind edge midway 
in head. Mouth small, lower jaw slightly protruding. Maxil- 
lary extends little beyind eye front, but not to pupil; expan- 
sion 2 2/5 in eye. Narrow bands of very small conic teeth 
in jaws, with outer row of larger well spaced conic ones, 
