10 basal radiating striae; short apical denticles 55 to 65; 
circuli basal, fine; 7 rows of cheek sonia. lateral line 
arch little high at first, then obliquely. down and little 
elevated along caudal peduncle side to candet base; tubes 
simple, short, usually small pore above and another below 
on each scale in lateral line. Third dorsal spine 2 2/5 
in head; second anal spine 33; ventral spine 2 2/3. Color 
tn alcohol dull brown, uniform. Length 125 mm, (caudal 
damaged). Rio Janeiro, 
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Pagrogsomus auratus (Schneider). vragt- | 
Head 2¢ to 3 1/10; depth 2 1/6 to 2 3/5; RD, ALLY 34s 
to Tk, is &. ITT, 8, 13 scales 50 to 57 in lateral line to 
caudal base and 5 to 7 more on latter; 8 or 9 scales above 
lateral line to spinous dorsal origin; 5 to 7 to soft dorsal 
origin, 15 or 16 below to spinous anal origin; 42 to 47 pre- 
dorsal scales; snout 2 1/3 to 2 7/8 in head; eye 2 7/8 to 4; 
maxillary 2 2/5 to 3; interorbital 3 1/8 to 3 2/3; preorbital 
width, below eye to maxillary end, 3 7/8 to 4 1/8, or 5 in 
young. 
Body oblong, well compressed, back elevated, and much 
shorter in young;; least depth of caudal peduncle 1 1/5 to 
1 3/5 its length or 3 to 3.1/4 in head, “ead width 2 to & 7/8 
its length. Snout compressed, width 1 to 1g its hength . Eye 
about midway in head length in young, hind pupil edge about 
midway in large exemple; elevated, 1 2/3 to 1% in snout, or 
equally long in young. Mouth moderate, jaws about even, 
