derk, eye about long as snout, but 3 rows of scales on cheek 
and ventral bases apparently too advanced, 
Gerres brasilianus Cuvier, 
Head 34; depth 27; D. IX, 104 (24: Aslit, 7s 33 scales 
46 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter; 6 
scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 5 
above to soft dorsal origin and 11 below to spinous anal 
origin; about 17 enlarged predorsal scales to occiput and 
27 more small ones anteriorly, until opposite front eye 
edges; snout 3 1/3 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 333 max- 
illary 22; interorbital 324 
Body deeply ovoid, pack elevated forward, compressed; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 1 1/6 its length or @ 2/2 
in total head length. Head width half its length. snout 
conic, length about 7/8 its width. lye rather ellipsoid, 
little elevated, hind pupil edge very slightly advanced 
before head center. Mouth moderate, lower jaw very slightly 
protruding. Mexillary to front pupil edge; expansion 24/5 
in eye. ‘teeth fine, conic, in narrow pands in jaws. Lips 
aah o uses: Nostrils large, together, close before eye, 
hind one larger and from one about last fourth in snout. 
Interorbital broadly convex, Preope rcle and preorbital 
edges finely serrated, 
Rakers 20¢11, lanceolate, short 2g in filaments, which 
14/5 in eye. Scales cycloid, in even longitudinal rows, upper 
parallel with lateral line and lower horizontal; broad scaly 
