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Salarias viridis Valenciennes. a 432 nw -A_4FZY, 
Head 3 3/5 to 3 3/4, or 3 1/4 to 3 iG in small examples; 
depth 3 3/4 to 3 4/5, or 3 4/5 to 4 1/4 in small examples; D. 
X., séldem XIT, 17 or 183 A. 1 Or Lb, 36. er: 10; F. 14 eF-iy 
snout 2 2/5 te 3 1/2 in head; eye 6 2/3 to 7 2/5, or 3 1/2 tec 
4 2/5 in young; maxillary 2 2/3 to.2 4/5, or 21/4 to 21/2 in 
young; interorbital 6 to 6 1/8, larger in young; head width 1 1/2 
to 1 3/4, or 2 in young, Body Little more robust in front than : 
behind, where more compressed, Snout short, convexly steep. Eye 
well elevated; supraeral tentacle 1 to 1 1/3 eye-diameters. Mouth 
proad. Edge of upper jaw fringed, and fringe more or less obsolete 
with age. +eeth fine, movable in lips, firm,close-set edge, each 
tootk with end ie chie truncate; 135 rows of teeth above, 200 in 
young; 62 rows of teeth below, 100 in young; small short strong 
canine each side of lower jaw posteriorly. Front nostril with 
short tentacle. Interorbital slightly convex, with slight median 
depression, Rakers 1 to 4 14 to 16, finer flexible, lanceolate, 3 
in filaments, which 2 1/4 in snout. Lateral line complete, pores | 
18 te 20F ke te 43. Dorsals with moderate notch, spines all with 
rather flexible ends. Caudal rounded behind, Color in alcohol — 
deep brown, obscurely mottled darker. Young show faint traces of 
eblique darker lines on dorsals, ength 42 to 238 mm, Two from 
Valparaiso, 3 from Callae, 3 from Peru, and 2 without locality, 
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doubtless from Peru?. Fave on am fees an 2cA. ’ 
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