13 rows of scales on cheek to corner of preopercle ridge; 
basal marginal striae 12; circuli coarse, about 13; exposed 
areas of scales not rugose; lateral line largely concurrent 
with dorsal profile line, nearly midway along caudal peduncle 
side; small tubes simple, horizontal. Fourth dorsal spine 
21/3 in head; second dorsal ray 24; third anal spine 3 2/5; 
third anal ray 13; caudal little emarginate behind, 1 1/8; 
pectoral 1 1/8; ventral 11/5. Color in alcohol dark brown, 
finely spotted or dotted with darker, spots all close-set 
and extend thickly over fins. “pots less distinct on under 
surface of head than elsewhere. Length 292 mm, One without 
locality, probahbly...frem=rerwa? Wo trmrinty Loy Ontihan ch. 
vb ANS Anypoms mt A. U CL ppoN tA © | 
é W ave also examined a dried Skin, 525 mm, long, from 
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Valpataiso, in the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. So 
far as details permit it agrees with the above. The dark 
Spots on the body appear smaller and more crowded below, 
