. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. fi2 BULLETIN f'F THK BUREAL oK FISHERIES. iiiul ciuiini; iiiuicr aiilLTior third of i-vc, ils dislal cud fui iiied by llif suppk'iiiciitLd Ijoric, poiiiti'd :iiid duvclcd slifilitly upward; base of raandiblc uiidcr ii]id'er limb, the longest 3 in snout: opende and preopercle entire, the posterior margin of preopercle with a wide anterior curve in ils middle portion: cheek and opercle with fine scales: body entirely covered with line, thin deciduous scales: lateral lines 2, the upper beginning at upper edge of opercular opening and
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. fi2 BULLETIN f'F THK BUREAL oK FISHERIES. iiiul ciuiini; iiiuicr aiilLTior third of i-vc, ils dislal cud fui iiied by llif suppk'iiiciitLd Ijoric, poiiiti'd :iiid duvclcd slifilitly upward; base of raandiblc uiidcr ii]id'er limb, the longest 3 in snout: opende and preopercle entire, the posterior margin of preopercle with a wide anterior curve in ils middle portion: cheek and opercle with fine scales: body entirely covered with line, thin deciduous scales: lateral lines 2, the upper beginning at upper edge of opercular opening and rumiing approximately parallel with the back to below the sixth dorsal finlet, where it curves downward and unites with the lower branch: lower branch originating under base of third dorsal spine, running nearh- vcrticallv downward to li'\ cl of lower cdj^c of pectoral, where it curves backward and extends along lower third of side lo niiddle of caudal peduncle, where it again unites with the upper branch; no corselet; breast scaled: caudal peduncle with a median keel and a smaller one above and below it. *"S^^ij^^_^^- -. .^-si*:^ ^4^^%^ % Fig. :i. — yrf:rj(tminnius pifrsovi Evcnnanii i^ Snalo. new species. Type. Origin of spinous dorsal midway between tip of snout and third ray of soft dorsal; dorsal spines connected, except the 2 posterior ones, which do not )>rotrude, the longest spine in head, (he 2 dorsals entirely separate; origin of soft dorsal slightly in advance of vent, its longest ray in head; dorsal Unlets 7; origin of anal midway between base of caudal and origin of ventrals, its longest ray in head; anal finlets 7; no free spines in front of anal; origin of ventrals below axil of pectoral, their length 3 in head; caudal deeply forked. Color in spirits, browni-sh above, silvery below: a large dusky blotch at origin of lateral line and in axil of pectoral; top of snout dusky; a area through eye; membranes of spinous dorsal dusky; ven
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