. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE SHORE FISHES OF PERU 167 projecting, extending into dorsal outline; maxillary rather broad, reaching below anterior margin of pupil, in head; teeth in each jaw in a narrow band anteriorly, the outer row in each jaw somewhat en- larged, each jaw anteriorly with a few canines (in part broken in speci- men in hand), fairly prominent teeth on vomer, and an irregular row on palatines; preopercular margin serrate, the angle prominent, the serrae at angle and on horizontal margin larger than those on vertical margin; gUl rakers slender, tho
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE SHORE FISHES OF PERU 167 projecting, extending into dorsal outline; maxillary rather broad, reaching below anterior margin of pupil, in head; teeth in each jaw in a narrow band anteriorly, the outer row in each jaw somewhat en- larged, each jaw anteriorly with a few canines (in part broken in speci- men in hand), fairly prominent teeth on vomer, and an irregular row on palatines; preopercular margin serrate, the angle prominent, the serrae at angle and on horizontal margin larger than those on vertical margin; gUl rakers slender, those at angle about two-thirds length of eye, 23 on lower and 9 on upper limb of first arch; lateral line some- what arched anteriorly, not running close to back; scales fairly small, about 8 complete rows between lateral line and origin of dorsal, 6 at beginning of soft part of dorsal, and 5 at base of last ray, not ex- tending forward on interorbital and snout, 7 or 8 oblique rows on. Figure 37.—Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner). From a specimen 345 mm. long, Parca, Peru ( No. 77682). (After Evermann and Radcliffe, 1917.) cheek; dorsal spines fairly strong, the third with a filament reaching base of third soft ray from end of fin, the other spines all notably shorter than the soft rays; caudal long, some of the middle rays much produced, the two middle ones shorter, and the membranes between them deeply scalloped, the longest rays about in length; anal spines rather strong, graduated, the second in head, the soft rays, especially the last two, quite long; ventral inserted under base of pectoral, the middle rays filamentous, reaching base of first soft ray of anal, with slender spine contained in head; pectoral inserted a little behind origin of dorsal, rather pointed, the middle rays longest, in head, in length. Color of preserved specimen uniform pale. "Color rose-red, with small diffuse golden-brown spots on body and on soft dorsal, caudal
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