. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 164 BULLETIN 189, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM maxillary extending to or beyond vertical from posterior margin of eye, to in head; teeth in jaws in bands, some of the outer ones in upper jaw enlarged, the anterior ones more or less caninelike, fixed, the rest mostly depressible; bands of minute teeth present also on vomer and palatines; preopercle finely serrate above angle, the antrorse spine at angle large and strong; gill rakers short, the longest at angle scarcely half diameter of eye, becoming shorter gradually, being represent
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 164 BULLETIN 189, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM maxillary extending to or beyond vertical from posterior margin of eye, to in head; teeth in jaws in bands, some of the outer ones in upper jaw enlarged, the anterior ones more or less caninelike, fixed, the rest mostly depressible; bands of minute teeth present also on vomer and palatines; preopercle finely serrate above angle, the antrorse spine at angle large and strong; gill rakers short, the longest at angle scarcely half diameter of eye, becoming shorter gradually, being represented by mere rudiments anteriorly, 13 to 15 more or less developed on lower and 4 to 6 on upper limb of first arch; lateral line not prominent, variable, many scales without pores in some indi- viduals, missing on only a few scales in others; scales largely without free edges, a patch under pectoral with free, ctenoid margins, scales. Figure 36.—Alphestes jasciatus, new species. From the type, 204 mm. long, Lobos de Afuera Bay, Peru ( No. 127950). extending more or less on all the fins; dorsal not definitely notched, the spines strong, the fourth generally the longest, about equal to snout and eye, to in head, origin of fin a little in advance of insertion of pectoral, its distance from tip of snout to in length, soft part higher than spinous part, the longest rays at about beginning of posterior third of fin, its margin broadly rounded; anal with strong spines, the second somewhat enlarged, to in head, the fin ending rather less than an eye's diameter in advance of end of dorsal; ventral inserted behind base of pectoral, with a strong spine contained to in head; pectoral large, generally reaching fully as far back as ventral, with a broadly convex margin, to in head. Color of preserved specimens grayish to brownish, somewhat lighter underneath; sides with irregular dark blotches, tending to form cross bars, extending in the ligh
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