...of the length of the body, excluding the caudal fin. Snout conical; gape of the mouth oblique ; the posterior extremity of the maxillary bone extending to a vertical line drawn through the extremity of the pupil. Eye subelliptical ; its diameter entering eight times in the length...

...slender. Head small, contained nearly five times in the total length. Posterior extremity of maxillar bone extending to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the orbit. Eye moderate ; its diameter entering about six times and a half in the length of the side of...

...surface of head very declivous ; snout tapering, almost wedge-shaped. Posterior extremity of maxil ary extending to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the orbit. Eye of medium size. Pectoral and ventral fin s broad and stout. Anal nearly as large as the...

...development ; snout slender and conical. Mouth rather deeply cleft ; posterior extremity of the maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the orbit. Eye rather large. Isthmus narrow. Fins small. Scales moderate. Upper regions of a greyish azure...

...very oblique and the lower jaw projecting somewhat beyond the upper. Posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the orbit. Loc. — St. Joseph's Island, Texas, where specimens were collected by G. Wurdemann. W. DOLIODON.—...

...the total length, pre-operctilar spines inconspicuous. Posterior extremity of maxillary corresponding to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the pupil. Outer row of pre-maxillar teeth very conspicuous. Longitudinal diameter of the eye entering six times...