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<br />Ip2 REPOllT OF AN EX,I'EDl'fW!' :pOWN THl'.: ZUfiI, ETC.
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<br />is ~itll<Ltcd a Iil~l\l b<Lckv."ar<1s of thc po~tcrim margin of the dors<L1. ':rli.c ven-
<br />trals ar~ sub-onl,' colnposed of it rudimentary spino an~ cighL soft rays. t1!O bifur-
<br />cation of sevon of which nfl"ec.ls the la~t third of thcirlenglh. "Tho bllso"!)finseJ:'
<br />tion of these fins' is somewhnt in advance of.the dorsal, al'\d whcn bellt ~\lo~~wllr4s
<br />their tip renches the anus, and occasionally the !,nteriot mllrgin of the a\lll:l.
<br />The pe"ctoral~ nre suLHriangu")a~, taperingposteriorlr.: ;" their insertio~ i's clf)sQ\Q
<br />the head, moro ipfcriorly than superiorly; their extremity does "nolreadl" the
<br />anterior margin of tho ventra)s. amI consequently noL that of the dors<Ll. .They
<br />are composed of fif\een soft rnys, which loifurcale heyond tb~ two-lbir<ts of tbeir
<br />lenglh.The formula of the fins is as fol1o\\~s:
<br />. Ilr. 3.::1; D III. Ii; C B. 1.10. 11. 1.7; A. 111. 8; V. !. B; P 16..
<br />The anu~ is situated c.108e to tl;e Ilnal fin, and Hoaror t~the oxtromity of th~
<br />caudlLl tha,n to the cnd of tloe sm)ul... TIIB s~ales,in geneflll. Ilfe rather small,
<br />thin, and suh-circular. The snllllle~L oncs qccur betwee'n the dorsal.Ii/lllnd the'
<br />occiput, and espeeially on the lattcr region." F('(;lIn the middle of thll.fianks they
<br />incr.oaso il) size downwards, with 11 slight' imbriclllion,' till near the Ilbd()l1)en,
<br />when they diminish .on to thc belly, where"lhey again "lose .their imb~ie\'-tilln."
<br />The laloralline nlakes a gonUy concave curvo on the Ilb<lornen, pa~sing through
<br />the rcgi~n of UJc, largest sCI~les of" the body r being 'vcry consnieuou~ fro~' ~h"e
<br />head Lo the tail. . "
<br />The color isunformly yellowish'~ro\yn"oll th~ head iUl~ "a!Qn~ L!!e dO(l;al re-
<br />gion, cOY,erod with the 6mallesl"s"Cale.. The Bido~ and belly ILro .'ihining silvery
<br />while. TheljllB rellowi,,"; th~ anal, ve!'tr~ls, Ilndro~to~1l18, Iigh~ef plnn "~Ile
<br />eaudalalJd dorsal:" '" ". " " ,"
<br />,Seyc~al s('ocimClls uf this ~l'ecies \~'cril follecled. by Dr. \Vondhouse in the
<br />Zuiii rh'-cr.
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<br />Fig. 1 rcprcsents Ihe specilllCn .le5cJ'ibcd, of natuflli size. , J
<br />:Fig. 2 is ,i1 view of the, head from ahol'c, in ordcf toexl~jbit its sl!llpe, th~
<br />8~rucl~;re and" siLuatiQn of the nostril~, alld their relation ~o the eye~;'
<br />Fig. 3 exhihits the head froll\ belo\\', showing the 8llllp_O of the mouth apd ,~ran-
<br />chi08tegal appl1raI11.. " .-
<br />!'ig. 4, enlarged scale frolllthc luLeralline.
<br />Fia. 5, enlargcd scale from thc \lUl,k. , "
<br />f'i;. 6, enlargf4 scule ff!J1I1 the belly:' .'
<br />fig-s.4, 5, "-Jld G, scen under thc.s"Ine magllifrillg ("ower
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