[Journals], 1908-1912
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white looks like the crust of wood - from nare to nucha below are small irregular markings, very light gray, almost white. Throat + breast + flps, to about three feet behind fins is lighter slate like head - rest of belly is like feldspar, light blue gray - from the insertion of fins running obliquely backward downward toward but not meeting air, the median deris are really dark colored markings, with now and then a small white one - there are a very few dark colored ones on the breast just in front of insertion of fins. From dorsal fin to pectorals top edge of feldspar is entirely solid color - no markings whatever. Pectorals - light blue gray below, lined with regular lines almost white. Above color of head (light slate) lined with lighter white 13 deep Pectorals alone slate; anal edge white for distal 1/3 - 4 markings on top at insertion. Below fin is milk white. Dorsal fin is only a rounded ridge like this: bottoms of furrows from a point opposite tip of gulf back, all pink - rest of are the furrows same color as field - External Characters notch of pectorals 1/3 deep - median crease between below - livers only 38 long. The feet is 5 long - its tip is divided into small finger like processes.