The sides of the pelvis are light gray which from the anus back leave only a very narrow white ventral strip; this is lost entirely about 2 ft. in front of the flukes insertion, the gray covering the ventral line here. Just behind the anus two narrow points extend obliquely forward from the gray of the lower sides, but do not meet in the mid-ventral line. On the left side all of the furrows from the mid- ventral line are dark. On either side of the belly opposite the tips of the fins laid back, two gray bands extend downward & backward obliquely meeting on the mid ventral line to form a V, the apex being about four feet in front of the anus. The right arm of the V is solid color - the left arm is broken. A narrow, broken band of grayish extends from the apex of the V back to the navel. Opposite the middle of the fins laid back on the left side at a grayish blotch - on the right side instead of a blotch it has the form of a narrow band which unites with the right arm of the V a short dist- ance from the apex. Opposite the navel two more bands