ADDENDA 88. SPARID^ CALAMUS. 927 



of month orange; fins pale; young with 5 or 6 dark olive bars; caudal 

 faintly barred. Body deep, the back considerably elevated ; muzzle 

 prolonged, the profile somewhat arched; eye large, 3$ in head. Canine 

 teeth rather long and strong, all similar, usually about 8 in each jaw 

 outside of the cardiform band. Caudal- deeply forked ; anal spines 

 graduated; pectoral long, somewhat longer than head, reaching past 

 anal spines. Depth of preorbital 2 in head. Head ."> ; ' ( ; depth 2. D. 

 XII, 12; A. Ill, 10. Tropical America, north to South Carolina and 

 Lower California. 



(Sparus bajonado Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichtb. 1801, 2< Q 4 : Pagellus caninus Poey, 

 Mem. Cuba, ii, 468, 1861: Calamus bajonado Poey, Aim. Lye. Hist. N. Y. x, 176, 1872: 

 /Sporws brachysomus Lockingtou Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 283.) 



876 (rf). C. mac pops Poey. 



Pale olivaceous, somewhat silver} 7 ; sides with obscure olivaceous 

 bauds, especially in the young: preorbital not striped; ventrals pale. 

 Body broad-ovate, compressed, the back elevated, the anterior profile 

 slightly curved, not very steep. Preorbital deeper than long, its depth 

 nearly half head. A sharp-edged bony prominence before eye. Eye 

 large, 3 in head, about as long as maxillary. Front teeth slender, little 

 enlarged, about 12 in the outer series in each jaw; molars rather small, 

 in 3 rows above and 2 below^ Scales above lateral line, in series par- 

 allel with the lateral line. Procumbent spine of dorsal concealed. Fins 

 low; caudal moderately forked. Pectoral long, a little longer than 

 head, reaching second anal spine, which is little enlarged, little longer 

 than third. Head 3 ; depth 2^-. D. XII, 12 5 A. Ill, 11; scales 

 7-53-17. Cuba, north to Garden Key, Florida. 



(Calamus macrops Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. x, 181, 1872.) 



876 (<>) C. arctafrosas Goode & Bean. 



Light olive, with bright reflections ; sides with obscure dark cross- 

 bars; head without distinct markings; fins nearly plain, all pale. 

 Body oblong-ovate, more elongate than usual in this genus, the ante- 

 rior profile being very convex. Mouth rather large; maxillary 2^- in 

 head, reaching front of orbit. Front teeth in both jaws rather strong, 

 all similar, 'somewhat canine-like, to 8 in each jaw; upper molars in 

 2 rows anteriorly and 3 posteriorly; lower in 2 rows; a conspicuous 

 pore with a dermal flap on each side of snout. Preorbital very deep, 

 its depth 3 in head. Eye small, 3^ in head, placed very high. Dorsal 

 spines slender, the longest 3| in head, about equal to longest soft ray. 

 Anal spines small, graduated, the third 4 in head. Caudal deeply 



