928 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



forked, tin- upper lobe nearly as long as head. Pectorals as long as 

 head, reaching slightly past vent. Head ."): depth 1'.^. ]). XIII, 12; 

 A. Ill, 11; P. 1G; scales 3-46-14. Southern Florida. 



(Goode & r.ran, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



11>. Anterior iiTth little larger thaii tho others, not canine-like. (Grainmati'its Pocy.) 

 76 (/). C. mcdiiis (Poey) J. & G. 



Olivaceous, rather dusky; body and vertical fins with obscure bars 

 of dark olive, which mostly disappear with age; preorbital with nar- 

 row, horizontal bluish stripes; ventrals pale. Body rather elongate, 

 comparatively elliptical; the back less arched than in other species; 

 the anterior profile moderately curved. Preorbital deep, l' ; \ in head; 

 maxillary i'.\ in head. Eye small, placed high, 4 in head. Anterior 

 teeth small, scarcely enlarged, none of them canine-like: molars mostly 

 in three series above, two below. Spines low, slender; soft dorsal low; 

 caudal less deeply forked than usual; anal spines graduated: pectoral 

 comparatively short, as long as head, reaching a little past vent. Dis- 

 tance from base of pectoral to base of dorsal less than head. Head 3J; 

 depth 12 r, J). XII, IL; A. III. 9; scales 5-46-11, 10 in a series between 

 dorsal and nape. L. 10 inches. Florida to Cuba. 



(Griiiitmttifiix HH'iHiiK 1'ory, Ami. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1.^7:2, !>':?.) 



877. C. milaicri (G. & B.) J. & G. 



This species belongs to the genus C(il<i>nnx, and is very closely 

 allied to C. nicilhi*, from which it may be distinguished by the following 

 characters: Xo blue stripes on preorbital; ventrals blackish. Mack 

 more arched than in iiu'dhix, the anterior prolile less convex; dis- 

 tance from axil of pectoral to front of dorsal greater than length of 

 head. Kye -1 in head (not 5 as in (\ >/mr< />\ (luichcnot a Cuban 

 species, with which it agrees in other respects). Scales above lateral 

 line smaller. Scales C-IT-l.'!; about L'6 in a series before dorsal. Head 



depth L", 



Page .V>i!. SIKSMI*. pngrds L. flu If /w<,'<. . 



The coloration of this species as shown in specimens from Pensacola 

 is as follows: Light crimson, shaded with golden olive: sides and below 

 silvery, Hushed \\ith red; many scales of back and sides each with a 

 small round spot of deep purplish blue, these forming longitudinal 

 streaks below and broken oblique streaks above lateral line: a few blue 

 spots on nape and opercle; tins largely orange, shaded with pink. 'We 

 find no account ,,f the presence of blue spots in the European variety 

 of this species. 



