930 coxTinr.i i IONS TO NORTH AMKKICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



Profile steep, with a strong depression above eye; the 

 snout rather pointed; occipital region carinate. Front teeth small, in 

 a dose set hand, the outer series a little enlarged, compressed and lance- 

 olate. much as in rcrxicolor. Molars in two rows in each jaw. Gill 

 raker* very short. A strong procumbent spine before dorsal; first and 

 second dorsal spines very short ; third dorsal spine more or less fila- 

 mentous, reaching past middle of soft dorsal; pectoral a little longer 

 than head, reaching soft rays of anal. Scaly part of cheek as deep as 

 long (in A. rersicolor considerably longer than deep). Second inter- 

 spiual of anal quill-shaped as in Calamus. Head :?-|; depth "2. D. 

 XII, 12; A. Ill, 12; scales about 7-48-14. West coast of Florida, in 

 rather deep water. Distinguished from A. versicolor by the deeper 

 cheek and preorbital, the different form of the body, and the difference 

 in the dorsal spines. 

 (Stenotomus oaprinua Ucan, Proc. U. S. N;it. Mns. 1882.) 



On page 560, after Diplodm nunlunaciila, add : 



5 (b\ D. cariha-tts (Poey) J. & G. Sar<i<>. 



Steel-brown, with golden-yellow longitudinal stripes, which scarcely 

 extend on the head, 3 above, 5 or 6 below the lateral line; a black spot 

 at the shoulder; dorsal yellowish, with a faint dusky median stripe; 

 ventrals orange in the females, yellowish and punctate in the male>: 

 anal similarly colored. Hody deep; snout obtuse; maxillary reaching 

 beyond posterior nostril; molars in two rows; incisors 1: road, entire; 

 second anal spine much longer and larger than third; pectoral long and 

 pointed; caudal forked. Head I. 1 , (in total): depth L". 1). XIII. 11: 

 A. III. 10. West Indies, north to Key West (/W,/ /// lit.). 



I tin ./;;> /,//;/</ /(> l'.ir\. M elm 11 i:i>. ii. 1-:;n. I 1 .)?, and in SynopH. Pise. Culx-ns. 309.) 



I 'age ."iii.",. Al'ter .\innjnn iniirt -1,-tiniix add: 



NO CO. A. ma<-Ba8cas ( ]'<><> i .1. & G. 



Uniform bright scarlet ; a round black spot belou second dorsal and 

 ai, other on side o| - caudal peduncle above median line. ."Maxillary L' in 

 head, reaching bey ..... I pupil; eye very large, ."> in head; preoperde dis 

 tmcth serrulate ; pectoral ].\ in head, a little shorter t ha n caudal. Head 

 L'l ; .lepth'J 1 ,. I). YI-I. 7; A. 11,8; scales UA-lMi-7. I- -5 inches. Wot 

 Florida to ( 'nba. 



' .'iiii/iriini niiiri-ltitii* \''-\. MI-III. Cllli.'l ii. I'j:'.. 1-^CiU: Amin iiin-'iiliiln 1'ncy. Syil. P'lSC. 



Cab. 304, 1868; Jor. A Gilb. Proc. I 8. Nat. Mns. i.s-j. -J7H. i 



It is doiilitt'ul whether .\/K>!i"i/ tuiii'i-iriinnx has ever been really taken 



