932 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



Page ."7-. Instead of u cc," etc., read: 



292 (<). CORVINA* Cnvior. 



The species of "tfcnrmi" which have the preopercle without bony 

 Denatures may he referred to Corvina. Genus 296 (b), Eoncador should 

 probably be retained also. 



Page ."7.">. After ('<>rri,i<i nciiiinnfitci add: 



293 (-2). EQUES Blocb. 



(Blo.-h lehthyologia, about 1790: type Eqncs ameriratin* Blocb.) 



Body oblong, compressed, the back much elevated anteriorly. Mouth 

 rather small, the lower jaw included; teeth in villiform bands, the outer 

 somewhat enlarged above; preopercle serrate, the teeth flexible; pseu- 

 dobranchia 1 ])resent. Scales moderate, extending on the soft fins. 

 First, dorsal of about 16 spines, the median spines much elevated : 

 second dorsal extremely long. Anal very small; second anal spine 

 small. Pyloric coeca few. Air-bladder simple. Vertebrae 10+15. 

 (Latin, Equus, a horse; the long dorsal spines being compared to a 

 rider.) 

 9O1 (>'). E. laiir^olatus (Gniel.) Casteln. 



r.re\ ish-yellow, with three broad blackish-brown bands, edged with 

 whitish ; the first vertical, from the crown, through the eye to the angle 

 of the mouth ; the second slightly arched, from the nape over the oper- 

 ele to the base of the ventral; the third curved, from the top of the 

 first dorsal along the middle of the side of the body to the middle of 

 the caudal fin. Head small; maxillary 3 in head, reaching pupil. 

 Height of first dorsal usually much more than depth of body below 

 it. Head 3-; depth 3. D. XVI-I, 53; A. II, 10; Lat. 1.60. West 



Indies; lately taken at Pensacola by Silas Stearns. 



(Chii'ioilnii /riH/ro/d/HxCmeliri, Syet. Nat. 178H, 12.".-1: /.'</< baJlcntiin C. & V. v, l(i">: 

 CiintluT, ii, ,'?!: KtjiH'H itmericanus Bloch. Ichtli. tat'. :?47, ii^. 1.) 



Page ."i7.~>. The synonym " Homo j>r inn .ranthitrus Holbr." belongs i< 

 Sfiirnn <ir/i>/r<>l<'iicti. not to LioNfniiius .runtlinnix. 



Page r>7.". (JniijniH'iHiiN. Several of the characters given in the text 

 are inapplicable to South American species now referred to (i'<>ii/(i<'tnux. 



*('u\i.'i. !,' i,'iir Animal, i-d.'J. ii, 17:'., l-_".>: tyjii- Sciinni >iii/ru I'.lm-li -\,-;,;, /r , umbra 

 L. in |i:iil. the sjii-cirvi liiiviii^ bri-n i nnfuuiiclcil liy L. \\itli Mtrnn umbra (=^rtc/(///</ 



\. ;i<-. >. The enlargement of tin- scmiiil :in:il spine, used by Cuvier to distinguish Cor- 



iiini troin Xi'iiriitt, li:is no tuxunniiiic value. (Corriixi, the Italian and Sjianisli name iur 

 \ arimis Sei.-fimids, originally fruin Latin <'t>rrun, en>\v, in allusion to the dusky color of 



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