934 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



Pai;e.~l. Tlic presence of one or t\vo anal spines in ('iimw'nm has 

 no importance. Probably a rudiment of the iirst spine will be lound 

 in all the species. Ci/mtucinn rctjale and Cymwlun nothuiu are distin- 

 guished from our other species by having the second dorsal and anal 

 covered with small scales; these fins beiiig naked in the other species. 

 Otulitlmx ilrinHiHondi Uich. (Fauna Bor.-Amer. iii, 1830, 70; Giiuther, ii. 

 .".07), from Xe\v Orleans, is identical with (Jynoscion nn(ci(llnm. This 

 .^pecies has the eaudal unevenly truncate, not "lunate", as stated in the 

 text. 



Page r>s;>. After GVr/rx ]>lumicri add: 

 919 (b). O. oli*tlio*tom;i Goodo & Beau. Irish Pompano. 



Color silvery olivaceous ; scales with faint silvery streaks but no dark 

 ones; lins mostly pale or yellowish, the ventrals somewhat dusky. 

 Body rhomboid, short and deep, the back elevated, the anterior protile 

 straight and very steep ; mouth rather large; teeth slender, brush-like. 

 Preorbital entire ; preopercle and iuteropercle serrate. Groove on top 

 of head, for reception of premaxillaries, broad, rounded behind, with a 

 median linear depression, its surface completely covered with small 

 deciduous scales, which extend forward to just behind nostrils. ICyc 

 moderate. Dorsal spines high and strong, the second, nearly or quite 

 as long as head. Second anal spine very strong, half or more length oi 

 head. Caudal lobes long and slender, a little longer than head. Pec- 

 toral long, nearly as long as head, reaching front of anal. Head 3; 

 depth :. I). IX, 10; A. Ill, 8; scales 5-37-0. L. 12 inches. West In- 

 dies, north to Southern Florida. 



....... !< & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. !-':>, 4'J:5: dcrrrx rlionibtw Poey, Syn. Pis.-. 



Cul). 1H;">H, :;.': Mtijiirnt liioiitlxa Tory, Airil. Soc. Ksp. Mist. N:il. x, ii'JT, 1.--1, II.H 

 Hiri-i-x i-liiniili, U x C. & V. vi, I.V.I; a sjn-cifs of similar ft.rni, but \vitli two anal spinrs 

 .uil\. an.l the jiiriiiaxillarv groove nilircly naked. The j^eii'is Mj<irra.\u Po> y's 



ii i;ilij;elilelil. is (list ill^ll i.shrd IVulll f/.vrc.s by t he eilt ire Jireorltit al, and I'liuil "/'/</;- 

 lerux" by the serrated )u < .>|>erele. ) 



Pa-e .^\. Instead of (icrrcx ttryi'ittritN 1'c-ad: 



-iO. <;. n8:i C. A V. 



This species is distinguished from the- other American species (ex- 

 cept <!<ri-ix li<niii>iti/>iiti*) by tlic- prc-seiice of a t ransv erse band of scales 

 across the anterior part of the gioovr of tlic- premaxillaries on the top 

 of the head; behind t hese scales the naked part of t he groove appears 

 as a pit \\hen the jaw is proinided. Third dorsal spine ;; as long as 

 liead, twice as long as second anal spine. Head 3.J ; depth 1';;. D. 

 IX, 10; A. 111,7; scales l-t.VO. Tip of dorsal dusky. West Indies, 

 north to < 'ape Cod. 



