554 coxTKir.fTioxs TO NORTH AMKIIICAX ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



I. D. I re iiieCHiiMlus (Comic A. lV:m) .1. & G. 

 l';ilc. with a pair of bands as broad as tin- pupil extending from the 

 snout, when- they unite, following the dorsal line at a distance about 

 equal to their own width, and connecting with the same at the end of 

 the base of the seeond dorsal, where they reunite: a second broad pair 

 of bands extending from the snout through the middle of the eye, in a 

 straight line below the lateral line to the base of the caudal ; traces on 

 the head of a pair of narrower bands between the two other pairs; a 

 single stripe on the mesial line of the body, from a point in advance of 

 the eyes to the region of the dorsal ; a very prominent blot eh at base of 

 caudal tin; maxillary extending beyond front of orbit ; dorsal iin mod- 

 erately notched, the fourth spine the longest; second anal spine very 

 strong and longer than the fourth dorsal spine, also longer than the 

 third anal spine; scales very large, irregularly arranged. Head ."> ; 

 depth 3. D. XI, I, 15; A. Ill, 8; L. lat. 50; L. trausv. -'. (<ioo<lc 

 1 lli-nn.) Clear Water Harbor, Florida. 



Goocle & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nut. Mus. ii, 340, 1870.) 



875. D. trivittatiis (Bloch & Schn.) J. & G. irhil<- 



C.reenish olive, sides with about 4 distinct brownish or yellowish 

 longitudinal streaks running up on sides of head; the two middle ones 

 broader and golden, running from the eye ami mu/xle below the lateral 

 line; lips and mouth brilliant red; dorsal and caudal tins grayish brown. 

 Kody ratherelongate, fusiform, compressed and but little elevated; snout 

 sharp; mouth moderate, somewhat oblique, the narrow maxillary reach- 

 ing beyond front of orbit; eye as long as snout; second and third anal 

 spines of nearly equal length, the second the stronger. Head l\.\ ; depth 

 :\.\. l>. XIII, 1-1; A. Ill, S; I/it. 1. 70. South Atlantic coast of I'nited 

 States and southward; well distinguished from the other American 

 species by its slender form. 



' ,i-ii in mi-ill ^ Iririll'ilii-i I! l.ir] i A Srliin-iilrr. l-n|. I-- : S, rrni/ii^ ,;i/ii nini I.irlit. Hrrl. Ali- 

 llilllill. 18*20,288: Ilti uuilim ijiindrilinxlt/nn (.Jiilltlli'l-, i, :;ll'i : Jlnini/llliii r</y)i IIIKI ( Jixulf, 



j'.uii. r. s. ,x..i. MUS. \. :,:-,.) 



285. E.OBOTES Cuvier. 



(Cnvit-r. I.'i-L'in- Aiiiin. <(!. '.', ii, 1-.".i: Ivpr Ll><>t<x , nil' ( 'nvirr =Holo(i iilriix xnri- 

 n a in i ntit I'-lnrii.) 



I'.ody oblong, conqu-essed and elevated, co\ered wilh inodci'ate si/ed, 

 weakl\ ctenoid M-ale>; ]>rolile of head concave, the snout prominent; 

 mouth moderate, oblique, with thick lips: upper jaw very protractile, 

 ihe lower the longer; jaws with narrow bands of villilbrm teeth, in 



