5.") 6 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



877. S. iniliK'B'i (Cood-.- & Bean) J. & G. 



Dull silvery with brown cross-bauds. Form of Diplodus argyrnps. 

 Diameter of eye equalling: length of opercle; eye about 4 in head, less 

 than H in snout. Preorbital nearly as high as long;, with the edge nearly 

 st i -light. Five series of scales between the preorbital and angle of pre- 

 opercle. Three series of molars in the upper jaw, two in the lower; 

 front teeth not deseril.ed. Dead :!.]; depth 2}. D. XII, lL>; A. I IF, 10; 

 L. lat. IS; L. transv. -f 4 . (Goode & Bean.} Charlotte Harbor, Fla. 



milntri (jooilo & Bean. Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus. ii, 134, 1H?'J.) 



aa. Antcriur trrth canine-like. 



b. Molar teeth above in two series. (Pagrw* Cuvier.) 



878. S. pagrus L. 



Silvery; back rose-colored. Upper profile of the head parabolic; an 

 obtuse prominence before the upper anterior angle of the e\e; preor- 

 bital a third higher than long', with an incision in front. ]So procum- 

 bent dorsal spine. Dorsal spines not elongate; second anal spine 

 stronger but not longer than the third, one-fourth the length of the 

 head: peetoral elongate, reaching the fourth soft ray of the anal. Eye 

 l.\ in interorbital space; 1 in snout. Ilead 3; depth 2|. I). ^KII, 10; 

 A. 111,8; scales (i-.jG-lG. .Mediterranean Sea and neighboring waters; 

 occasional on our South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 



(L. Sy-t. Nat.: >/(/-/rs uri/ni/, .s Bludi A. Srlnn-i.liT, 1-nl, 'JT1 : 7'//</cx 

 (iiimlirr, i, 4l>(5: J'a<jrnx ari/i-nlcus Goodc & Bi'iin, 1'roc. U. S. Nat. Mu^. l-T'j, i: 1 ,:',.) 



S. chrysops L. Porc/ee. 

 Color nearly plain dull silvery; axil dusky; ventrals dark, liack 

 elevated; head large and heavy; eye large, placed high: preorbital 

 very large, its diameter half greater than that of eye; interorbital area 

 very convex. Six strong conical teeth in front of upper jaw, and S in 

 lower: about 1' rows of molars, the inner series larger. Five ,ows of 

 si-ales on the widest part of the cheek, 4 on the interopercle; breast 

 scales large. A procumbent spine before the dorsal; dorsal spines 

 lather high: >ecoml and third anal spines about equal; caudal forked; 

 pectoral long and falcate, reaching the last anal spine; ventrals moder- 

 ate. Head.;; depth L', 1 ,. D. XIII, 111; A. 111. 11; Lat. 1. .ij. South 

 Atlantic coast: abundant: long overlooked by naturalists, lately re- 

 discovered b\ Mr. K'. II. Karll. 



L. S\st. N.-ii.: (i.iiKli- MSS.) 



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