572 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



3i. 1). X-I, 25; A. II, 8; Lat. 1. 50. Cape Cod to Mexico; 

 common southward; kiiowii at sight by the peculiar caudal spot. 



(/Vmi occllala L. Syst. Nat.: Corrina octllala Cuv. & Val. v, 134: Cord mi vccllata 

 Holbrook, Ich. S. C. I860, 150; Giinther, ii, ^9.) 



dd. Outer teeth in upper jaw scarcely larger than others; lower pharyugeals enlarged, 

 their teeth paved. (Ronvador* J. & G.) 



99. S. Stearnsi CSteindaclmer) Jor. & Gilb. Roncador. 



Grayish silvery, with bluish lustre, some streaks of dark points along 

 the rows of scales ; breast and belly with two dusky lengthwise streaks; 

 a very conspicuous, large, jet black spot at base of pectoral, including 

 the axil and the base of the fin ; fins grayish, with dusky shades; inside 

 of mouth, branchiostegals, and peritoneum mostly black. Body oblong, 

 heavy forward, the shoulders elevated and the profile steep; mouth 

 rather large, maxillary reaching beyond middle of eye. Teeth in both 

 jaws in a broad villiform band, the outer row scarcely enlarged; no 

 canines; preoperclc strongly dentate; gill-rakers slender, rather short; 

 lower pharyngeals broad, the teeth mostly paved ; eye large. Spinous 

 dorsal not much elevated; second anal spine shortish, about half the 

 height of the soft rays, very stout; pectoral elongate, reaching much 

 past the tips of the long ventrals; caudal fin lunate, the upper lobe 

 the longer. Head 3 ; depth 3. D. X-I, 24 ; A. II, 8; Lat. 1. CO. L. 30 

 inches. Coast of California, north to Point Concepciou ; a large and 

 valued food-fish, singularly distinguished by its black pectoral spot. 



(Oonina stearnsi Strindacbner, Icbtbyol. Beitriige, iii, 1675,22: Roncador stcarnsi 

 Jor. & Gilb. Troc. U. S. Nat. Mus. IrtBO, 28.) 



cc. Prenperele with an entire, nie;nbranaceou8 honlrr. 

 d. Dorsal with less than 30 soft rays. 



9OO. S. sutiirim (Grd.) J. & G. Red Roncadur. 



Blackish, with coppery lustre; each scale with a cluster of dark 

 points; a dark operciilar patch; fins rather dark; belly silvery, but 

 diistrd with dark specks. I'.ody oblong, with the antnlorsal region 

 convex and the profile nearly straight. Maxillaries not reaching to 

 posterior holder of eye. Teeth in lower jaw in a broad villiform band; 

 upper jaw with a similar band, in front of which is a single row of large 

 teeth: lower pharyngeals narrow, with conical teeth, (lill-rakers short 



.Inrdan A CilbrH, I'mc. T. S. Nat. Mus. ]--n, _'- : t\|.r Cnrrin,! st,;ini*i Slrimlarh- 



IHT. (Spanish n>ni<l<\ ^nintrr.) This is perhaps a valid i^rnus. distinguished from 



mi b.v Us lar^i-, pavrd pliai \ n^cals, ri'M-iiiltlinii those- uf I'lxjunins, but not united. 



l = Corrin<i Cmier. Ivej^ne Aniin. ed. 'J, ii, 1?:!, 1-'J'.: type Sria'im nifjrn Hlocb= 

 > in // innlirii J,. .None uf tin species of | lie jjnnip called >'<( by Cuvier were known 

 to Linnaeus. 



