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front; tongue with two rough plates; soft dorsal as long as the part of 

 the spinous behind fifth spine; caudal little forked. Temporal band of 

 scales broad; scales above lateral line forming oblique series not par- 

 allel with the back. Voiuerine teeth prolonged backward in a long 

 baud on the median line. D. X, 14; A. Ill, 8; 65 scales in a series 

 above lateral line, 53 below. Gulf of Mexico; brought to the Havana 

 markets from the Bay of Campeachy and from Key West. (Pocy.) 



(Mesoprion campechanns Poey, Memorias Culta ii, 111), 18'jO, and in Syiips. Pise. 

 Cubeus, "JIM: Uesoprion campccliianua Pocy, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. ItiTU, 5.) 



Page 549. To the account of Lutjanus stcarusi add : Scales above lat- 

 eral line forming oblique seriet, whicli are not parallel throughout with 

 the lateral line. Teeth on vomer in an anchor-shaped patch, prolonged 

 backward on the median line; outer pair of canines above, very large; 

 teeth of lower jaw moderate; teeth on tongue in a single patch ; max- 

 illary 2[l m head, reaching front of pupil; posterior nostril ovate; pec- 

 toral 1 in head; second and third anal spines subequal. 



Page 549. After Lutjanus stcarnsi add: 



861 (&). L. syiiagris (L.) Poey. 



Olivaceous above, silvery on sides and below; flushed with reddish 

 above; back and sides with wide, continuous stripes of golden yellow, 

 usually wider than a series of scales; a black blotch below soft dorsal; 

 sides of head with yellow stripes usually continuous with those on 

 sides; two yellow stripes from eye to snout; caudal red; other tins yel- 

 lowish; dorsal with t\vo reddish longitudinal bands; ventrals margined 

 with white ; these colors fading in alcohol. Body rather deep and com- 

 pressed; anterior profile steep and nearly straight ; lower jaw project- 

 ing} maxillary reaching to below front of eye. Teeth rather small, 

 subequal, the canines little developed; teeth on vomer in a /j\-shaped 

 patch, slightly prolonged backward on the median line. Scales small, 

 smoothish; those above lateral line arranged in series not parallel 

 with the lateral line. Preopercle with a shallow notch. Dorsal spines 

 slender; anal spines graduated ; anal fin rather high; caudal moder- 

 ately forked. Pectorals long, \\ in head, almost reaching anal. ("Jill- 

 rakers rather long and strong. Head L' 1 .; ; depth l^. 1). X, 12; A. Ill, 

 7; scales (\-7>()-\l. L. 1U inches. West Indies; north to Key West, 

 Florida. 



i* L. Syst. N;it.: Spurn* ri'miifitlurix I'.lm-li A-. Schneider, IPfll, 275: 

 Mi *u/>i-iii iniiiioliiliix Cm. A Val. ii, -17!': M<f>/>ri<>n iniinittiitiin Guuthcr, i, 20'2: Mcso- 

 I>ri<nt uiiiiiiitdtitx I'm-y, Synopsis 1'isc. Ciilinis, 'J'.ll.) 



