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base of the fin a little proem-rent, its length 3 in head. Head 2?-; 

 depth 2ft I). XI, I, 9; A. Ill, 5; P. 20; Lat. 1. 32 (31 tubes). South 

 Carolina to Florida. 

 (Goo.lr A J5cau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 421.) 



1O38 (<). S. calcarata Goode & Bean. 



Color essentially as in S. stearnsi; axil of pectoral whitish, with 

 dusky specks, a black spot at its upper edge; ventrals mostly black. 

 Body moderately robust; lower jaw slightly projecting, with a small 

 symphyseal knob; maxillary reaching past pupil, its length half head. 

 Suborbital without pit, the bony stay moderate, armed with 2 small 

 spines. Nasal spines small. Interorbital space narrow, with 2 longi- 

 tudinal ridges, its width f length of eye. Cranial ridges rather low, 

 with sharp spines, arranged as in S. stearnsi. Occipital cavity almost 

 obsolete, represented by a slight depression. Preopercular spines 5, 

 the lowermost stout, directed doicmcaril and forward, the uppermost 

 rat her long, more than half eye. Opercular and scapular spines mod- 

 erate. Eye large, nearly 3 in head. Supraocular flaps minute; a few 

 other small flaps on head. Cheeks with rather large imbricated scales; 

 opercle, with some scales anteriorly and on its flap; breast scaly : scales 

 of body large, not ctenoid, with few dermal flaps or none. Pores of 

 lateral line very conspicuous. Gill-rakers short and small. Dorsal 

 spines rather slender, the longest 2 in head; longest soft ray L'i in 

 head. Anal spines small, the second and third subequal, 3 in head. 

 Soft anal rays moderate. Ventrals reaching past vent, li? in head. 

 Pectoral long, 1 J- in head. Depth 3. D. XI, I, 9; A. Ill, 5; P. 19; Lat. 

 1. L'S (IT) t ubes). West coast of Florida. 

 (<; ..... ]. A r.ran, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1H82, 422.) 



Page liSS. CottiatcitliiN w/fTo/wis very fully described and well figured 







by Collet t, Norske Xord-llavs Exp. 1SSO, IS. The eye is here repre- 

 sented as shorter than snout, and about < in head, the pectorals reach 

 past Iron I <>t' anal, and the dorsal rays are VI-13 to VI-15. It is pos- 

 sible that the Ameiican species is different, but the resemblance of the 

 two is very great. 



<i'.l. It is thought by Collett (Norske Nord-IIavs Exp. 1880, 34) 

 that Irclttx hlrnrnis is identical with I<-rhix linnnifiiN. If this supposition 

 is correct, the species should stand as 101S, /. biconiis (IJeinh.) (Jill. 

 lcdnx //m-/>r MalmfForh. Skand. Natm r. is<;;{, 410) is identical with 

 /. hniiHitiis. In life the head of this species is provided with very slen- 

 der cirri. 



