98 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



the membrane connecting the segments pale bluish, forming cross 

 stripes which are especially marked on the egg pouch ; prominent 

 pale cross bars on lower side of head ; dorsal colorless, except that the 

 base is finely dusted with brown ; caudal thickly dusted with brown, 

 except near base. 



This species is most closely related- to Siphostoma jonesi, differing 

 in having a shorter dorsal with more rays, and in the lateral keel 

 ending distinct from lower caudal keel. 



One specimen, 4* long. No. 4,988, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. 



37. Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot. Sea Horse. 



Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot in Sagra, Cuba Poiss., 174, pi, 5, fig. 2, 

 1850 (Cuba) ; Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 778. 



ATHERINID^. 



38. Atherina laticeps Poey. 



Atherina laticeps Poey, Memorias, II, 265, 1861 (Havana). 



Atherina laticeps, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 790. 



MUGILIDiE. 



39. Mugil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes. Red and Black Eye Mullet. 



Mugil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 87, 1836 (Bra- 

 zil; Martinique; Cuba); Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 813. 



Very dark above, becoming silvery below ; lines along rows of 

 scales show in reflected light ; dorsal and caudal very heavily punc- 

 tate, almost black at tip. 



40. Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft). 



Mugil monticola Bancroft, in Griffith's Edition, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 

 Fishes, 367, pi. 36, 1836 (Jamaica). 



Agonostomus monticola, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 819 



41. Sphyrsena barracuda (Walbaum). Short Barracuta. 



Esox baracuda Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, III, 1792, 94, after Barracuda ot 

 Catesby. 



Sphyxzna picuda, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 823. 



The specific name barracuda, first given in binomial form by Wal- 

 baum, has priority over pieuda. 



42. Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier & Valenciennes. Long Barracuta. 



Sphynzna guachancho Cuvier & Valenciennes, III, 342, 1829 (Havana); 

 Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 824. 



POLYNEMID^l. 



43. Polydactylus virginicus (Linnrcus). " Cat Fish." 



Polynemus virginicus Linnreus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 317, 1758 (America). 

 Polydactylies virginicus, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America,- S29. 



