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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[April, 



NOTES ON TROPICAL AMERICAN FISHES 

 BY HENRY W. FOWLER 



While studying certain groups of marine fishes in the museum 

 of the Academy I have recently had occasion to examine several 

 old collections which have never been reported. Some include a 

 few types of Cope, of which additional notes and diagnoses are given 

 below. This has been attempted as most all his originals are too 

 brief and lack many of the details demanded by modern stand- 

 ards. The material representing Cope's "Ichthyology of the Lesser 

 Antilles" is largely extant, and is also included. Material from the 

 Bahamas and Jamaica, sent to the University of Pennsylvania, 

 and now in its Zoological Laboratory, was kindly placed at my dis- 

 posal by Dr. J. Percy Moore. 



Panama. 



A small collection received from Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger in 

 1857, another from Captain Field in 1862, and later some small 

 examples from J. A. McNiel, All from Panama City. 



1. Sphyrna zygmna Linne. 



2. Rfiitwbatos leucorhynchus Giinther. 



3. Urotrygon tnundus Gill. 



4. Cetengraulis engymen Gilbert and 



Pier son. 



5. Dorosoma petenensis (Giinther). 



6. Myrophis vafer Jordan and Gilbert. 

 Rabula panamensis (Steindachner) . 

 Murrena clepsydra Jordan and 



Evermann. 



Bagre pinnimaculata (Steindach- 

 ner). 



Mollienisia sphenops (Valen- 

 ciennes). 



Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes). 



12. Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert and 



iStarks. 



13. Hippocampus ingens Girard. 



14. Sphyrcena ensis Jordan and Gilbert. 



15. Vomer setapitmis (MitchillJ. 



16. Amia relrosella Gill. 



7. 

 8. 



9. 



10. 



11. 



17. Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns). 



{E. ordinatus Cope, Trans. Amer. 

 Philos. Soc. Phila., XIV, 1871, 

 p. 466.) 



18. Rypticus xanti Gill. 



19. Anisotremus tcenialus Gill. 



20. Brachydeuterus leusiccus (Giinther). 



21. Polydactylus opercularis (Gill). 



22. Pomacentrus rectifrcenum Gill. 



23. Chcetodipterus zonatus (Girard). 



24. Canthigaster punc'.atissimus (Giin- 



ther). 



25. Diodon hystrix Linne. 



26. Prionotus horrens Richardson. 



27. Leptecheneis naucrates (Linne). 



28. Batrachoides pacijici (Giinther). 



29. Auchenopterus monophthalmus 



(Giinther). 



30. H ypsoblennius striatus (Steindach- 



ner). 



An old saw from Captain Field is doubtless Pristis zephyreus 

 (Jordan and Starks), but without other characters is not certain. 



1 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc Phila., (new series) XIV, 1871, pp. 445-483. 



