146 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [April, 



made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston.^* Boulenger describes 

 Ceratohatis rohertsi,'^^ and finally the writer has given a list of a small 

 collection of fishes obtained at Port Antonio by Charles W. Johnson 

 and William J. Fox.^" 



During the early winter of 1891 Dr. J. Percy Moore made a collec- 

 tion of the fishes, listed below, in Jamaica. All are now contained in 

 the University of Pennsylvania. Most are food-fishes, or such as 

 were abundant at the time. Locality labels, other than simply 

 Jamaica, are Kingston, Lucea, Port Antonio, and Port Moran, 

 indicated by the letters K., L., A. and M., respectively. 



1. Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre) . 



2. Eulamia platyodon Poey. "Black Shark." 



Teeth narrow, entire, at least below. Pectoral width half its 

 length, reaches opposite hind basal dorsal edge. Snout length | its 

 width. Length 1012 mm. 



3. Scoliodon terrce-novce (Richardson). 8. Gymnothorax funebris (Ranzaiii). 



K. A. 



4. Sphyrna zygcena (Linne). L. 9. Strongylura titnucu (Walbaum). 



5. Elops saurus Linne. L. 



6. Albula vulpes (Linne). L. 10. S. raphidoma (Ranzani). L. 



7. Synodus fwtens (Linne). K. IL Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linne). 



12. Cypselurus lutkeni (Jordan and Evermann). L. 



Head 4g; depth 5f; D. ii, 11; A. ii, 8; snout 4| in head; eye 3|; 

 maxillary 4; interorbital 2|. Anal base If in dorsal base. Upper- 

 most pectoral ray simple, second divided, third and fourth longest. 

 Pectoral uniform dusky-brown medially, edges pale. Ventral in- 

 serted about midway between last fourth of opercle and caudal base. 

 In alcohol dorsal pale at present, but with traces of dusky above. 

 Length 220 mm. (caudal lobe damaged). 



13. Syngnathus mackayi (Swain and Meek). 



Head 6 J; D. 30; rings 16+32; dorsal on two body lings and 6 

 caudal rings. Snout about If in head. Median snout line with 

 slight keel above and below and smaller lateral keels. Opercle 

 with radiating striae, not keeled. Dorsal about high as body-ring 

 width, base H in head. Pectoral longer than base. Tail If in 

 total length. Body moderately deep. In alcohol uniform brown. 

 Length 134 mm. Probably Jamaica ?. 



14. Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot. 



" 1. c, II, April, 1895, No. 11, pp. 175-6. 

 '8 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1897, pp. 91-134. 

 " Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XX, 1897, pp. 227-8. 

 20 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, pp. 118-119. 



