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for 50 to 100 feet. Sometimes they would leave the water completely, 

 though only for very short intervals or spaces of about 4 to 8 feet. 

 The whole performance is quite suggestive of flying-fishes.^' 

 *10. Holocentrus ascensionis (Osbeck). 11. Mugil cephalus Linne. 

 12. M. curema Valenciennes. 



Six young in the Querimana stage from Useppa Island 18 to 20 

 mm. long, and having 10 branched anal rays. A larger example, 

 also in the same stage or about 45 mm. long and which I assigned 

 to AI. cephalus^^ agrees. It is also likely that the one I identified 

 as the young of M. curema^^ from Santo Domingo is really M. cephalus. 



Mr. Hebard found the young mullets in very small schools, of 

 about 5 to 20 individuals, at the surface. A small quadrate area of 

 the dorsal portion of the back was out of the water, conspicuously 

 shining silvery, though other parts of the body hardly noticeable. 

 These fish dart forward, all together, in short jerks, and would not 

 leave the surface unless greatly alarmed. When disturbed or scat- 

 tered they reassembled in a few moments at the surface. 



31. Calamus proridens Jordan and 

 Gilbert. 



32. Lagodon rJiomboides (Linne). 

 '■'Pinfish." 



Usejjpa Island. Common in 

 shoals, among weeds and under 

 docks. 



33. Archosargus probatocephalus (Wal- 

 bamn). 



34. Diplodus holbrooki (Bean) . "Sail- 

 or's Choice." 



Useppa Island. Locally with 

 the grunts in deep water about 

 docks. 



35. Eucinostomus harengulus (Goode 

 and Bean). "Sand Perch." 

 "Sand Brem." 



Useppa Island. These ver- 

 naculars also applied to the 

 next, though the species not 

 distinguished by the fishermen. 

 Both were moderately common 

 in shoals, particularly on sandy 

 bottoms. 



36. E. gula (Valenciennes). 



37. Cynoscion nehidosus (Cuvier). 



38. Bairdiella chrysura (Lacepede). 

 L'seppa Island. Young exam- 

 ples, all showing 3 large spines 

 at preopercle angle. 



39. Scicenops ocellatus (Linne). 



Menidia peninsulm Goode 

 Bean. "Glass Minnow." 

 Found in schools on sandy bot- 

 toms in the shoals. Useppa 

 Island. 



14. Caranx hippos (Linne). 



15. Trachinotus falcatus (Bloch). 



16. T. carolinus (Linne). 



17. Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch). 

 *18. Epinephelus striatus (Bloch). 

 *19. E. maculosus (Valenciennes). 



20. E. morio (Valenciennes). 

 *21. Myderoperca honaci (Poey). 



22. M. microlepis (Goode and Bean). 



23. Dipleclrum formosum (Linne). 

 Biscayne Bay. 



Lutjanus griseus (Linne). "Man- 

 grove Snapper." 

 Soldier Key and Useppa Island. 

 Young, numerous under docks 

 at latter locality. 



25. L. synagris (Linne). 



26. H(Emulon sciurus (Shaw). 

 Soldier Key. 



H. plumieri (Lacepede). 



Bathystoma rimator (Jordan and 

 Swain) . 



Anisotreynus virginicus (Linne). 



Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linne). 

 "Grunt." 



Useppa Island. Very abun- 

 dant in deep water about docks. 



24. 



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 30 



32 Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., 55, 1919, p. 397, fig. Havana. 



33 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 744, fig. 1. 

 3" L. c, fig. 2. 



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