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of body, at base of pectoral, 6^ X 8 inches ; least depth of caudal peduncle, 

 iX inches; eye 2 in snout, 6 in head; maxilla scarcely to below 

 middle of pupil; forehead decidedly convex but not very high, its 

 greatest depth over the eye only Vz head. Ventral 5^ inches, not 

 reaching near to vent; pectoral 4^ inches, about equal to head with- 

 out snout. Many small black blotches like ink-spots on head and 

 body, largest and most numerous in pectoral region. Upper parts 

 slaty blue, lower parts silvery. Anal rays 26. 



CXXXII. Family Bra in Ida'. 



103. Brama rail (Bloch). 



GOODE, Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, xiv, Oct., 1877, 292 



CXXXIV. Family Centrolophidre. 



104. Centrolophus sp. 



GOODE, Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, xiv, Oct., 1877, 292. 



CXLIV. Family Cheilodipteridse. 



105. Apogon pigmentarius (Poey). 



4854 No. 523. Cooper's Id., west side. Oct. 24. 



4855 No. 685. Long Bay, Cooper's Id. Seine. Sept. 25. 



Two individuals of this beautiful species were seined at Cooper's 

 Id., one of them in Long Bay, Sept. 25, and the other on the west side, 

 Oct. 24. The life colors of the Long Bay specimen are almost re- 

 tained in the spirits; but the other example has lost all its bright 

 colors and shows a very pale body profusely sprinkled with little 

 dark specks and black tips on the ventrals. 



The Long Bay specimen, collector's number 685, Museum num- 

 ber 4855, is purplish brown with much silvery on head and lower 

 half of body as far back as the middle of the anal fin. The mem- 

 branes of all the fins except the pectoral are dark; the pectorals are 

 pale; many very small points of pale blue (now almost white) on 

 the body. 



D. vi, i, 10 ; A. n, 9; scales 2 1 /->-24-8. 



