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the upper profile forms an uuinterrupted even curve from tip of snout to front of 

 dorsal, and beyond. The fin and scale formula does not differ from that in scud- 

 cleri, except as noted. There are 52 scales in the lateral line, corresponding with 

 the number of vertical series above it. 



Meas7iremc7its in Hundredths of Length without Caudal. 



Species 



Locality 



Length without caudal in mm 



Head 



Depth 



Eye 



Snout 



Inlerorbital (bone) 



Maxillary 



Third dorsal spine 



Second anal spine 



Length of pectoral 



Length of ventrals 



Length of upper lobe of caudal.... 

 Height of caudal peduncle 



H^MULON 

 SCUDDERI 



Panama 



H^MULON 

 PARRA 



Havana, 

 Cuba 



198 



34i 

 37 



9 

 14 



7i 

 14 

 15 

 13 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 10 



193. Haemulon steindachneri {Jordan d- Gilbert). 



Frequent in the market and about the islands in the bay. 

 A detailed and wholly satisfactory description of this species is given by Stein- 

 dachner (1876 a, p. 15) under the name Hcemulon caudbnacula. 



194. Lythrulon flaviguttatum {Gill). 

 Lvthrulon opalescens Jordan & Starks (Jordan, 1895, P- 459. PI- ^I-; Mazatlan). 



Abundant in the Panama market; often taken with dynamite about the 

 islands in the bay. We have compared our specimens with the type of L. opalescens, 

 and find no differences between them. The following account of opalescens is based 

 on a re-examination of the type, the published description being faulty in several 

 respects: 



Head 3?; depth 2J; dorsal XII, 17; anal III, 10 (the last ray cleft to the 

 base, the parts somewhat separated, the posterior half again forked, both joining the last 



