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Ii6. Mugil curema Cuvicr cfc Valenciennes. 



This species comes into the Panama markets in abundance. We have com- 

 pared six specimens with others from the Atlantic and can distinguish no differences 

 between them. 



Measurements m Himdredths of Length without Caudal. 



Locality. 



Length without 

 caudal, e x - 

 pressed in mm. 



Head 



Depth 



Interorbital ( bone 

 only) 



Insertion of ven- 

 tral spine from 

 snout 



Front of spinous 

 dorsal from 

 snout 



Tip of pectoral 

 from snout 



Length of pec- 

 toral 



Length of anteri- 

 or dorsal rays 



Length of anteri- 

 or anal rays... 



Number of dor- 

 sal spines and 

 rays 



Number of anal 

 spines and rays 



Scales from above 

 upper pectoral 

 ray 



Panama. 



205 

 27 

 25 



40 



49i 



46^ 



i9i 



11.^ 



I2i 



iv-i,8 

 111,9 



38 



212 

 26 

 24 



9\ 



38 



49i 



44 



i8i 



xo\ 



12 



iv-i,7 

 111,9 



37 



240 



26 

 10 



40 



52 



45 

 i8i 



Hi 



iv-i,8 

 111,9 



37 



190 



26 

 25 



9i 



40 



51 



47 



12 



124 



iv-i,8 



111,9 



37 



Jainaica. 



201 

 26 

 26 



10 

 40 



49* 

 45i 

 19 



12\ 



IV-I,8 



231 



26| 



26 



ID 



39i 



52 

 45 



12 



12 



IV-I, 



Key West. 



111,9 III. 9 



37 



36 



230 



24 

 26 



38 



50 



43i 

 19 

 II 

 12 



iv-i,8 

 111,9 



37 



117. Mugil hospes Jordan <fc Culver. 



Abundant at Panama. It is at once separated from M. curema by the longer 

 pectoral. We found the small crustacean nearly always present in the mouth of 

 the Panama specimens, as it was in the type and co-types from Mazatlan. 



