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:iliout 51 mm. S.L., S.C. of Coryphaena hippurus, 

 liLBG._--26°10' N., 78°13' W., Gill Cr. 7, 22 June 1954, 

 1722, (1) 44.0 mm. S.L., S.C. of Katsuwonus pelamis 

 liLBG._--26°04' N., 78°08' W., Gill Cr. 9, 15 Nov. 1954, 

 :i) 17.5 to about 35 mm. S.L., S.C. of Katsuwonus pelamis, 

 BLBG.-..26°27' N., 76°44' W., Gill Cr. 7, Std., 13-14 

 June 1954, (1) 46.5 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBC. ..25°20' N., 

 77=15' W., Gill Cr. 6, 19 Apr. 1954, (1) about 38 mm. 



S.L., S.C. of Coryphaena hippurus, BLBG 25°16' N., 



80°07' W., Combat Sta. 457, 26 July 1957, (1) 51.0 mm. 

 S.L., D.N., BLBG.._-24°13' N., 81°42' W., Combat Sta. 

 436, 21 July 1957, (2) 41.5 and 43.5 mm. S.L., D.N., 

 BLBG.___23°40.5' N., 76°50' W., Gill Cr. 7, 19 June 

 1954, (2) 33.0 and 36.0 mm. S.L., S.C. of Corphaena 



hippurus, BLBG Tortugas, Fla., (1) 105 mm. S.L., 



collected by W. H. Longley, USNM 116997... -Fort 

 Myers, Fla., 5 Sept. 1956, (1) 115 mm. S.L., spit up by a 

 grouper, CHML.-__29°26' N., 87°32' W., Oregon Sta. 

 792, 8 June 1953, (1) 89.0 mm. S.L., Tr. 56-57 fathoms, 

 TU 6064.___26°10' N., 96°25' W., Oregon Sta. 1089, 4 

 June 1954, (1) 92.5 mm. S.L., Tr. 40 fathoms, TU 10845.... 

 26°40' N., 92°00' W., Oregon Sta. 1035, 8 May 1954, 

 (14) 61.0-83.0 mm. S.L., Tr. 890 fathoms, TU 10933.. .. 

 24°05' N., 91°46' W., Oregon Sta. 2196, 22 June 1958, 

 (1) 36.5 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG._--North of Cuba, (3) 

 44.0-49.0 mm. S.L., collected by Beebe, USNM 178016.-.. 

 Cabanas Bay, Cuba, 8-9 June 1914, (1; 46.0 mm. S.L., 



USNM 82566.. ..Cayo Hutia Light, Cuba, 12 May 1914, 

 (1) 85.0 mm. S.L., USNM 82557. ...Cuba, (1) 322 mm. 

 S.L., USNM 32096. ...Cuba, (1) 138 mm. S.L., collected 

 by Poey, USNM 9852.... Jamaica, (2) 127 and 131 mm. 

 S.L., collected by J. S. Roberts, SU 4943.. ..Ocho Rios, 

 Jamaica, 22 June 1957, (1) 78.5 mm. S.L., UF C-6-2257- 

 IJ.... Eaton Hall Cove, Jamaica, 14 June 1958, (1) 63.0 

 mm. S.L., UF C-6-1458-1J.-.. Jamaica, (1) 325 mm. 



S.L., collection of Institute of Jamaica, USNM 37694 



Jamaica, (1) 288 mm. S.L., collection of Institute of 



Jamaica, USNM 37693 Port-au-Prince market, Haiti, 



19 Dec. 1944, (1) 100 mm. S.L., USNM 132120.. ..Port- 

 au-Prince, Haiti, (5; 87.0-118 mm. S.L., collected by 



A. Curtis, USNM 133749 Haiti, (1) 128 mm. S.L., 



collected by Beebe, USNM 178119 Arroyo, Porto 



Rico, 1899, (1) 138 mm. S.L., collection of USFC, SU 



8266 Porto Rico, (1) 142 mm. S.L., collected by C. F. 



Cole, USNM 162780... -Porto Rico, Fish Hawk, (1) 136 



mm. S.L., USNM 126425 Barbuda Island, Leeward 



Islands, (1) 49.0 mm. S.L., collected by Beebe, USNM 



183446 Windward Island, Castries, (2) 107 and 113 



mm. S.L., collected by Beebe, USNM 178598... -Port 

 of Fortaleza, Mucuripe, Brazil, Aug. 1945, (1) 182 mm. 



S.L., SU 52304 Bahia, Brazil, Albatross, (1) 124 mm. 



S.L., USNM 43323. --.Port of Recife, Brazil, (2) 103 

 and 123 mm. S.L., SU 52305. 



ADDENDUM 



During the course of this study, particular attention was 

 directed to the fact that species of the genus Stephanolepis 

 were not known to occur in tlie Bahama Islands — ^despite 

 the occurrence of both Stephanolepis selifer and S. hispidus 

 in the currents of the Florida Current passing the west 

 side of the Bahamas. After the manuscript was in press, 

 6 specimens of Stephanolepis were received from James E. 

 Bohlke, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, who 

 had recently determined the generic identity of these 

 specimens from the Bahaman collections of the Chaplin 

 Bahaman Shore Fish Program: 



(1) 113- and 115-mm. males and a 92.5-mm. female 

 from Chaplin Program Station 526, Hatchet Bay, Eleu- 

 thera Island, Bahamas, 3 miles offshore, 30 ft., various 

 stations of the George M. Bowers, April 20 to May 3, 1960. 



(2) 106- and 113-mm. males from Chaplin Program 

 Station 513B, Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, 

 30 to 35 ft., collected by the George M. Bowers, Febru- 

 ary 6-13, 1960. 



(3) 32.5-mm. immature specimen, ANSP 72575, New 

 Providence, Bahamas, collected by C. C. G. Chaplin, 1949. 



We would expect all these specimens to be Stephanolepis 

 setifer, rather than S. hispidus, because our records indi" 

 cate that S. selifer is a more offshore and insular inhabitant, 

 while we have recorded S. hispidus only from continental 

 waters; but there are inconsistaneies between characters 

 of these specimens and our recorded definition of S. setifer 

 t hat must be pointed out. 



The 32.5-mm. specimen has D. 29, A. 29, P, 13 on both 

 sides (more pectoral rays than previously recorded for 



S. setifer); a fairly deep body (58.1% S.L.); and a broken- 

 line effect on the sides, but no spots on the snout or breast. 

 On the basis of the dorsal and anal ray counts and pigment 

 on the side, we would identify this specimen as S. setifer. 



The 115-mm. male from Sta. 526 in Hatchet Bay has D. 

 30, A. 30; the 113-mm. male from this station has D. 30, 

 A. 31 (there appears to be a minuet 31st dorsal ray) ; both 

 specimens have 13 pectoral rays on each side. The pig- 

 ment of these specimens is the same as that of the Cuban 

 specimens of S. setifer in fig. 32, which species they un- 

 doubtedly represent. However, the high dorsal and anal 

 fin-ray counts of the 113-mm. specimen indicate that this 

 key character must be qualified, at least in identifj'ing 

 specimens from the Bahamas. 



The 106-mm. male from Sta. 513B has D. 29, A. 29, P, 

 12; the 113-mm. male from this station has D. 30, A. 30, 

 Pi 13. Both specimens are faded, and lack spots on the 

 snout and breast, but do have short dim lines on the side, 

 and most probably are S. setifer. 



The 92.5-mm. female (with large macroscopic eggs) 

 from Sta. 526 has D. 30, A. 29, and P, 12. There are no 

 spots on the snout and breast and no broken lines on the 

 sides; instead large dark blotches are present on the sides. 

 The pigment and relatively large body depth (56.8% S.L.) 

 are more like S. hispidus than S. setifer. However, con- 

 sidering the conflicting characters of distribution and 

 pigmentation, and the intermediate fin-ray counts, we 

 cannot identify this single specimen to species. (Febru- 

 ary 13, 1961.) 



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