Jfew Species of Cuban Fish. 



notched, finely denticulated ; the operclc without a spinous 

 it. The teeth are on one row. the canines rather long, and 

 behind them there are asperities; the palatine arch has teeth. 

 and the tongue is rough. The lateral line has about fifty-five 

 scales, six rows above and fifteen below it; there are scales on 

 the op ; a and temples, the rest of the head naked. The 

 scapular bones show outside There are very small scales on 

 the interstitial base of the soft rays of the vertical fins. D. LO, 

 11: A. 3, 8. 



The posterior borders of the dorsal and anal are rounded; 

 the caudal lobes are elongated, but less so than in the M. 

 chrysurus y the pectoral is pointed, contained four and a half 

 times in the total length. The three first spiny rays of the 

 dorsal gradually increase in length, the last, or tenth one, not 

 than the preceding ones. The soft rays of the dorsal 



I anal are all branched and flattened. 



The color is a brownish green, the abdomen paler. Six 

 vn bands fall vertically from the back over the sides J abroad 



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and interrupted stripe, of a greenish color, extends from the 

 upper part of the opercle to the base of the caudal, resembling 

 the Ooyurus chrymrus and aurovittalus. 



1 have seen this fish but once, and 1 sent the specimen to the 

 United States, either to Prof. A-gassiz or to Mr. Brevoort, It 



ara my No. 163. 



i*\ iniiof hor:i\ obsctiratllS, Poey. 



J found this fish but once in Havana, and sent the specimen 

 ■ i Prof. Agassiz, to add to the rich ich thy ological collections 

 which he baa gathered in Cambridge. It is one of the same 

 group to which belong the species infernalis, erebus, rostrahte, 



in my Synopsis. 



I' is 618 mm., or 24.33 inches long; the anterior portion of 



the body forming the trunk being to the caudal portion as one 



ne and a third (270 f- 848), which last i- gradually more and 



The '■< ngth of the bead to the branchial 



