no THE SHORE FISHES. 



maxillary 2; mandible 1.71; interorbital 6.31; dorsal XI, ISs (16); anal III; 



8^ (9) ; scales downward and backward from front of spinous dorsal to lateral 



line 19, downward and backward from lateral line to front of anal 42, row above 



lateral line 100. 



Our specimen agrees very closely in color with Serranus socialis Giinther 



{loc. cit., taf. 8, fig. B), except that the spots on the head and body, and the bars 



formed by confluent spots are smaller, more numerous, and more or less present 



from tip of pectoral back to caudal, the interspaces forming narrow pale rivula- 



tions. 



Dermatolepis punctatus Gill. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1861, p. 54. Snodgra.ss & Heller, Proc. Wa.sh. Acad. Sci., 1905, 6, p. 368. 



Three examples from Acapulco, No. 3.319, 65 inches long; No. 3320, 8i 

 inches long and No. 3341, M. C. Z. 29638, 8i inches long. 



Prionodes fasciatus Jenyn3. 



Zool. Voy. Beagle, Fish., 1842, pt,. 4, p. 47, pi. 9, fit;. 1- Jord.^n & Evebman.m, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1896, pt. 1, p. 1212. 



Seven specimens 2^-42 inches long from Acapulco. M. C. Z. 29435 (3 

 specimens) . 



In the key to the genera of Serranidae Jordan and Evermann (loc. cit., p. 

 1129-1130) place Prionodes in a group said to have no depressible teeth; in the 

 generic description it is stated that "there are no depressible teeth in jaws." 

 In our specimens some of the posterior premaxillary teeth and some of the 

 lateral mandibular teeth are depressible. The prominence of the lower jaw 

 varies somewhat; the caudal is slightly emarginate or truncate, and the upper 

 rays somewhat produced, the prolongation varying somewhat in length. 



Faranthias furcifer (Cuvier & V.\lenciennes). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 1222. 

 Serranus furcifer Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1828, 2, p. 196 (264). 



Seven specimens, Nos. 3244-47, 3258, M. C. Z. 29675, No. 3259, No. 3260, 

 M. C. Z. 29699, 5| to 10| inches long from Panama. 



One hundred and four specimens 3t% to 65 inches long from Toboguilla 

 Island, Panama Bay. M. C. Z. 29553 (4 specimens). M. C. Z. 29636 (1 speci- 

 men). 



Compared with a Clarion Island specimen, 2 or 3 inches longer than our 

 largest specimen, the lower jaw in ours is a little more prominent; maxillary is a 



