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A 6th has dorsal XI-I, 17; anal III, IO2; 2nd anal spine longer than 3rd; 

 maxillary reaches front of pupil. 



A 7th has dorsal XI-I, I63; anal III, IO5; 2nd anal spine longer than 3rd; 

 maxillary reaches front of pupil. 



Two specimens 2\ to 2| inches long from Acapulco. A black stripe extending 

 from tip of snout through eye and along axis of body, terminates in a large black 

 spot along caudal peduncle and base of caudal fin; below the base of caudal fin 

 the cross-bars extend a short distance; a second black stripe from its junction 

 with a similar stripe on the nostril in front of the eye, extends along the side of 

 back to middle of soft dorsal joining its fellow at end of fin and continuing as a 

 single stripe along top of caudal peduncle. 



One specimen 2i inches long from Acapulco. M. C. Z. 29452 (3 specimens). 



Haemulon scudderi Gill. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 2,53. Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1904, 4, p. 104. 



One specimen. No. 3314, 9 inches long from Acapulco. 

 Three specimens 3| to 7 inches long from Perico Island, Panama Bay. 

 M. C. Z. 29563 (2 specimens). 



Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 2, p. 1301. 



Diabasis steindachneri Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1882, 1, p. 322. 



Nine specimens from Acapulco, No. 3367, M. C. Z. 29662, 6i inches long; 



No. 3315, 7? inches long and the remaining seven, M. C. Z. 29565, (untagged) 



3j to 5i inches long. Four specimens 4^ to 5| inches long from Perico Island, 



Panama Bay. 



Lythrulon flaviguttatum (Gill). 



Jordan, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1895, ser. 2, 5, p. 459. 



Haemulon flaiigultatus Gill, Proc. .Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 254. 



Five specimens (young) 2j to 2| inches long from Acapulco. M. C. Z. 

 29434 (1 specimen). 



One specimen 3| inches long from Perico Island, Panama Bay. 



Orthostoechus maculicauda Gill. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 255. Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1904, 4, p. 106. 



Two specimens, Nos. 3364-5, 8? and 95 inches long, and seventeen specimens 

 2 to 6j inches long, all from Acapulco. M. C. Z. 29406 (1 specimen), 29454 

 (1 specimen), No. 3364, M. C. Z. 29641 (1 specimen). 



