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Family SPARID^. 



149. Calamus brachysomus (Lockington). Mojarra 

 Garabata. 



This species is very common about Mazatlan, being a 

 food fish of some importance and reaching a length of 

 about fifteen inches. It was also obtained by Dr. Gilbert. 

 Its range southward is not certain, but it is generally com- 

 mon in the Gulf of California. 



Family KYPHOSID^. 



150. Kyphosus analogus (Gill). Salema. 



This beautiful species is rather common about Mazat- 

 lan, both in the estuary and in deep water in the neigh- 

 borhood of the islands. It was not found by Dr. Gilbert, 

 and its range along the coast is not definitely distinguished 

 from that of the following species, the two having been 

 recorded as identical by authors who had seen but one. 

 They were first properly distinguished by Jenkins and 

 Evermann, who obtained both at Guaymas. The marked 

 difference in color, however, does not appear in the de- 

 scription of Jenkins and Evermann, which was drawn 

 from specimens preserved in alcohol. 



Head 4: depth 2%; dorsal XI, 14: anal III, 12; eye 

 4^ in head; snout 3; maxillary zVi \ pectoral 1^, equal 

 to ventrals; longest ray of soft dorsal ■$% ; longest dorsal 

 spine 2^ ; upper lobe of caudal as long as head. 



Body compressed, elliptical; profile in some specimens 

 evenly curved from tip of snout to dorsal, in others slightly 

 produced before eyes and concave over snout. 



Mouth small, horizontal; jaws equal; teeth in a single 

 series, from 22 to 28 in each jaw; maxillary extending to 

 the vertical from the front of eye. Snout, lower jaw and 

 preorbital naked, head elsewhere with scales; 12 to 15 

 rows of scales on opercle; scales on body much crowded 



