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CAMfOKNlA ACADEMY OF SCIKNCKS 



ii6. Mugil curema Ouvicr d- Valenciennes. 



This species comes iiilo tlio Piiiiaina markets in aluindaiicc. W'c have eom- 

 paretl six speeimens with (tthers from the Atlantic and can distini^nish no (litTciences 

 hctweeii them. 



Afrasiitrmriils in niindicdiln of l.cnuth icilhoul Caudal. 



L»K:ality. 



Panama. 



Jamaica. 



l.rn.v;lli willioiit 

 caiulal, ex- 

 pressed in mm. 



Head 



IX|)th 



Inten)rl)ital(lionc 

 only) 



Insertion t)f ven- 

 tral spine from 

 snt)ut 



Front of spinous 

 dorsal irum 

 snout 



Tip of pectoral 

 from snout 



Length of pec- 

 toral 



205 

 27 



25 



Len^Tth of anteri- 

 or dorsal rays 



Length of anteri- 

 or anal rays... 



Number of dor- 

 sal spines and 

 rays 



Number of anal 

 spines and rays 



Scales from above 

 upper pectoral 

 ray 



40 



49i 

 46i 

 •9i 

 11.V 



\2\ 



iv-i,8 

 111,9 



38 



212 

 26 



24 



9i 

 '38 



49i 

 44 



lO^ 



iv-i,7 

 111,9 



240 

 26i 



26 



10 



40 



52 



45 



18J, 



250 

 26 

 22 



[li 



iv-i,8 



111,9 



39 



48.V 



44 i 

 18,^ 

 lU 

 12 



iv-i,8 

 111,9 



38 



192 

 26 

 25 



40 



50A 



45i 

 \%\ 



i2i 



iv-i,8 



111,9 



37 



190 

 26 



25 



9^ 

 40 



51 

 47 

 20 



12^ 



iv-i,8 



111,9 



37 



201 

 26 

 26 



10 

 40 



49 i 

 45J 

 19 

 12 



.2> 



IV-1,8 



111,9 



37 



231 



26i 

 26 



39i 



52 

 45 



12 



K,v W'.st. 



"45 "'"^ 



IV- 1, 8 



111,9 



36 



26 

 27 



9i 

 39i 



5oi 



45J 

 191 



I2.i 



13 



27 

 27 



39 



51 



47 i 

 21 



n\ 

 14 



230 



24 

 26 



38 



50 



43 i 

 19 

 II 

 12 



IV-1,8 iv-i,.s , jv-1,8 



111,9 



36 



111,9 



37 



111,9 



37 



117. Mugil hospes Jordan it Culver. 



Abundant at Panama. It is at once separated from J/, curenid hy tiic htnger 

 pectoral. We found the small crustacean nearly always present in tlic mouth of 

 the Panama sjiecimens, as it was in the type and co-types from Mazatlan. 



