GILBERT AND STARRS — FISHES OF PANAMA BAY 



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Afrasiiy,)!], >ili in f fn miredlhs of f fii,'l!i -rilhiu/l Ciinlnl. 



Locality \ Beaufort, N.C. 



5 

 1. 



Panama 



Galveston 



Lenytli without cauclal in mm 



Head 



Depth 



Maxillary 



Eye 



Eye to niiddleof upper curveof head 



Eye to anterior tip of maxillary... 



Least distance from eye to anterior 

 profile 



150 



164 



lU Oil 



Eye to ojxjrcular iinglt 



Straight part of lateral line from 

 base of middle caudal rays 



Chord of curve of lateral line 



Length of soft dorsal base 



Length of anal base 



Length of pectoral 



Length of caudal ,., 



55 



13 



8 



15 



Hi 



40 



34?. 



45 



53 



34 



Bro 



57 



13 



1\ 

 16 



i5i 



12 



41 

 31 



46 



54 



35 



ken. 



■38 

 33i 

 58 

 13 

 7i 

 17 

 i5i 



7 

 Hi 



41 

 33 



46 



52 

 37 



248 



33 



5H 



n\ 



8 



I3i 

 14 



41 

 33 

 44i 

 48 



34 



20 



13 



39 

 32 

 42i 

 48 



38i 



204 



34 



48i 



13 



7 



I2i 



13 



12^ 13 



172 

 33i 

 52 

 13 



S 



•3 

 14 



7 



I2i 



4ii 42 4oi 



31 



44 



48 



40 



•04 



32i 



51 



13 

 7i 



I2i 



I3i 



6i 

 I2i 



43 

 31 

 44 

 48 

 38 



63 

 39 

 68 



14 



9i 

 18 

 18 



n 



i3i 



40 



29 

 46 



55 

 37 



3" 



66 

 38 

 63 

 13 



9 

 ' 7 

 17 



7 

 12 



38 

 28 



45 

 52 



65 

 38 

 66 



14 



in 



20 



74 

 II 



37 

 32 

 45 

 54 



66 

 38 

 65 

 14 

 9i 

 19 

 18 



7 

 12 



37 

 33 

 46 



53 

 34 

 30 



148. Selene oerstedii Lidkcn. 



Cominoii; brought into the market ahiiost dail}' with aS". vomer. It may be at 

 once distinguished from all other members of the genus by the occipital region being 

 scarcely angulated, and by the comparatively large ventral fins. 



The following description is from a specimen 31 cm. in length. 



Head 2?, in length; depth ij. Eye 4 in head; snout 2; maxillary 3J-. Dorsal \'I, I, 18; 

 anal II, I, 15. The profile of snout is less nearly vertical than that of head in front of eye, with 

 which it forms a slight angle just below the level of tlie eye. In smaller examples the angle is less 

 noticeable. The upper profile forms a broad even curve from just above eye to spinous dorsal. The 

 outline of the body is angulated at front of soft dorsal and anal. 



Teeth small, blunt, and not much crowded, in bands on jaws and jalatines, in a quadran- 

 gular patch on vomer. Preorbital space contained 3 times in postort>ital space. Gill-rakers contained 

 2i times in diameter of eye; their number 4-I- 14. 



The pectoral reaches to abov^e eleventh or twclftli anal ray, or to within twice the diameter of 

 the eye of the base of the middle caudal rays. The ventrals reach to the first detached anal spine; in 

 specimens 21 cm. in length, they reach to the first anal ray; in specimens 11 cm. long, they reach 

 to the caudal rays and are about half the length of the entire body. Anterior dorsal and anal rays 

 filamentous. Second dorsal spine as long as the maxillary, reaching when fin is depressed, two-thirds 

 the distance between its base and the front of tlie soft dorsal. In a specimen 1 1 cm. in length it is 

 longer than the head by a distance equal to the diameter of the eye. 



Color sihery with bluish reflections above. Spinous dorsal and front of soft dorsal dusky; 

 other fins colorless. In specimens 21 cm. in lenglh or less, the distal half or more than half of the 

 ventrals is black. 



