i94i CATALOGUE OF FISHES OF TORTUGAS IO r 



the dorsalmost stripes consisting of a pair running from interorbital to base of 

 spinous dorsal; the next running from upper margin of orbit to end of dorsal 

 base; another passing from snout through eye to base of caudal, sometimes end- 

 ing in a dark spot near base of that fin; dorsal straw-colored with submarginal 

 and basal rows of blue spots, replaced posteriorly by blue lines crossing rays on 

 the faintly yellow ground of soft dorsal; about six narrow blue lines across caudal. 

 West Indies to Florida and probably southward to or beyond the Atlantic 

 coast of Panama. W. H. L. 



Prionodes fusculus (Poey) 



One specimen, 41 mm. long, was dredged in 40 fathoms off the entrance to 

 Southwest Channel. 



Its fin formulas are: D. X,i2; A. 111,7, tne ^ ast ra Y being double in each fin; 

 P. 18; scales in lateral line about 48; 2d anal spine much stronger than 3d, and 

 nearly as long. Known for many years only from the type. This fish apparently 

 is new to the United States fauna. 



In basic coloration this species agrees very closely with Diplectrum formosum, 

 the ground color being gray with faint lines of brown from the vertex along the 

 dorsal base to the 4th or 5th spine; at a distance below, equal to diameter of the 

 pupil, other lines similarly reaching the 3d ray; a dark line behind eye, passing 

 to angle of opercle, becoming a diffuse stripe on body, where it is broken into a 

 number of sections forming part of a series of transverse bands, of which five are 

 recognizable, lying, respectively, before the dorsal, under spines 5 to 8, under 

 spine 9 to soft ray 2, under rays 5 to 8, and at base of caudal. W. H. L. 



The specimen described by Dr. Longley was not found in the collection. 

 West Indies, and now recorded from Florida for the first time. S. F. H. 



Prionodes notospilus (Longley) 



Scrranus notospilus Longley, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 34, 1935, p. 86 — Tor- 



tugas, Florida. 

 Prionodes notospilus Longley and Hildebrand, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 517, 1940, 



P- 235, %• 6. 



Prionodes phoebe (Poey) 



No account of this species was found among Dr. Longley 's manuscripts. 

 According to his notes, 39 specimens, ranging in length from 72 to 160 mm., were 

 taken in four hauls at 35 to 40 fathoms. 



One of the larger specimens, when fresh, was described as having a broad 

 band of brown extending from 3d to 6th dorsal spine; a narrow line of the same 

 color extending backward from posterior margin of this band, on fourth row 

 of scales below dorsal, and lost in a blotch at base of 6th to 10th rays of dorsal; a 

 broader parallel band on middle of side extending to base of caudal; a distinctive 

 silver-white bar, extending upward on side from just in front of vent, bordered 

 posteriorly by a ruddy mark. 



The following notes are based on a specimen 72 mm. long: Body with stripes 

 and bands together; interorbital band present; the band under spinous dorsal 



