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and canine-like; vomer with several strong teeth on either side and a number of 

 much smaller ones before them; palatine teeth moderately strong, chiefly in a 

 single series. 



This is so unexpected one suspects that this specimen is not the type. A careful 

 analysis of the evidence found in the records of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology and of the data with this and other specimens sent by Poey, however, 

 supports the assumption that this fish actually is the type. 



Its squamation and pigmentation, as well as its dentition, usually distinguish 

 Apogon pigmentarius. Scales ctenoid except on nape; 6 scales in median series 

 before dorsal; caudal peduncle, in addition to median dorsal and ventral series, 

 with 3 rows of scales above and 3 below lateral line. Chromatophores below 

 lateral line chiefly 1 to each scale; a narrow dark bar at base of dorsal, and a 

 broader, more diffuse one at base of caudal. W. H. L. 



Though Dr. Longley does not mention the occurrence of this species at Tor- 

 tugas in the foregoing account, it was taken there, as is shown by the presence 

 of 2 specimens, 56 and 61 mm. long, in the collection. It is listed as observed or 

 taken four times in Dr. Longley's notes, but these observations possibly are 

 referable to A. conklini, as the two species seem to have been considered one for 

 a long time. It may be assumed, however, that this fish is not numerous at 

 Tortugas. 



West Indies to southern Florida. S. F. H. 



Apogon conklini (Silvester) 



Amia conklini Silvester, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 14, 1915, p. 215 — Guanica 

 Harbor, Puerto Rico; Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 252, 1918, p. 21, pi. 3, fig. 1. 



Amia gloverensis Mowbray, in Breder, Bull. Bingham Oceanog. Coll., vol. 1, art. 1, 1927, 

 p. 37, fig. 19 — Washerwoman Cut, Bahamas. 



The type of this species is lost; no trace of it is to be found in the museum of 

 Princeton University, or in any other museum. Its picture in color, however, 

 identifies it. 



In hue it is much like Apogon pigmentarius, which is brownish rather than 

 red. Some of its chromatophores are very large, as in that species, and in pre- 

 served specimens at least they also have silvery centers, which are most distinct 

 on the gill cover and just behind and below the gill opening. The chromato- 

 phores, however, are more numerous in conklini, particularly on the sides below 

 the lateral line. The dark bands on base of dorsal and anal fins are also charac- 

 teristic marks, but do not persist indefinitely in museum specimens. 



The slight variation in size of the teeth in conklini, in which none stand out 

 distinctly above the others as in pigmentarius, distinguishes the two. In well 

 grown specimens of conklini the scales are all ctenoid, and are larger than in 

 pigmentarius. The last difference is especially noticeable on the caudal peduncle, 

 where A. conklini has two rows of scales above and two below the lateral-line 

 series, besides a median dorsal and ventral series, or two rows less in the complete 

 circuit than in pigmentarius. 



