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with the corresponding one of opposite side toward tip of the included lower 

 jaw, which bears a dark spot. The third of the main longitudinal stripes is tan- 

 gent to the eye below, and passes back below pectoral and above anal to lower 

 face of caudal peduncle, lying close to but not fused with the stripe of the oppo- 

 site side. The pectoral, ventral, anal, and caudal are black with white margins, 

 and the dorsal is dark-margined and has a dark line below base in its anterior 

 half. There are also several more or less distinct dusky vertical bars. The most 

 definite is between base of spinous dorsal and ventral; another runs from a point 

 before middle of soft dorsal to anal; and a third, narrower and fainter (some- 

 times wanting), is parallel with it from posterior point of trisection of soft dorsal. 

 A definite line also passes down from eye to margin of gill cover. W. H. L. 



This species was first recorded from Tortugas by Jordan (Jordan and Thomp- 

 son, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 24, 1904 (1905), p. 244). It ranges from the West 

 Indies to Florida. S. F. H. 



Family MALACANTHIDAE. Blanquillos 



Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch) 



A small fish from a deep hole inside Bird Key reef is believed to represent this 

 species. 



Its color was faint olive green above, pale bluish white below; dorsal and anal 

 faintly olive; a black spot a little larger than pupil at base of upper caudal lobe, 

 and in either lobe a dark streak. In the water the fish, except for its caudal spot 

 and lines, was almost colorless. It swims with a sinuous motion. W. H. L. 



A specimen 65 mm. long is included in the collection. In color it seems to 

 agree with Dr. Longley's description, the black caudal spot and the dark streaks 

 on the caudal fin remaining evident. 



If this specimen belongs here, considerable variation must exist. I have ob- 

 tained the following proportions and enumerations: Head 4.2; depth 6.8. Eye in 

 head 3.2; snout 2.8; interorbital 3.75; maxillary 2.6; caudal peduncle 3.1; ventral 

 2.25; pectoral 1.6. D. 58 (the anterior 5 rays separate, which possibly may have 

 resulted from an injury in life); A. 50; V. 1,5; P. 16 or 17; scales too small to 

 enumerate accurately, about 185, ciliate, none on top of head, though present on 

 cheeks and opercles. The gill membranes are somewhat connected across the 

 isthmus; the opercular spine reaches the margin; no canine teeth developed. 



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



Caulolatilus cyanops Poey 



Two specimens, 120 and 225 mm. long, are included in the collection. Though 

 there is no definite locality label with these fish, the smaller one probably is the 

 specimen listed in Dr. Longley's notes, total length 125 mm., taken south of 

 Tortugas in 30 fathoms. 



I have compared the two fish from Tortugas with one, 380 mm. long, from 

 Cuba, the type locality, and presumably identified by Poey. The specimens agree 



