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well, except for such differences as might be expected between small and large 

 examples within a species. The following proportions and enumerations are 

 based on the 3 specimens examined, and are given in the order of size, beginning 

 with the smallest. The numbers based on the Cuban example are enclosed in 

 parentheses: D. VII,24, VII,23 (VII,24); A. 1,22, 1,23 (1,22); P. 17 (17); scales 

 12-105-26, 9-93-19? (n-108-24), counting longitudinal series above lateral line; 

 gill rakers 12, 11 (11). Head 3.3, 3.5 (3.4); depth 3.5, 3.6 (4.1). Eye in head 3.1, 

 3.7 (3.8); snout 3.5, 2.6 (2.6); interorbital 4.2, 4.35 (3.5); maxillary 2.7 (2.75); 

 caudal peduncle 3.3, 3.15 (3.8); pectoral 1.3, 1.1 (1.1); ventral 1.65, 1.4 (1.7). 



The body is rather compressed; head deep; profile steep from tip of snout to 

 interorbital, and only gently convex thence to dorsal; gill membranes connected 

 across isthmus; vertical margin of preopercle distinctly serrate; opercle with a 

 single flat spine; teeth in jaws anteriorly in bands, mostly in a single series later- 

 ally; a row of recurved canines in front on upper jaw and a smaller enlarged 

 tooth directed somewhat forward posteriorly; a row of canines laterally in lower 

 jaw; no teeth on vomer or palatines; scales small, strongly ctenoid, extending 

 forward to interorbital space; none on fins except basal two-thirds of caudal; 

 dorsal fin continuous, not notched; caudal distinctly lunate; anal long and co- 

 terminal with dorsal; ventrals inserted very slightly posterior to base of pectorals, 

 scarcely reaching vent; pectorals falcate, reaching vertical from origin of anal. 



Color in spirits plain, slightly grayish above, pale below, the larger specimen 

 with a black line from interorbital to origin of dorsal; fins plain straw color, 

 except for a dark blotch on lower lobe of caudal in the smaller fish from Tor- 

 tugas, wanting in the other specimens; a slight dusky spot in and above upper 

 part of axil of pectoral. 



Dr. Longley has the following on the color of a fresh specimen, presumably 

 based on the smaller one : 



"A yellow median streak from interorbital space down mid-line of back, the 

 dorsal fin rising out of its midst. The fin itself mainly yellow at base, more 

 broadly yellow at margin. Intermediate part of fin colorless except for faint 

 duskiness toward the yellow above and below. The median yellow of back 

 bounded by bright blue lines on side a little wider than row of scales, becoming 

 median on caudal peduncle. Yellow and blue follow next in alternation, but so 

 faint as to be scarcely discernible as lines. Interstitial region and eye above and 

 below are bluish, with some yellow at intermediate level. Cheek slightly bluish, 

 and caudal yellow, with dark posterior margin. A small black spot above axil of 

 pectoral." 



This species has been recorded only from Cuba and Puerto Rico, though a 

 related species, Caulolatilus microps, is reported from off Pensacola, Florida. 



S.F. H. 



Family ANTIGONIIDAE 



Antigonia capros Lowe 



Five specimens, 75 to 177 mm. long, were taken between 90 and 140 fathoms. 

 Reddish, with three crossbars of deeper red, the first as wide as pupil, running 



