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lateral line, and his rough figure shows nearly as man}' intended to 

 represent a lateral count. We have examined a single poorly pre- 

 served Mediterranean example from the Bonaparte collection, evi- 

 dently the basis of the latter's figure and description of his P. core- 

 gonoides. 2 It shows about 60 scale pockets, in the course of the lateral 

 line, which do not extend very much posterior to the anal base. Though 

 the snout and mandible are considerably damaged they show much 

 larger teeth along edges of the latter, than on edges of the upper jaw. 

 The ventrals are inserted behind dorsal origin and the A. iii, 24? A 

 specimen from Lat. 28° 43' N., Long. 87° 14' 30" W., figured by Goode 

 and Bean as P. coregonoides, 3 differs considerably from our example 

 in the nearly even jaws with canines in the front of both, maxillary 

 extending quite close toward the eye, deeper body and but slightly 

 emarginated caudal. P. speciosus Belloti differs according to the 

 original account and figure 4 in having the ventrals inserted slightly 

 before the dorsal. P. borealis Reinhardt, said to range south in the 

 Atlantic to Cape Ann, has been referred to a different genus, chiefly 

 as the ventrals are inserted entirely behind the dorsal. Goode and 

 Bean figure an example the}'' refer to P. borealis 5 which shows the head 

 4§, depth nearly 13£, dorsal origin nearly last third in total length, 

 A. iii, 26 and nearly 200 scales in a lateral count from shoulder to 

 caudal base. It may be here noted in this connection that Paralepis, 

 usually credited to Risso in 1826, cannot date from then, as it first 

 occurs in Bosc, this author virtually naming Cuvier's account, which 

 is not tenable as proposed in the French vernacular. 6 In Bosc's first 

 account, under Coregonus, he says "le genre Paralepis de Cuvier enleve 

 l'espece de ce nom a celui-ci," 7 and if this be considered inadmissible 

 his next account 8 must be taken. As the first species, P. coregonoides 

 Risso, 9 has been virtually allowed the type, it may be so considered 

 still. The occurrence of Paralepis barracudina on our Atlantic shores 

 is of interest not only as a new form and addition to our fauna, but 

 also in further mapping out the distribution of the genus. 



(Barracudina, diminutive of Barracuda or Sphyrama, to which the 

 species of Paralepis bear a close superficial resemblance.) 



2 Faun. Italica, III, pt. I, xxLx, 1840, descr., PI. fig. 2. 



3 Ocean Ich., 1895, p. 119, PI. 39, fig. 149. 



*Atti Soc. Ital. S. N., XX, 1877, pp. 54, 57, fig. Nice. 

 5 Ocean. Ich., 1895, p. 119, PI. 38, fig. 143. 

 *Regne Animal, II, 1817, p. 290. 



7 Nouv. Diet. S. N., VIII, 1817, p. 59. 



8 L. c, XXIV, 1818, p. 520. 



KJourn. Phijs. Chim. H. N., XCI, 1820 (Oct.), p. 253. Nice. (This is the 

 earliest available reference to this species.) 



