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the depth about 2, 22 and 23 dorsal and 18 anal rays. Coll. Dr. 

 W. S. W. Ruschcnberger. An example from Rio Janeiro, Brazil, 

 about 8f inches long, has depth Ij^^, 21 dorsal and 17 anal rays. Drs. 

 Ruschenberger and Turner. Examples from Newport, Rhode Island, 

 of same size and smaller, have depth ranging from If to 2, dorsal with 

 22 or 23 and anal with 17 or 18 rays. Coll. Samuel Powel. Other 

 examples from Maryland and South Carolina. 



Type of Vomer curtus Cope from the Atlantic coast of eastern North 

 America is the same, Bonaparte Coll. Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



The specific denomination of this fish, though not correctly spelled, 

 had best be adopted. 



Vomer spixii (Swainson). 



Platysomus spixii Swainson, Lardner's Cab. Cyclop. Nat. Hist., II, 1839, 

 p. 406. (Based on Vomer hrownii Agassiz, Sel. Gen. *Spec. Pise. Brasil, 

 1829, p. 110, PI. 57. Oceano Atlantico. [Brazil.] (Museo Monacensi.) 



Head 2§; depth U; D. VIII-I, 22; A. I, IS. Gill-rakers 7 + 27, 

 compressed, longest much longer than filaments or about f of orbit. 

 Length 7f inches. Many from San Domingo (West Indies). Prof. 

 W. M. Gabb. St. Thomas (West Indies), from Henry Warrington. 



Selene vomer (Linnseus). 



Zeus vomer Linnieus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, p. 266. America. 



Surinam, Tobago (British West Indies), San Domingo (West Indies), 



Fort Macon (North Carolina), Beasley's Point and Squan river (New 



Jersey). A young example agrees with Liitken's figure.^^ Lat. 20° N., 



long. 105° W. (southern part of Gulf of Mexico). Dr. William H. Jones. 



J " j^on. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. SkHft. (Spolia Atlantica), XII, 1880, PI. 5, fig. 1. 



