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subequal, the posterior oblong, the anterior round. Preorbital 

 3 depth of eye. Preopercle not serrate, scarcely notched behind. 

 Temporal region with a band of large scales, on each side of 

 which are small scales. Scales above lateral line arranged in 

 very oblique series which are not parallel with the lateral line. 



Pectoral fins verj^ short, reaching little past tips of ventrals, 

 1| in head. Dorsal spines very slender. Second anal spine 

 longer than third, very small, Y in head. Soft dorsal and anal 

 low, scaly. Caudal fin rather deeply forked, the middle rays not 

 half the length of the outer, which are 1^ in head. 



Color in spirits, dusky above, pale below, with distinct dark 

 stripes, those below parallel with the lateral line, those above 

 ver}^ oblique ; these stripes extend along the edges of the rows 

 of scales, the middle of each scale being whitish, its base duskj'. 



According to Peters, the color was " violet-brown ; middle of 

 each scale with a silvery shining spot; belly silverj-." 



14. Lutjanus vivanus (CuvierA Valenciennes) Jordan & Gilbert. 

 {Mesoprion vivanus Cuv. & Val., 11, 454 ) 



T3^pes, young specimens in good condition, collected by Plee 

 at Martinique. 



This species is briefly and unrecognizably described by Cuvier 

 & Valenciennes. The following is an outline of its characters, 

 from which its close resemblance to the 3'oung of the common 

 "Red Snapper" of Florida {Lutjanus hlackfordi Goode & 

 Bean = L. campechianus Poey) is evident. 



Head 2f in length; depths^. D.X-14; A. III-8. Lateral 

 line with 50 pores. 



Maxillarj' 2| in head ; teeth rather strong ; vomerine teeth in 

 an arrow-shaped patch, being prolonged considerablj' backward 

 on the median line. Posterior nostrils oval; eye 4 in head; 

 Nuchal scales in a band, scared}^ separated from the scales of the 

 body ; scales above lateral line arranged in oblique series ; second 

 anal spine long, 2^ in head ; caudal concave, the inner lobe If in 

 the outer. 



Color reddish, faintly streaked with olive ; traces of a blackish 

 blotch under soft dorsal ; tips of middle rays of caudal dusk}'. 



If. Pomadasys modestris (TsclnuH) Jordan. 



(Hmnidon modestum Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Ichthyol., 11.) 

 (Priftiipoma notatum Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1869.) 

 The type of Pristipoma notatum Peters (No. 7061, Berl. Mus.: 



" gekauft, angeblich von Mazatlan ") is identical with specimens 



