72 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1884. 



We have not seen the original description of Sphijrsena 

 guntheri Haly, from Colon (Aspinwall), The abridged descrip- 

 tion given by Steindachner agrees fully with S. guaguanche. 

 We follow Poey in restoring the correct orthography of the 

 name, Guaguanche. 



4. Sphyraena picudilla Po°y. Picudilla. 



Sphyrmna barracuda Guichenot, Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, 165 



(Cuba ; fide Poey). 

 Sphyroina picudilla Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 1860, 163, 163, 398 



(Havana); Poey, Syn. Pise. Cuba, 1868, 359 (Havana); Poey, Enum. 



Pise. Cub., 1875, 96 (Havana). 



Habitat. — Coasts of Cuba. 



Head 3^ in body ; depth 2| in head, D. Y-1, 9 ; A. 1-9 ; scales 

 in lateral line 110. 



Body rather robust, subterete, covered with scales of moderate 

 size ; head rather large ; maxillary rather small, about 2| in head, 

 not reaching orbit. 



Jaw with fleshy tip, bluntly conical ; e3'e large, about 5 in 

 head, 1^ times interorbital space ; interorbital area flattish ; 

 median groove shallow, divided by a very indistinct median 

 ridge; supraocular ridge bony, striate; preocular ridge rather 

 prominent. 



Premaxillary teeth small, subconical ; dentition as in Sphyraena 

 horealis^ but slightly weaker ; position of spinous dorsal, in com- 

 parison to ventrals, variable ; distance from tip of snout to origin 

 of spinous dorsal about 2^^^ in body ; pectorals not reaching spinous 

 dorsal ; space separating dorsals about 5^ in body ; second dorsal 

 equal to and somewhat in advance of anal ; cheeks and opercles 

 scaly ; small imbedded scales on upper part of head ; scales on body 

 moderate, uniform in size. Color light olive, darker abo^'^e ; soft 

 dorsal, anal and ventral fins yellowish ; spinous dorsal and pec- 

 torals darker ; upper parts of preoperele and opercle each with a 

 dark spot ; top of head and tip of snout blackish. 



S. picudilla is very closely allied to Si borealis. Its eye is, 

 however, much larger (when specimens similar in size are com- 

 pared), and the frontal groove is somewhat different. 



The description of this species is taken from four specimens 

 collected by Professor Jordan in Havana, Cuba. 



