1884.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 12t 



goreensis is a deeper flsh than ours is at any age. Its outline and 

 coloration are also different. 



Trachynotus maxillosus Cuvier & Valenciennes, also from 

 Africa, comes much nearer our fish, but this differs too much to 

 be safely identified with it. 



On the other hand, our young specimens col'respond exactly to 

 the two descriptions of little Trachynoti taken by Xantus at Cape 

 San Lucas, published by Professor Gill; the larger one (2^^ inches 

 in length) corresponds entirely to the T. rhodopus, the smaller 

 one (IyV inches in length) to T. nasutus. There is, however, no 

 other record of the occurrence of our species in the Pacific. 



The drawings and notes made by Professor Poey, of the species 

 called by him T. carolinus, have been examined by Professor 

 Jordan. They belong to T. rhodopus. T. carolinus is therefore 

 as yet not known from Cuba. 



Trachynotus carolinus. 



Gasterosteus caroUntis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 13, 1766, 490 (Carolina). 



Doliodon carolinus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, 168; 

 Girard, U. S. & Mex. Bd. Surv., 1839, 23, PI. xi, fig. 4 (St. Joseph's 

 Island, Texas) ; Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A., 1861, 37 (name 

 only). 



Trachynotus cafoUnus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 438 ; 

 Gill, op. cit., 1863, 84 (Cape San Lucas) ; Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1863, 333 (name only) ; Gill, Kep. U. S. Fish Com., 1871-8, 

 803 (name only) ; Baird, Rep. U: S. Fish Com., 1871-3, 835 (Wood's 

 Holl) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 377 (Beau^ 

 fort, N. C, no description) ; Godde & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1879, 139 (Pensacola, Fla;) ; Gddde & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1879, 113 (name only) ; Bean, Proc; U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 90 

 (Wood's Holl, New York and Newport, R. I.) ; Goode, Bull. U. S. 

 Fish Com., 1881, 36 ; Goode & Bean^ Pro?. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 

 337 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 596 (Charleston, 

 S. C, no description) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1883, 359 (Cape San Lucas) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1883, 370 (Pensacola, Fla., no description) ; Goode, Bull. 21, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 34 (name only) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. 

 N. A., 1883, 443 ; Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 45 (Eg- 

 mont Key;. 



TracMnotus cupreus Cuvier & Valencieniies, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 

 1831, 414 (Martinique). 



TracMnotus argenteus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1831, 

 413 (Martinique) ; Storer, Syn. Fishes N. A., 1846, 98. 



