134 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEj^Y OF [1884. 



Saurus intermedius Griinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., v, 1864, 396 (Ja- 

 maica ; Demarara ; Bahia ; not of Agassiz). 



Synodus intermedius Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 1868, 414 (Cuba) ; Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1882, 889 ; Goods & Bean, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1882, 239 (name only) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1882, 249 (Pensacola, Fla.). 



Synodus cubanus Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub., 1875, 143 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — Atlantic shores of Tropical America ; Pensacola ; 

 Key West ; Cuba ; Jamaica ; Martinique ; Demarara and Bahia. 



The description of Saurus anolis is so insufficient, that no 

 certain identification can he made. 



This species has been sufficiently described by Jordan & 

 Gilbert (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 249). The large specimens 

 from Key West, examined by me, agree well with this account. 



Synodus spixianus. 



Saurus spixianus Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 1860, 304 (Cuba). 

 Synodus spixianus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cuba, 1868, 413 (Cuba) ; Poey, 

 Enum. Pise. Cub., 1875, 397 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — Cuba ; Key West. 



Head 4^ in length of body ; D. 1-9 ; A. I-ll ; scales 4-5 "7-6 

 (transverse series counted from dorsal and vent respectively). 



Body oblong, nearly terete ; snout compai'atively long and 

 pointed, 3^ in head and about 2^ in premaxillary. Interorbital 

 area concave, 6 in head. Eye 5 in head. Supraorbital striate. 

 Branchiostegals 16. Origin of dorsal fin nearer adipose fin than 

 tip of snout by length of dorsal fin ; tips of anterior rays reaching 

 beyond tips of posterior ones when the fin is deflexed ; the fin is 

 therefore much higher than long. Length of fin 1 1 in length of 

 longest ray and 2^ in head. Yentrals moderate, reaching about 

 I distance to vent, 1^ in head. Tips of pectorals not reaching to 

 roots of ventrals, about 2 in head. Adipose fin situated over 

 middle of anal. Caudal forked, its lobes equal. Teeth larger than 

 in the other species. Palatine teeth becoming smaller posteriorly. 

 Color light sandy gray, much mottled above with darker olive. 

 Branchiostegals A'ery pale, 5rellowish. Ventrals and anal pale and 

 plain, lower lobe of caudal dusky, neither barred. Dorsal faintly 

 barred with darker olive. 



Tliis description taken from one specimen 8j inches long, col- 

 lected by Professor Jordan in Havana. Numerous smaller ones 

 from Key West have also beeu exanained. 



