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c. Region below dorsal fin with a series of pores ; outline 



elliptical ; height of body 2^ in length ; D. Ill, 45 ; A. 



Ill, 37 ; vertebrae, 14+19 ; occipital crest moderate, the 



height from supra-occipital bone 4 in head (Poronotus 



Gill). triacanthus. 2. 



cc. Region below dorsal fin without conspicuous pores. 



d. Form elliptical; height of body 2\ in length; D. Ill, 



45 ; A. II, 39 ; vertebrae, 14 + lt ; occipital crest low, 



its height from supra-occipital bone 4| in head. 



simillimus. 3. 

 dd. Form broad-ovate ; height of body, lj% in length ; 

 dorsal with 42 developed rays ; anal with 32. 



medius. 4. 

 aa. Pelvis not ending in a spine (Stromateus) ; no trace of ventral 

 fins. 



e. Upper part of body with numerous round black spots ; 

 head, 4^; depth, 2^ ; D. YII, 40-43 ; A. Ill, 38. 



maculatus. 5. 

 1. Stromateus paru 



Faru Brasiliensi congener Sloan, Jamaica, 2, 285, tab. 250, f. 4, 1727 



(Jamaica). 

 Stromateiis paru Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 248, 1758 (based on 

 Sloan's description); ibid., ed. xii, 487, 1766; Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 597 (Charleston, S. C); Jordan & Gilbeit, 

 Syn. Fish. N. A., 914, 1882. 

 Ghmtodon alepidotus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 460, 1766 (Charles- 

 ton); Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1240, 1788 (copied). 

 Rhombus alepidotus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 321, 1800 (copied). 

 Peprilus alepidotus Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 112 (Fernan- 

 diiia); Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 130 (Pensacola); 

 Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 92 (Beaufort, N. C; Norfolk). 

 Stromateus alepidotus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, 521 ; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1882, 451 ; Bean & Dresel, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1884, 156 (Jamaica); Jordan *& Gilbert, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1884 (Egmont Key). 

 Sternoptyx gardenii Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 494, 1801 



(Carolina). 

 Stromateus gardenii Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 399, 1860 (New 



Orleans; Jamaica; Bahia). 

 Stromateus longipinnis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. New York, i, 



366, 1814 (New York Bay). 

 Rhombus longipinnis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 401, 

 pi. 274, 1833 (New York); Dekay, New York Fauna, Fish, 136, pi. 

 75, f. 239, 1842. 



