132 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



39. Sciaenops oceUatus (Liuu.) Gill. — Bed Horse; CMnncl Bass. 



A single specimen, i^o. 21,774, 15^ inclies long. D. X, I, 24; A. II, 

 7 ; P. II, 14 ; V. I, 5 ; C. 17. L. lat. 46 ; L. trans, fo. Four black spots 

 on the right side ; two on the left. 



40. Menticirrus alburuus (Liuu.) Gill. — WhUiiu/. 



A single specimen, No. 21,332 (34), 15 inches long, in color silvery 

 white immaculate, with bluish reflections upon back and body, white 

 upon the belly. 



In coloration, this specimen agrees with the Menticirrus llttorcdis of 

 Holbrook, but seems to have no definite characters by which it may be 

 distinguished. 



D. X, I, 24; A. I, G|; P. 20; Y, G; C. 17. L. lat. about GO; L. 

 trans. |^. 



Another specimen, Xo. 22,832, 9.} inches long, agrees in proportions 

 with the above. Its coloris, however, very dusky, and the cloudings are 

 blackish. 



D. IX, I, 24 ; A. I, 7 ; P. 10 ; Y. I, 5. L. lat. 70 ; L. trans. H. 



41. Micropogon undulatus (Liim.) Cuv. &Ya\.—Croala: 



A single specimen, Xo. 21,479 (37), about 5 inches long. D. IX, 

 I, 28 ; A. II, 7| ; P. 18 ; Y. I, 5 ; C. 9 + 8. L. lat. 72 or 73 ; L. trans. i§. 



20. GERRIDzE. 



42. Euciiiostomus harengulus sp. uov. Goode & Bean. 



There are in the collection two specimens of an undescribed Eucino- 

 stomns collected in West Florida by Kaiser and Martin. The catalogue 

 number of the specimens is 5145. The largest is 1 20 millimetres in len gth 

 to the origin of the middle caudal rays ; the smaller, 87 millime- 

 tres. The species may be briefly characterized as follows : D. IX, 10 ; 

 A. Ill, 7 ; P. 15 ; Y. I, 5 ; C. +17+. L. lat. 44; L. trans. {%. 



The height of the body is contained 3 to 3^ times in the total length 

 without caudal ; the length of the head, 3^^ to 3J times ; the diameter 

 of the eye exceeds the length of the snout, and is contained 3 times in 

 the length of the head, and equals the width of the interorbital si)ace. 

 The groove for the processes of the intermaxillaries is naked, and ex- 

 tends to the vertical through the anterior third of the eye. The free 

 portion of the tail is longer than high. The least height of tail equals 

 the length of the Gth dorsal spine. The 3d dorsal spine is the longest, 

 its length being contained twice in the height of the body, and equals 

 the length of the head without the postorbital portion ; the last dorsal 

 spine equals in length the 2d anal, and about equals the length of the 

 snout, and is about f as long as the 3d. The 1st dorsal ray is fully 

 1^ times as long as the 1st dorsal spine. The 2d anal spine is 

 stronger and shorter than the 3d, its length being contained 3| times 

 in the length of the head. The 3d anal spine is contained 3;V times in 

 the length of the head. The caudal is forked, its length slightly less 



