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Table of Measuremcnis — Continued. 



49. Lutjanus caxis (Schueidei) Pooy. 



The ^Museum has a specimen, :Nro. o,lo8, collected in West Florida by 

 Kaiser and IVIartin. Length 10 inches. D. X, 14; A. Ill, 8. L. lat. 41. 



50. Lutjanus Stearnsii Goode & Bean. — Mangrove Snapper. 



Luijanus Stearnm Goode &c Beaj^, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. i, 1879, p. 179. 



A single specimen, Xo. 21,337, lOf inches, the type of the description 

 of the species. 



51. Lutjanus Blackfordii Goode & Bean.— Bt^f Snapper. 



Lvijaniis Blackfordii GooDE & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 1879, p. 17G. 



A fine specimen, No. 21,330, 26 inches long, was sent from Pensacola 

 by Mr. Stearns in May, 1878, which served as one of the types for the 

 descrii^tion of the sj)ecies. 



A yonng individnal. No. 21,403, was also sent, which shows some 

 interesting variations from the adult, as indicated in the following- 

 table of measurements. 



The principal characters of the young as varying from the adult are 

 (1) the greater length of the head, (2) the lesser length of the snout, 

 (3) the greater diameter of the eyes, (4) the greater length of the paired 

 fins, (5) the greater height of the azygos fins, (6) the stouter proportions 

 of the caudal. 



