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 TaMe of Measurements— Continued. 



Curi-ent number of specimen . 

 Locality 



Dorsal (spinous): 



Distance, from snout 



Lenirth of base 



Length of first spiuo 



Lenutli (if si-cdiid spine . 



Len;;;tli (if tliinl spine ... 



Len-^tb of last spine 



Dorsal (soft): 



Leniitb of base 



Leuiith of longest ray . . . 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tirst spine 



Length of second apine. . 



Length of third spine . . . 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray . . . 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays . . 



Length of external rays. 

 Pectoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Vent from anal 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal — 

 Caudal . . 

 I'ectoral 



Ventral 



Is'umber of scales in lateral line 



If umber of transverse rows above lateral line. 

 !N umber of transverse rows below lateral line. 



5,137 a. 

 West Florida. 



Milli- lOOths of 

 metres, length. 



VII 



XI, IS 



III, 10 



+n+ 

 Lit; 



1,5 

 145 



30 

 CO 



5,137 b. 

 West Florida. 



Milli- lOOths of 

 metres, length. 



VII 

 XI, 18 

 III, 11 



+17+ 

 I, lU 

 1,5 

 143 



37J 

 27i 

 6 

 10 

 lOi 



23 

 13J 



18 



60. Trisotropis brunneus Voej.— Black Grouper. 



A single species of the genus Trisotroins is given in Professor Gill's 

 Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America (p. 28), the 

 Trisotropis aciitirostris (Cuvier & Valenciennes) Gill. Since there is no 

 specimen of this species in the National Museum, and no record of the 

 occurrence of this species on our coast, we challenge its right to a place 

 among the fishes of our east coast. It was described from the coast of 

 Brazil", and has not been satisfactorily identified since its first description, 

 which was very inadequately written. 



In Mr. Goode's " Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas," the Ber- 

 muda Eock-fish is identified* as Trisotropis umhaosus (Cuv.) Gill. A 

 more extended study ^Yith comparisons shows that this name cannot 

 fairly be retained for any Bermuda species. T. undulosus was originally 

 described by Cuvier and Valenciennes from Brazil.! The only distinct- 

 ive character recorded by those authors is the coloration ; all others 

 mentioned apply with equal force to any other member of the genus. 



* BuUctiji of tlie U. S. National Museum, No. 5, p. 55. 

 tllistoire Naturellc ties PoLssons, ii, 1829, p. 295. 



