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CATALOGUE OF A €OI>.IiECTIOI\ OF FISHES OBTAIIVFD IN THE 

 OUI>F OF ilIEXI€0, BV I>K. J. W. VELIE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 

 SEVEN IVE\%^ SPECIES. 



By G. BROWJV t^OODE and TARLETOJV H. BEAIV. 



MALTHEID^. 



1. Halieiitichthys aculeatus (Mitcliill), Goode. 



Loplilus aculeatus, Mitchili,. Amer. Monthly Mag-. II, 1878, p. 325 (Straits of 

 Bahama). 



Halieutichthns rctimhitufi. Poky. Pro(\ Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., 1863, p. 91 

 (Ciiha). 



Hulieuiiehtlii/s aculeatus, Goode. Proc. U. S. N. M., II, 1879, p. 109 (calling atten- 

 tion to Mitchill's description). 



A single specimeii, No. 23552, 5 centimeters long, was collected by 

 Dr. Velie, at Key West. 



DIODONTID^. 



2. Chilomycterus geometricus (Linn.), Kaup. 



Two specimens {^o. 23542) collected at Key West. They belong to 

 Giinther's var. «, bnt are mnch lighter than any specimens among the 

 hundreds we have seen from the ISTorth Atlantic coast, the width of the 

 brown longitudinal stripes being comparatively small in relation to those 

 of light color. 



ostracio:n"tid^. 



3. Ostracion trigonus. lASS.KVs.—Shell-Jinh. 



A single specimen in salt (No. 23G45) from the west coast of the pen- 

 insula. 



BALISTIDiE. 



4. Monacanthus occidentalis, Giinther. 



A single spechnen (No. 23551), 03 millimeters long, from Key West. The 

 specimen has the scales upon the posterior portion of the body hispidate, 

 also a pair of strong recurved spines on each side of the caudal peduncle. 

 Four indistincflongitudinal brown bands upon the side, and a fifth much 

 deeper in color at the base of the ventral flap, triangular in form, the 

 base of the triangle extending from base of the ventral spine to the vent. 

 The outer half of the ventral flap is white with a submarginal stripe 

 and three or four lines of ocelhe of light brownish gray. 



D. 30, A. 30. 



SYNGNATHID^. 



5. °l Syugnathus louisiaude, Giinther. 



A single specimen (No. 23549), G4 millimeters long, was collected by 

 Dr. Velie at San Marco Island, Florida. 



