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Fius plain, the ventrals sometimes slightly dusky, the caudal ob- 

 scurely barred. 



A young specimen had four or five faint orange blotches along back. 



This is the most abundant species of the genus at Key West, and it 

 reaches a considerably larger size than any of the others. The largest 

 specimen seen is 22 inches in length. It is known to fishermen as the 

 Jolt-head Porgy. All the species are equally valued as food, ranking 

 as average in quality with the Grunts {Ha'mulon), and rather below the 

 Snappers {Lutjanus). This species is in life duller in color than most of 

 the other porgies. 



In the Havana market this species is proportionately about equally 

 abundant, and it is known as Bajonado. The young are also obtained in 

 considerable numbers in the seines at Cojunar and Marianao. Some ill- 

 informed fish-dealers call the banded young of this and other species 

 " Sarr/o,'^ but that name is never correctlj' aj)plied to the Calami. 



Poey's identification of his Pagellus caninus with the Bajonado of 

 Parra was made on the supposition that the common name, Bajonado, is 

 still used for the same species in the Havana market. 



4. Calamus brachysomus Lockington. — Mojarra Garabata. 



Spants hracJiysomits Lockingtou, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 284 (Magda- 

 lena Bay, Lower California) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1881, 277 (Piclieluogo, Lower California; name only). 



Calamus bajonado Jordan «fc Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Conam., 1882, 107 

 (Mazatlan ; no descr. ; not of Poey), 



'i Chrysoplirys calamus Giinther, Fisli. Centr. Amer., 1869, 386 (name only; 

 "Atl. & Pac. ; Panama"). 



This species is abundant in the Gulf of California and in neighboring 

 waters. Numerous specimens are in the National Museum, having been 

 taken by Professor Gilbert at Mazatlan. 



5. Calamus sp. indescr. — Whiie-bone Porgy. 



Calamus bajonado Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 926 (Charleston, 

 S. C); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 604 (Charleston, 

 S. C). (Not Sparus bajonado Bloch & Schneider.) 



f Calamus macrops Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 927 (Garden Key, 

 Florida). (Not of Poey.) 



This species is at Charleston an abundant and well-known food-fish, 

 reaching a length of 18 inches. There is no positive record of its oc- 

 currence elsewhere. There is little doubt of its distinction from C mil- 

 neri and C. hrachysomus, but as the published accounts of it above 

 noticed are very meager, and as our own specimens of it have been 

 destroyed by fire, we prefer not to give it a new name until we shall 

 have been able to make a re-examination of specimens. 



6. Calamus penna (C. & V.) GnicMaot.— Little-mouth Porgy; Sheepsliead Porgy. 



Pagellus pentta Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 209, 1830 (Brazil) ? Guich^- 

 not, Ramon de la Sagra, Poiss. Cuba, 82 (Cuba). 



? CflZamHsjjennaGiiich^not, Revision Genre Pagels, 114 (Brazil; Cuba; Marti- 

 nique). 



