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This fish may prove to be simply a variety of N. hrasilienfiis (Olfers), 

 but iu any event, the differences which it shows in color and form ap- 

 pear to justify a distinct name. It is apparently not common at Key 

 West, but two specimens being obtained, these being not well known 

 to the fishermen. 



TRYGONIDiE. 



7. Trygon sayi (Le Sueur). Stingaree. 



Not very common ; one specimen seen. 



SILURIDiE. 



8. Galeichthys felis (Linnseus). Catfish. 



Very common about the wharves, where it is taken with the hook. 

 It is seldom eaten. 



It seems impossible to retain Arius as a genus distinct from Galeich- 

 thys. In several species of Ariiis (brandti; dasycephalus) the covering of 

 the shields of the head by skin is a sexual character. The name Gal- 

 eichthys is entitled to a few pages priority over Arins. 



9. ^lurichthys marinus (Mitcliill). 



Kare ; but one specimen obtained ; considered a curiosity by the fish- 

 ermen. 



ENGRAULIDID^. 



10. Stolephorus browni (Gmelin). Sardine. 



Exceedingly common iu great schools in sheltered bays and iu the 

 surf; largely used for bait. (Number 35000.) 



11. Stolephorus perfasciatus (Poey). 



(Not Stolephorus perfasciatus Jor. «& Gilb.). 



A few specimens obtained. 



12. Stolephorus miarchus Jordan & Gilbert. 



A few specimens ; not distinguishable from the original types of this 

 species from Mazatlan. 



CLUPEIDiE. 



13. Dussumieria stolifera Jordan & Gilbert. 



Very common in schools in the surf in company with Stolephorus 

 browni. 



14. Clupea sardina Poey. 



Not rare in schools in the surf. I doubt the identity of this species 

 with either Clupea macrophthalma or Clupea humeralis. 



Color in life, light green above ; a lustrous band along sides ; silvery 

 below, with bright reflections, scales often shaded with orange and dot- 

 ted with black ; no black humeral spot, but a yellowish blotch in the 

 scapular region ; fins all pale ; dorsal and anal yellowish, tipped with 



