PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 151 



A CATALOGUE OF FISHES RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC MUSEUM 

 OF THE INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA, "WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF Pristi- 

 jyoma ajyproximans aud Tylosurus euryojjs, TWO NE'W SPECIES. 



By TARL.ETOIV II. BEAIV, Curator of the Department of Fishes iu the U. 8. 

 IVational ITIuseiiiii. and II. (i. I>KESEt., Ensign, U. S. IVayy. 



The Jamaican fishes catalogued below were sent to the U. S. Kational 

 Museum, for identification, in 1881 aud 1882 by the Public Museum of 

 the Institute of Jamaica at Kingston. Two or more examples of each 

 species were included in the collection, in order that one complete set 

 might be returned with the names and the other retained in this mu- 

 seum. 



The common names are those in use among the fishermen of Kings- 

 ton. 



"We have not thought it necessary to redescribe such of the species 

 as are well described in Gliuther's Catalogue of Fishes in the British 

 Museum, and simply refer to the descriptions in that work, except in 

 the case of new species. 



The numbers under the names of the species refer to the museum 

 catalogue of fishes ; those preceded by an * have been retained in this 

 museum ; the others were returned to Kingston. 



1. Antennarius tigris (Poey) Gtbr. " Sea Toad." 



Antennarius tigris GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 1861, p. 189. 



*30144. One specimen. 

 30144. One specimen. 



2. Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuv.) Kaup. " Sour-sop Fish." 



Chilomijctcrus anttnnatus GuNTHER, op. cit., viii, 1870, p. 311. 



*32040. One specimen. 



3. Diodon liturosus Shaw. " Sour-sop Fish." 



Diodon maculatus Gunther, op. cit., viii, 1870, p. 307. 



*32050. One specimen. 

 32050. One specimen. 



4. Tetrodon testudiueus L. "Porpoise.^' 



Tetrodon testudinetts Gunther, op. cit., yiii, 1870, p. 282. 



30049. One specimen. 



*30060. One specimen. 



30065. One specimen. 



5. Ostracion quadricorne L. "Cockle-fish." 



Ostracion quadrieornis Gunther, op. cit., viii, 1870, p. 257. 



*30093^ One si^ecimen. 



30093. One specimen. 



*30094. One specimen. The variety mentioned by GUnther 

 with brown spots instead of blue. 



30094. One specimen. 



