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44. Caranx bartholomaei Ciiv. & Val. " Green Jack." 



Caranx cibi Poi;y, Mem. Cuba, ii, 1860, p. 224. 



*30089. One specimen. D. VII-1, 27 j A. II-1, 24; scutes ca. 30. 

 30089. One specimen. 



45. Chloroscombrus chrysurus (L.) Gill. "Whiting." 



Micropteryx chrysurus GtJNTHERj op. cit., ii, 1860, p. 460. 



*30042. One specimen. 



30043. One specimen. 

 *30044. One specimen. 



30086. One specimen. D. VII-I, 27 ; A. II-I, 26. 



46. Trachynotus rhomboides (Bl.) C. & V. "Cobbler-fish." 



Trachyiiotns ovatus GtJNTiiER, op. cit., ii, 1860, p. 481. 



*32061. One specimen. 

 32061. One specimen. D. YI-I, 20 ; A. II-I, 18. 



47. Oligoplites saurus (Bl. & Schn.) Jord. " Sea Policeman." 



Chorinemits occidentalis Gunther, op. cit., ii, 1S60, p. 475. 



30035. One specimen. D. V-I, 20; A. II-I, 21. 

 *30039. One specimen. 

 *30040. One specimen. 



30116. One specimen. 



48. Stromateus alepidotus (L.) Jor. & Gilb, "Puppy-fish." 



Stromateus gardenii Gunther, op. cit., ii, 1860, p. 399. 



*30064. One specimen. 

 30066. One specimen. D. 44; A. 40. 



49. tJpeneus maculatus (Bl.) Cuv.& Val. "Goat-fish." 



Upeneiis maculatus Gunther, op. cit., i, 1859, p. 408. 



*30034. One specimen. 

 30058. One specimen. 



50. Holocentrjim ascensione (Osbecli) Jord. "Welshman." 



Holoctnirum lomjipinne Gunther, op. cit., i, 1839, \}. 28. 



*32049. One specimen. 

 32049. One specimen. 



51. Bairdiella armata Gill. " Long Teeth." 



Bairdiella armata Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1863, p. 164. 

 Corvina armata Gxinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 428. 

 *30052. One specimen. 



We have compared this West Indian example with the type of J5. ar- 

 mata, which is said to have come from the west coast of Central America, 

 and fail to find any characters by which the two may be distinguished. 

 So far as we know, the species has not heretofore been recorded from 

 the Atlantic. Bairdiella argyroleuca, which, from the published descrip- 

 tions would seem to be closely similar to B. armata, is really very dif- 

 ferent. The characters by which it may be best distinguished from ar- 

 mata are the following : (1) The spines are much more slender ; (2) the 

 spinous dorsal is much higher and the second anal spine comparatively 

 very much shorter; (3) the anal origin is farther from the snout; (4) the 



