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Measurements — Continued. 



Name of species \ Oaimardianus. 



Locality i Havana. 



Inches lOOths 



and ' of 

 lOOths. I length. 



Extreme length I 11. 00 



Length to base of caudal 8. 50 



Body : | 



Greatest height 



Greatest width ! 



Head : I 



Greatest length , 



Greatest width j , 



Width of interorbital area , 



Length of snout I , 



Dorsal (spinous) : ; 



Distance from snout ; 



From tip of pectoral to origin of dorsal. 



Height at first spine 



Height at first and longest ray of soft dorsal 



Height at last ray 



Ajial: 



Length of base 



Height at first and longest ray 



Height at last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of upper lobe 



Pectoral : 



Length 



Ventral: 



Length , 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of scales in transverse row from spinous 

 dorsal to ventrals 



IV, 1, 8 



in, 9 



36 



11 



28 

 15 



26 



17 



lli 



5 



50 



3 



14 



14 



7 



15 

 15 



7 



18 

 31 



19 



16 



Curema. 

 Kev West. 



Braailieneis. 

 Key West. 



Inches ' lOOths Inches lOOths 



and of and i of 



lOOths. length. lOOths. I length. 



n.30 

 9.10 



n.oo 



8.60 



IV, I, 8 



ni,9 



38 

 12 



26 I 



16 

 i 



23 



15i I 

 9J1 

 4 I 



50 i 



6i j 



13 ^ 



12 I 



13i 



12 



6 



16 

 29 



18 



14 



IV, 1, 8 

 111,8 

 33 



11 



28 

 16 



24 



m 



10 



4i 



51 



7 

 15 

 13 



6i 



12 

 13 

 6J 



16 

 29 



17 



15 



Genus 2. — Ch^nomugil. 



Chaenomugil, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 169 (prohoscide^ts). 



But one species of this genus is known. This is allied to some species 

 of the subgenus Liza, such as the European Mugil cJielo and others with 

 thickened lips and enlarged papillae in more than one series. Unless, 

 however, a more perfect gradation exists than is now known, it should 

 be regarded as constituting a distinct genus, for which the hybrid name 

 Ghcenomugil must be used. 



8. Chaenomugil proboscideus. 



Mvgil proboscideus, GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes, iii, 459, 1861 (Island of "Cordova" 



rCardon], West Coast Central America). 

 Chcenomugil (proboscideus), Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 169 (Generic 



diagnosis); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882, 106, 109 



(Mazatlan, Panama). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America, Mazatlan, Cardon, Pan- 

 ama. 



This small mullet reaches a length of four or five inches, and is not 

 uncommon on the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. I sup- 

 pose the island of "Cordova," whence Dr. Giinther obtained his typical 



