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longest anal rays, 2J in head, their tips when depressed reaching be- 

 yond the tips of the last rays ; second anal spine strong, 2 in head, its 

 tip reaching when depressed about to the tip of the last soft ray ; ven- 

 trals, 1^ in head 5 pectorals. If. 



Color in life light bluish-gray, much as in phimieri ; body with 7 or 8 

 deep brassy-yellow stripes which are horizontal above, those below the 

 lateral line a little curved, following the rows of scales ; stripes nar- 

 rower than interspaces of ground-color ; 3 stripes above lateral line, 

 3 or 4 below, the latter paler ; little black under angle of preoper- 

 cle ; caudal blackish-yellowish at tip j soft dorsal, anal, and ventrals 

 yellowish-gray, the distal portion blackish ; spinous dorsal bluish, deep 

 yellow at base and edge ; a yellowish stripe along middle of fin ; pecto- 

 ral plain, a yellowish bar across its base ; mouth deep red, its angle 

 duskish. 



In spirits this fish is grayish , more or less shaded with dusky, the 

 stripes rather faint orange-brown. 



A few specimens of this species have the ground-color much paler, 

 the yellow stripes lighter, and the fins all bright yellow without dusky 

 shades. All these were procured of the same fisherman. They proba- 

 bly represent a variation due to the character of the bottom, and are 

 apparently analogous to the form of S. sciurus, which has been called 

 H. multilineatum. 



This species is common at Havana, where it is known as Eonco 

 Oarbonero. It reaches a length of about 10 inches. It has not yet 

 been noticed outside of Cuba, unless Hcemulon schranJci or some of the 

 names of Cuvier referred by us to the synonymy of H. flavolineatum 

 should prove to belong here. The relations of this species are proba- 

 bly rather with U. Jlavolineatum than with H. sciurus. 



9. Haemulon steindachneri. 



Hcemulon nchranki, Agassiz, Spix, Pise. Brisil., 1829, 121, pi. 69. 



Hcemulon caudimacula, Steindachner, (Brazil), Ichthyol. Beitriige, iii, 15, 1875 

 (Acapulco, Rio Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Maranbao ; not of Cuv. & 

 Val.). 



Dialasis steindachneri, Jordaa^ & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1881, 322 

 (Mazatlan, Panama) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1882, 

 107, 110 (Panama; Mazatlan); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1882, 361, 372 (Cape San Lucas, Colima). 



Hcemylum flaviguttatum, Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 96 (Colima; no de- 

 scription; not of Gill). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America ; coast of Brazil. 



A species of small size, generally common on the Pacific coast of 

 tropical America. According to Steindachner it also occurs in abund- 

 ance on the southeast coast of Brazil. 



As this si>ecies has been already fully described in the Bulletin of the 

 U. S. Fish Commission, no further notice of'it is necessary here. 



The very unsatisfactory description and figure of H. schranhi, Agassiz 



