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This little fish, the smallest of the genus, is abundant both at Key 

 West and Havana. ISTone of the specimens seen exceed 6 inches in 

 length. This species approaches more closely than any other to the 

 genus Pomadasys. It is possible it may prove to be the young of H. 

 chrysargyreu7n, in which case the latter name has priority. 



16. Haemulon rimator, nom. sp. uov. Tom-iate ; Bedmouth Grunt; Cceaar. 



? Perca sfria/a, Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. s, 1758, 293 (North America) ; ihid., 



etl. xii, 1766, 487; Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1319 (copied). 

 Hmmulon chrysojiferon, QvxiKH & Valenciennes, v, 1830, 240 ("brought by 

 Milbert from New York ; " erroneously identified with Pe)'ca chrysoptera, L., 

 which is a Pomadasys) ; De Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 85, pi. vii, 

 f. 22 (New York market); Holbrook, Ich»h., S. Car., 121, 1860 (Charles- 

 ton). 



Hcemulon chrysopterum, Gvi^TnER, i, 313,1859. (Jamaica; Trinidad). 



Bathystoma chrysopierum, Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 13, 1863 (name only). 



Didbasis chrysopterus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis Fish. N. A., 1883, 553 ; Bean, Cat. 

 Fish. Exh., London, 1883, 5-^ (Peusacola). 



Ecenmlon quadrilineatum, Holbrook, Ichth. S. Car., 1860, 195 (Charleston; not of C. & 



v.). 



EcemuJon ? caudlmacula, Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens. , 1868, 319 (Cuba; not of C. &. V). 



Hcmnulon parrcB, Poey, Enuraeratio Pise. Cubens., 1875, 47 (not Diahasis parrw, Desm.). 



Diabaais aurolineatus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 276, 307 (Peusa- 

 cola) ; ibid., 1882, 602 (Charleston) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 

 973, 1883 ; Bean, Cat. Fishes Exh., London, 1883, .58 'Pensacola) ; Jordan, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 126 (Key West). (Not Hcemulon aurolineatum, 

 C. &V.) 



Ecemulon rimator, (Jordan «fe Swain, MSS.) Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 158 

 (Jamaica). 



Hahitat. — West Indies ; Forth Carolina to Trinidad ; apparently more 

 abundant on our South Atlantic coast than southward. 



Head, 2f (.3f ) ; depth, 2f (3i). D. XIII, 15. A. Ill, 8. Scales 7-52-13. 

 Length, 8 inches. (In another example, depth 3 in length.) 



Body rather elongate but not fusiform, the back somewhat elevated, 

 the profile straight or slightly convex from tip of snout to behind eye 

 where it becomes gradually more convex. Snout short, rather pointed, 

 about 3 in head. 



Mouth large, the maxillary reaching middle of pupil, its length 2 in 

 head. Teeth not very strong, those of the outer series a little enlarged ; 

 the antrorse iK>sterior teeth rather large. 



Eye rather large, 4^ in head ; interorbital space convex, 3f in head; 

 preorbital low, its least breadth 8 in head. Gill-rakers small. 



Scales rather small, those above lateral line regularly arranged in 

 oblique series, the series below nearly horizontal. 



Dorsal spines slender and high, the fourth 2 to 2^ in head; upper 

 caudal lobe 1§ in head. Longest anal rays 3 in head, their tips not 

 reaching tips of last rays when depressed. Second anal spine but little 

 longer than third, 2f in head, the two more nearly equal than usual in 

 this genus, their tips when depressed barely reaching middle of last 

 ray. Yentrals, 1| in head ; pectorals, 1 J ; color in life silvery white. 



