312 i'fiOCr.ElJlJiOH OF UNITED 8TATKH NATIONAL MURKTJM. 



J/ohUal. — VViiKt IjhIU'.h; i»«'jinii<laH to lirazil, 



JI«;a«J, '4^ (4^); di^ptli, .'J. (i^j. I). Xill, l.'J; A. JJI, 7. Hcahih, 7- 

 10-18. L<'iii(tli ('M',U, Cuba;, 7^ inchi-H. 



liody <t)ongat«', fuhifon/j; jjjor«'-hJ<Mul<^rl.lian in aiiyothifr ofllj<*. Kp<',<;i<*H; 

 Uj<', hack lilt.lii <;lcvat<Ml ; not niiicli conipnjKHcd ; fh<'. anfciior pionic 

 }^<;jjt.ly (MJiivcx ; not hU'.c\>. 



llcud hnjajl, flic Hjjouf hlniil an<l not very a<;iil<', itn h-.n^^Mi .'ijl in |j<;a<l. 

 Month conjj>araf iv<']y nrnall, HmalNT than in //. ourotincalwm, tint inax- 

 jllary cxN'n'iin}< lx> Ix-yond Iront of pupil ; itn lcnt<th 2jt in hca<l. 

 'i'c<',th rather nnjajl, the oulcr an<l poKtcrior a little ejilarj:;^*',*!. Lower 

 jaw Hlif<htly inclu(l<Ml. Kyc lar}<c, '41 in head. l'r<5<>rl>ital narrow, itn 

 leant breailth iti head. Interorbital «pac<5 Inroad, convex, itn width 

 2f^ in liead. l'reop<trcl<t rnoderafely nerrate. 



Cill-rake/ii njiich lonj/er and more, nurrntrouH than in //. auroiincalum 

 and othe,r MjjecieH, about 18 on lowej- part of antejior arch, tin; loui^e.ht 

 tiire/<}-f'ouiihH U-mhI <le.i)lh of preorlntal. 



Scalen notably Hfnall<;j tha/i in any other Kpe(;ie.H of the f4<tnnH, thowc 

 above laUjral line, in very oblifpie HericM, thone l)e,low more n<tarly hori- 

 zontal, and none of iJjem Kpecially enlarj^ed. Hoft linM Kcaly an unual. 



OorMal MijineH Hl<*nde,r, rathe,r low, the fourth or lonjje,Ht, 2/^ '" head. 

 Hoj't dor«al lonj^^ and low, the, lont;e,ht ray, .'*j^ in he,;id ; caudal deeply 

 foiked, the, upj»er lobe, l,V, in hea<l. Anal rather low an<l Hmall, ilH 

 lonK<*Ht rayH, ojl in head, not rea<;hin{< when dej>reHHe,d to Ihe lipol the 

 laKt rayw. H<'e,ond anal hpin«i notably lonj^er and Htrofi^er than third, 

 2j^ in head, reachinj^ when <|epr<!HHe,d a little jKiHt baMc of lant ray; ven- 

 train U in head ; pectoraln \'4. 



Color in Hpiritn pearly-/;(ray, with e^ontinuouH }»rown HtreakM (^,'olden 

 in lif'-j, one, on the, nie<lian line, above from tij> of Hnout to dornal ; foni 

 on (;ach hide, of toj> of head above, ey<t ; flijei', of Wn'M: «txtendint( <ni tli* 

 boily, btit only the, necoml eontinuouH, thin very ilihtinct and r<tae,hm^ 

 la«t ray of d'^rnal. lielow thene, two extendinj? bae^kwatd from e^(t, the 

 iilipermohit (lintinct anteriorly, fadinj;^ behind, the lowcHt fadinj< ante,- 

 riorly ; Ix'Jow thin tra<'XtH of another <luMky Mtrii>e. 'J'here are thuM f lire* 

 or four diHtin<;t lonj^itudinal Htre,akM on bo<ly, with two or three fainter 

 oncK. Finn pale, probably ye,||owiKh in life. 



Thiw i« one, of tin*, Hmalle,r hi>«',e,ieH, probably nevi^r excef'diriK a foot in 

 |e/)j(th. It i;s alli<'d to //. auroUiu.olaia and //. rirnalor, Imt <leviaf.e,M 

 from the ordinary /Itnrnulofi type /nore than <Mther of thcHe. 



We have, not H<'en thin hpecien in life, it not havin^^ be<'n obtained by 

 I'lofchKor Jordan eithe,j' at Key Went or Havana. It haw been included 

 in moHt recent lintn of our Atlantic coant Hpecien, ai>parently on the 

 authority of Dr. Ilolbrook. iJut l>i: llolbrook'n ()j<ur<; tti' tfuadrilinC' 

 alum e,vi<lently reprcHeulM a rather hie.nder and brij^htly eolored indi- 

 vidual of //. rimator. 'Iher**, n-mainH then no r<'aHon why //. (/uadrilin/:- 

 alum hhould Ix*, »et,ain<*,d in lislH of liisheH of the. United iSlaleH. 



