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Pficific coast of lio|)i<;;i] AiiUiiica, juul at Mazatlaii it is known as J'dtyjo 

 J'rieto. 



It was first (hisciibcd from very young specirncns, whicJi bear little 

 resemblance- to tlici adult, altlioui^li comparison of specimens have as- 

 sured us of their identity. The nine cross-bands, Mliicli suggested the 

 inapjiropriate h\)M'MU', name, are (;haracteristi<; only of the very young. 



The name Mexoprion paciJicuH was overlooked by .Jordan anddilberl, 

 who piiblisJM'd the first satisfa<;tory account of the sjx'cies, under tiie 

 uiuiHt i)\' JjulJanuH pricto. This description having been already printed 

 in these ])roceedingH, need not l)c repeated liere. 



8. LutjamiH profundus. Parf/o de lo yillo. 



MtHOprioti ui/a, Ciiv. A V;il., ii, ]H2H, 457 (San I)oiiiiiif;o) ; CiuiclicMol, Kaiiioii 

 «l«i la Sa;,Ma, lliHt. Cuba, 24 (Culm); (;iiiitli<T, i, VJH, 1H.V.) (.Jamaica); 

 Pooy, Rcpcrtorio PIhc. Ciiboim., i, IHfiT, 207 (probalily ikiI, liodianm aya, 



McHOprion profun(luH,i'<H;y, MciiioiiaH, ii, 1.00, 1800 (Cuba); J'ocy, Jic.pcrforir), 



ii, IHOH, 1.07; Vtu',y, SynopHiH, 1808, 294. 

 LutjmiuH pro/imduH, Pony, Eiiuriifsrakio, 187.0, 28. 

 J.iiljainiH jiiirjturciiH, J'ocy, JMiiiiiicralio JMhc. (JiibcriH., 187.0, 20 (naiiu', (;iko,n 



iVorii Aff'Hdprion j)iirpm<:uH,l'. &. V., ii, 471, 1828; I lie iijuih! pnrjiiimiH 



evidently a 8lij) of tlie pen for aija). 



Head,2j/(;iil); depth,3(|). D.X, 14; A. III,H. Scales (7), 8-72-17; 

 50 f)ores. Jjerigth of an example from (Juba, 10 inches. 



liody rather slender, subelliptical, the back not greatly elevated; 

 l)rofile very slightly convex from snout to naj)e, tlMiiuje more arched. 

 Snout rat-herlong and pointed,.'} in head. ICye ralhei- large, 1 in head ; 

 intxM-orbital s|)ace sliglitly convex, 41 in hea<l, the occii)ital keel not 

 very promin<;nt; preorbital rather broad, 51 in head. Mouth rather 

 small; Jaws sub(;(pial; maxillary reaching front of pupil, 2^ in liead ; 

 u|)j)er jaw with a narrow band of villiform teeth, outside of which is a 

 single s(iries of w<ill develoi)ed teeth ; 4 mod(;rate canines in front of 

 jaw, the two longest aV>out one-half diameter of i»u])il. Lower jaw with 

 a single series of rather large, unequal te(;th, insid(^ of which is a V(»ry 

 narrow baiul of villiform t(;eth in front of jaw only. 1'ongue with an 

 o\al patch of teeth, about twice as long as ])road, in front of which is a 

 roundish j)at(;h; no t<;eth on hyoid bone. l'terygoi<ls toothl(^ss ; vomer 

 with a broadly arrow-shai)ed patch of te(;th, with fi l)ackward prolonga- 

 tion on me«lian line somewhat longer than width of the- patch in front. 

 (Jill rakers shuuh^r, their length almost (;fpial to one-half diametei* of 

 eye, about 1 1 develoi)ed below tlie angle ; in front of t hes<; about 5 rudi- 

 ments. I'reopeicle, with ])ost<;rior limb slant ing slight ly downward and 

 forward, with a- broad and lat her shallow eniargination, its margin fitiely 

 serrat<^ above; coarser teeth at the aiigh-- and on lower limb. I'osl,eiior 

 nostril oval. 



Scales very small, tlui rows running obli<|uely upward and backward 

 above the lateral line, the rows below almost horizontal ; 7 i-ows ol" scales 

 on cheek, 2 fowh on interoperclo, U rows on subopercle and about 8 on 



