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 Tahle of measurements — Continued. 



Species 



CuiTent nniuber of Bpecimen . 



Locality. 



Pectoral: 



DistaDce from snont 



T ^u < sinistral 



^''g**' i dextral 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length on blind side 



Length on eyed side 



Dorsal 



Anal 



■^®*''<"^-** i dextral 



Ventral 



Nnmber of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line. 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 

 Number of gill-rakers 



Citharichthys 

 macrops. 



21500 (type). 



Fensacola, Fla. 



milUm. 



25 

 16 

 12 



24 



10 



9 



80 



56 



11 



9 



6 



41 



14 



16 



6+13 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



25 

 16 

 12 



24 



10 



9 



Citharichthys 

 microstomus. 



36081. 



Great South 

 Bay, Long Is- 

 land, N. Y. 



millim. 



100th 8 



of 

 length. 



20 

 16 

 10 



20 



10 



9 



76 



57 



10 



9 



6 



41 



10 



14 



4+6 



22.8 

 18.4 

 11.4 



22.8 

 11.4 

 10.3 



Citharichthys 

 spilopterus'. 



35099. 



Havana, Cuba. 



millim. 



27i 



13 



11+ 



25i 



8 



7i 

 81 

 62 

 10 



9 



6 

 46 



5+10 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



30 



14 

 12 



27.3 



8.7 

 8 



November 26, 1884. 



DESCRIPTION OF THREE NE'W SPECIES OF FISHES (PRIONOTUS 

 STEARNSI, PRIONOTUS OPHRYAS, AND ANTHIAS VIVANUS) 

 COLLECTED AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, BY MR. SILAS STEARNS. 



I By DAVID fi. JORDAN nnd JOSEPH 8WA1IV. 



Prionotus stearnsi, sp. nov. (No. 36943.) 



Head 2| in length (3J including caudal) ; depth 4 (5) ; D. VIII— 12 ; 

 A. 12. Scales (transverse series), 77 ; pores in lateral line about 48, 

 L#ength, 3| inches. 



Allied to Prionotus evoluns.* Body not very slender ; narrowed but 

 compressed above, the width of the nape between the occipital spines 

 being about one-fifth the head. Head depressed and long, its upper 

 profile being a little concave before eye, thence slightly convex or 

 almost straight to front of dorsal. Snout 2^ in head, not very broad, 

 rather more than usually rounded anteriorly and scarcely emarginate at 

 tip. Edges of snout without spine and without distinct serrie, the mar- 

 gin merely granular. Surfaces of bones of head comparatively smooth, 

 but roughened with small granules, which are arranged in radiating 

 strije, much as in P. evolans, but more regularly than in that sjjecies. 



' Prionotus sarritor Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mur., 1882, 615. The type 

 ol Trigla evolans L. in Loudon has been examined by Dr. Bean. It is apparently 

 identical with P. sarritor. 



