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species is allied to Antlieas multifasciatus Gill, described from Cape San 

 Lucas. 



Serranus, sp. nov. 



A single specimen from which most of the skin and scales has been 

 digested. It is allied to S. bivittatus 0. & V. 



Iiobotes surinamensis Bloch. 



Decodon puellaris Poey. 



Pomacentrus caudalis Poey. (No. 36945.) 



(Synopsis Piscium Cubensium 1868, 328.) 



One specimen iu good condition. Head, 3^ in length; depth, 2^. 

 D. XII, 14; A. II, 13. Scales, 4-29-9. Upper parts dusky; the greater 

 part of each scale of a light grayish blue; lower parts bright yellow, 

 with some blue spots on the scales; top and sides of head similarly 

 marked with bluish spots on the scales. A jet black, ink-like spot, 

 ocellated with blue on the back of the tail. Dorsal fin colored like the 

 back ; the posterior soft rays abruptly yellow. Caudal fin bright yellow, 

 lower fins chiefly yellow. ^ 



Form oblong-ovate; the anterior profile moderately convex. Pre- 

 orbital and preopercle well serrated. Teeth moderate, entire. Soft 

 parts of dorsal and anal rather high. 



This is the first record of this rare species on our coasts. 



Porichthys porosissimus Cuv. & Val. 



Indiana University, 



December 4, 1884. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN FISHES. 



By DAVID S. JTORDAIV. 



The following notes on points connected with North American ichthy- 

 ology are mostly supplementary to statements contained in different 

 papers published by the writer in these Proceedings for the current 

 year 1884. 



Cryptotomus, Cope. 



On page 100, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, we observe, "It seems to 

 us almost certain that either Professor Cope has mistaken two of the 

 soft rays of the dorsal and one of the anal for spines, or else that these 

 rays are, in the single specimen (of Cryptotomus roseus) known, abnor- 

 mally ossified." Since this was written I have examined Professor 

 Cope's type of Cryptotomus roseus, and I find the former supposition to 

 be correct. This specimen has nine dorsal and two anal spines. 

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