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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  ? 
  Ophioscion 
  icoodwarcU 
  Fowled?, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  vol. 
  89, 
  

   p. 
  311, 
  fig., 
  1937 
  (Port-au-Prince, 
  Haiti). 
  

  

  Corvina 
  adusta 
  Spix, 
  pi. 
  70 
  in 
  Spix 
  and 
  Agassiz 
  (1831), 
  has 
  but 
  

   X-I, 
  19 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  rays 
  and 
  52 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  above 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   line; 
  the 
  anal 
  rays 
  as 
  shown 
  are 
  II, 
  7. 
  Obviously 
  Agassiz 
  did 
  not 
  

   describe 
  the 
  fish 
  figured 
  by 
  Spix, 
  since 
  he 
  gave 
  dorsal 
  rays 
  as 
  X-I, 
  

   28 
  and 
  anal 
  rays 
  II, 
  9. 
  The 
  most 
  significant 
  character 
  in 
  certain 
  re- 
  

   spects 
  as 
  clearly 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  70 
  is 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  rows 
  

   below 
  the 
  lateral 
  line. 
  None 
  are 
  shown 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  

   body, 
  but 
  the 
  scale 
  rows 
  run 
  obliquely 
  upward 
  and 
  backward 
  to 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  line 
  and 
  the 
  scale 
  row 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  rear 
  base 
  of 
  anal 
  fin 
  

   meets 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  just 
  behind 
  a 
  vertical 
  from 
  the 
  rear 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  fin. 
  The 
  direction 
  of 
  these 
  scale 
  rows 
  strongly 
  suggests 
  that 
  

   plate 
  70 
  in 
  Spix 
  and 
  Agassiz 
  (1831) 
  may 
  be 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  

   Plagioscion^ 
  perhaps 
  near 
  P. 
  pauciradiatus 
  Steindachner 
  (1917). 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  references 
  list 
  O. 
  adustus^ 
  but 
  their 
  counts 
  disagree 
  

   with 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  true 
  adustus: 
  Ribeiro, 
  "Fauna 
  Brasiliense 
  Peixes," 
  

   Arch. 
  Mus. 
  Nac. 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  family 
  Sciaenidae, 
  p. 
  23, 
  1915, 
  

   and.Devincenzi, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Nac. 
  Montevideo, 
  ser. 
  2, 
  pt. 
  5, 
  p. 
  239, 
  1924. 
  

   It 
  must 
  be 
  concluded, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  their 
  descriptions 
  must 
  apply 
  

   to 
  some 
  other 
  species 
  or 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  erroneously 
  drawn 
  up. 
  

  

  The 
  description 
  by 
  Jenyns 
  fits 
  very 
  well 
  the 
  specimen 
  before 
  me 
  

   (U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  86710), 
  which 
  is 
  120 
  mm, 
  in 
  standard 
  length 
  and 
  was 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Smith 
  in 
  Uruguay 
  in 
  1922. 
  

  

  Berg 
  (Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Nac. 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  52, 
  1895) 
  listed 
  

   Sciaena 
  adusta 
  (Agassiz), 
  but 
  his 
  counts 
  did 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  

   Agassiz 
  or 
  of 
  my 
  specimen, 
  and 
  they 
  need 
  reexamination 
  to 
  determine 
  

   the 
  identity 
  of 
  his 
  material. 
  

  

  Ophioscion 
  tuoodtcardi 
  Fowler 
  {loc. 
  cit.), 
  described 
  from 
  Haiti 
  in 
  

   1937, 
  probably 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  adustus. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  Fowler's 
  

   types, 
  but 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fin 
  rays 
  places 
  it 
  with 
  adustus, 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  

   area 
  along 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fins 
  abruptly 
  set 
  ofi' 
  by 
  the 
  blackish 
  area 
  

   distally 
  along 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  rays, 
  as 
  in 
  our 
  specimen 
  

   (U.S.N.M. 
  No, 
  86710) 
  from 
  Uruguay, 
  indicates 
  that 
  woodwardi 
  and 
  

   adustus 
  are 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  OPHIOSCION 
  BKASILIENSIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

   FiGUEE 
  6 
  

  

  Uolotype. 
  — 
  U.SN.M. 
  No. 
  87742, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  77 
  mm. 
  in 
  standard 
  

   length, 
  taken 
  over 
  a 
  sand 
  bar 
  at 
  Santos, 
  Brazil, 
  September 
  12, 
  1925, 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt. 
  

  

  Paratype. 
  — 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  122611, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  89 
  mm., 
  taken 
  with 
  

   the 
  type 
  and 
  bearing 
  same 
  data. 
  

  

  