﻿THREE 
  NEW 
  SCIAENID 
  FISHES 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  133 
  

  

  fins 
  reaching 
  halfway 
  to 
  anus, 
  tlie 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  ending; 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  fihi- 
  

   ment; 
  preuperole 
  uith 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  short 
  spines, 
  the 
  lowest 
  one 
  

   strongest 
  but 
  not 
  hooked 
  downward; 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  least 
  depth 
  2V^ 
  

   in 
  its 
  length; 
  tips 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fins 
  reaching 
  a 
  trifle 
  i)ast 
  anus; 
  teeth 
  in 
  

   jaws 
  in 
  bands, 
  the 
  outer 
  row 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw 
  a 
  little 
  enlarged; 
  pseudo- 
  

   branchiae 
  well 
  developed; 
  gill 
  rakers 
  short, 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  

   pupil 
  diameter; 
  scales 
  strongly 
  ctenoid; 
  lateral 
  line 
  curved 
  over 
  pec- 
  

   toral 
  fin, 
  then 
  running 
  a 
  straight 
  course 
  on 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  along 
  

   its 
  midaxis; 
  fourth 
  scale 
  row 
  below 
  lateral 
  line, 
  anteriorly, 
  the 
  first 
  

   one 
  extending 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  ; 
  first 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  rudimentary, 
  

   second 
  2\-2 
  in 
  third, 
  the 
  latter 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  fourth; 
  second 
  

   and 
  eighth 
  to 
  eleventh 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  spine 
  heavier 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  

   seventh 
  spines 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  ; 
  fourth 
  or 
  longest 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  about 
  equal 
  

   to 
  postorbital 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  distal 
  margin 
  of 
  spiny 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  trun- 
  

   cate 
  or 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  concave, 
  that 
  of 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  probably 
  a 
  trifle 
  rounded 
  

   (the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  rays 
  are 
  lacking 
  and 
  this 
  cannot 
  be 
  determined 
  

   accurately) 
  ; 
  middle 
  rays 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  longest, 
  edges 
  of 
  lobes 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  truncate 
  to 
  rounded 
  (double 
  truncate) 
  ; 
  distal 
  margins 
  of 
  anal 
  

   and 
  pelvic 
  fins 
  a 
  little 
  rounded; 
  pectoral 
  fins 
  somewhat 
  pointed, 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  branched 
  ray 
  from 
  above 
  longest. 
  

  

  Color. 
  — 
  In 
  alcohol 
  the 
  upper 
  sides 
  and 
  back 
  are 
  grayish 
  brown, 
  

   white 
  below; 
  dorsal, 
  anal, 
  and 
  pelvic 
  fins 
  dusky, 
  more 
  intensely 
  pig- 
  

   mented 
  distally 
  ; 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  and 
  cj^udal 
  fins 
  dusky; 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  darker 
  

   than 
  other 
  fins 
  except 
  tip 
  of 
  spiny 
  dorsal; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  and 
  upper 
  lip 
  

   white; 
  peritoneum 
  white. 
  In 
  the 
  smaller 
  paratypes 
  the 
  dusky 
  upper 
  

   sides 
  are 
  broken 
  up 
  with 
  several 
  pale 
  blotches, 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  small 
  cyst 
  at 
  their 
  centers. 
  

  

  Remar/cs. 
  — 
  This 
  new 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  otlicr 
  known 
  species 
  

   of 
  OpJiioscion^ 
  excei)t 
  0. 
  adustus 
  and 
  0. 
  niicrops, 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  Atlantic, 
  in 
  having 
  more 
  numerous 
  gill 
  rakers, 
  1(> 
  to 
  18 
  on 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  first 
  gill 
  arch, 
  but 
  adustus 
  has 
  28 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  rays 
  and 
  vene- 
  

   zuelae 
  only 
  22 
  to 
  24. 
  O. 
  microps 
  has 
  II, 
  9 
  anal 
  rays 
  and 
  0. 
  venczuelae 
  

   II, 
  8. 
  The 
  key 
  will 
  serve 
  for 
  distinguishing 
  the 
  seven 
  species 
  now 
  

   recognized 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  Atlantic. 
  

  

  Named 
  venezuclae 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  country 
  where 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   were 
  collected. 
  

  

  OPHIOSCION 
  I'UNCTATISSIMUS 
  Mick 
  and 
  Hildcbrnnd 
  

  

  OphioHcion 
  punclntUiHimuH 
  Mi;i;k 
  and 
  IIildkhuam), 
  Mariiii' 
  llshi'S 
  of 
  I'niiaina, 
  vol. 
  

  

  2. 
  p. 
  044, 
  pi. 
  f«. 
  WlTi 
  (Cristobal, 
  Torn 
  Point, 
  and 
  Colon, 
  I'anania). 
  

   OphioMcion 
  adunta 
  Evkkmann 
  and 
  Maksii, 
  Fislit's 
  of 
  Porto 
  Kico, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Conim. 
  

  

  Bull., 
  vol. 
  110 
  (IDOO), 
  pt. 
  1. 
  p. 
  1:H>, 
  lUOli 
  ( 
  Viftpics 
  Island). 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  following 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  national 
  collections: 
  

   U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  817GG, 
  the, 
  holofype, 
  and 
  r>()l(;i 
  and 
  120188, 
  four 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  Vieques 
  Island 
  off 
  Puerto 
  Kico. 
  

  

  