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By DAWm S. JORDAN and CHAKLES H. GflL-BEKT. 



The greater part of the montli of March, 1882, was spent by Pro- 

 fessor Jordan at Galveston and Pensacohi, in the collection and stndy 

 of fishes, in the interest of the United States National Museum. Fifty- 

 one species of marine fishes were observed at Galveston and about 110 

 at Pensacola; making a total of 129. These are enumerated below. 

 The "common names" here given are, in all cases, those in use among 

 the Gulf fishermen. The letters P. or G. after the name of a species 

 indicate that it was observed at Pensacola or Galveston, respectively. 

 Tlie specimens obtained are mostly in the United States National 

 Mnseum. 



Professor Jordan wishes to make especial acknowledgment of his 

 indebtedness to Mr. Silas Stearns, of Pensacola, for enthusiastic and 

 intelligent assistance. Mr. Stearns is a member of the firm of Warren 

 & Co., wholesale fish-dealers at Pensacola, and the resources of this 

 firm were in the most generous way placed at our disposal. The most 

 valuable portions of the present collection were obtained from the ves- 

 sels sent out for Bed Snappers, the captains of these vessels beiug 

 directed by Mr. Stearns to save for the Museum all small fishes taken 

 from the mouths or stomachs of these fishes. Several interesting species 

 were also obtained by Mr. Stearns and Professor Jordau, with a fine- 

 meshed seine in the shallow waters of the Lagana Grande at Pensacola. 



It will be observed that the shore-fishes, even as far westward as Gal- 

 veston, are essentially the same as those found along the Carolina coast. 

 The forms found in deeper water have a close relation with the West 

 Indian fauna. 



LAMNID.E. 



1. Isurus dekayi (Gill) J. & G. P. 



Lamna ijunctala Dekay, New York Fanua Fish. 352, pi. 63, f. 203 (uot Sqnalns 



jmndatus Mitch. ; uot Lamna punctata StorerHisst. Fish. Mass., which seems 



to be Lamna corntibica.) 

 LsUropsis dekayi Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. vii, 409. (Aftpr Dekay.) 

 Lsuropsis glancns Poey, Synops, Plsc. Cubens. 186S, 446. (Probably not Oxii- 



rhina glauca Miiller & Henle.) 



The synonomy of the American species of Isurus has been much con- 

 fused, as appears from the above account of it. It is certain that two 

 species of this type, viz, Lamna cornuhica and Isurus delcayi, occur on 

 our Atlantic coast. We find no evidence of the existence of Isurus 

 spaUanzani Eaf. in our waters, although Dr. Giinther has referred the 

 descriptions both of Storer and Dekay to the latter species. VV^e recog- 

 nize the American I. delcayi, provisionally, as a species distinct from 

 I. glauca, which inhabits the coasts of Asia and Africa, as, in the speci- 

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