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gray, with faint streaks along the rows of scales. A distinct narrow 

 dusky baud from front of spinous dorsal through base of pectoral ; be- 

 hind this 7 or 8 cloudy, obscure bands, alternately broad and narrow; 

 a horizontal dusky shade behind eye; spinous dorsal with a faint me- 

 dian pale shade, soft with three rows of faint spots; other fins nearly 

 l>]ain. This specimen evidently corresponds to the Pristipoma fasci- 

 (itinit of C. & Y. and Giinther, and as evidently' belongs to P. fidvom- 

 actdatus ; Ortliopristis duplex Grd. does not seem to be at all different. 

 Head 3.1- ; depth 3. 1). XII, 10; A. IT, 13 or 14. Scales 8'-54-16. 



77. Lagodon rhomboides iL.) YiuW^v.—Chopa SpUui. P. G. (31052.) 



Exceedingly common everywhere along the shore. A fish of small 

 s;::e, little valued as food, and seldom brought to the market. 



73. Diplodus probatocephalus OValb.) J. & G.—Shaphead. P. G. (31041.) 



Generally common, but less important as a food-fish than farther 

 north. Specimens seen mostly small. IJeaches a weight of about 12 

 pounds. 



79. Stenotonius capriuus Beau MSS. — Goat's Head rovfiee. P. 



Two specimens, the larger partly digested, the smaller in good con- 

 dition, were taken from stomachs of Eed Snappers at Pensacola. 



Color nearly uniform pale olive, silvery below ; sides with faint traces 

 of dark cross-bauds; fins pale, the posterior margin of caudal blackish. 

 Anterior teeth small, in a close-set band, the outer a little enlarged, com- 

 pressed, and lanceolate. Two series of molars in eacli jaw. A Avell- 

 developed antrorse spine before dorsal. Anterior profile irregular, 

 abruptly depre'ssed above eye, the snout rather pointed. Scaly part of 

 cheek as deep as long. Pectoral a little longer than head, reaching soft 

 rays of anal ; dorsal spines slender, rather high, the first two short the 

 third somewhat filamentous. Head 3^; depth 2. D. XI, 12; A. Ill, 12. 

 Scales 7-47-14. 



This species is strongly marked. It is distinguished from S. argyrops 

 by the deeper cheeks and preorbital region and the less elongate form, 

 as well as by the structure of the si^inous dorsal. 



80. Sparus pagrus L.— /Voy/ff. P. (30838.) 



{Paf/rus rnlgaris C. A: V. ; Paf/nis aradiiciis, Good & Bean, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1879, 133.) 



Xot uncommon at Pensacola ; two si)ecimens obtained. 



Color golden-olive, the middle of each scale largely pinkish-red, giv- 

 ing a general reddish hue to the fish ; sides and below silvery, flushed 

 with red ; many scales of back and sides each with a small round spot of 

 deep purplish-blue, these forming distinct longitudinal streaks on the 

 sides below lateral line, the series somewhat irregular, running along 

 the margins of the scales ; above the lateral line these spots are some- 

 what scattered, forming very irregular oblique series, running upward 

 and backward ; a few of these spots on nape and n^jper part of opercle ; 



