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iu head. Pectoral of left side with two filameutous rays, its length from 

 1^ to nearly 2 times that of head -, pectoral of blind side short, about 2i 

 in head. 



Scales small, thin, weakly ciliate, with many smaller scales inter- 

 mingled; about 7 series of scales on cheeks; lateral line straightj 

 slightly raised anteriorly. 



Head 2f in length (4* in total); depth 2f (2^). D. 81; A. 63. Lat. 

 1. 53 (pores on blind side). 



Light yellowish-brown, with irregular blackish blotches, these most 

 distinct along middle of sides; tins all grayish, mottled and spotted 

 with black, the pectoral of left side distinctly barred; blind side white., 

 immaculate. 



Several specimens, only one of which was perfect, were taken froni 

 stomachs of the Eed Snapper at Pensacola. The individual here- 

 described is 7 inches long, some of the imperfect specimens being nearly 

 a foot long. As usual in the genus Hemirhombns, the adults show longer 

 pectoral, wider iuterorbital space, and the upper eye farther back. 



121. Etropuscrossotus J. & G. N. O. G. (30980.) 



One specimen found in the oSTew Orleans market, it having been takeu 

 in Lake Pontchartraiu. Three others were obtained at Galveston. We 

 have compared these carefully with the original types of the species 

 from ]NLizatlan and with others from Panama, and are unable to detect 

 any difference whatever. The wide range thus shown for this species 

 is remarkable. 



122. Achirus lineatus (L. ) Cuv. Subsp. browni (Gthr. ).—Sole. P. G. (:]0H 17,300(11^ 

 3103tj.) 



' Common; numerous specimens from Pensacola and Galveston. The 

 Gulf form of this species {'■'■hrownV'') seems to differ from Northern 

 specimens only in coloration, the dark bands being broader and the 

 blind side wholly unmarked. 



Color in life light brown, with 7 or 8 narrow black bands edged with 

 l)rownish ; these bauds rather irregular and about as broad as the eye ; 

 between these bands irregular dark cloudings; the head spotted with 

 blackish, fins with dark spots, the membranes largely black, the rays 

 pale. D. 54; A. 40. 



123. Aphoristia plagiiTsa (L.) J. & G. P. (308.5.5.) 



Abundant about Pensacola. Numerous small specimens taken in the 

 Laguna Grande. The West Indian Aijhoristia ornata (Lac.) Kaup has- 

 not yet been distinguished from the present species. 



TETEODONTID.E. 



124. Lagocephaliis laevigatiis (L.) Gill. G. 

 One specimen obtained at Galveston. 



Proc. Nat. :\rus. 82 20 Awg. 15, 1 889. 



