PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 373 



tlST OF FISHE!^ COLI.ECTES* AT PAIVAMA BY C APTAIIV JOHN M. 

 DOW, NOW IN THE UNBTEO STATES NATIONAI. MUSEUITI. 



By DAVID S. JOKDAN afiad CHARLES H. GILBERT. 



About twenty years ago (1861-18G5) several collections of fishes were 

 forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution by Capt. J. M. Dow, from 

 Panama and other points on the west coast of Central America. One 

 of these collections has been studied by Professor Gill.* The others 

 haA-e hitherto remained unnoticed and many of the specimens have 

 been allowed to decay. The present paper gives an account of what 

 remains at present. 



1. Mustelus dorsalis Gill. 



(Musteliis dorsalis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1864.) 



8068. (Types of Mustelus dorsalis.) Four half-grown specimens. 



2. Anableps dowi Gill. 



{AnahJcps dowi Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 4.) 



8005. Five specimens, the largest nearly 11 inches long, from La Union, 

 San Salvador. 



3. Hemirhamphus poeyi Giinther. 

 30953. Two fine adult specimens. 



This species is very close to S. unifasciatus^ if really distinct. It differs 

 chiefly in the shortness of the lower jaw. 



Four specimens of Exocoetus, representing three species, are also 

 in the collection, but it is questionable whether any of them really came 

 from Panama. We are informed by Captain Dow that the specimen 

 which became the type of Exocoetus alUdactylus Gill (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1863, 167) was taken oft' the northern coast of Brazil, and not at 

 Panama. 



4. Agonostoma nasutum Giiu+her. 



30966. One specimen. 



5. Joturus stipes si), nov. 



31010. One large specimen, found in the same bottle as 30057 {Poma- 

 dasys Immilis). 



19915. Two still larger examples, in good condition, about 15 inches in 

 length, from "Central America"; the exact locality and the collector 

 unknown. 



Head 4f in length; depth 4; D. lY-l, 9. A III, 9. Scales 45—13. 



* Descriptive Euumeratiouof a Collection of Fislies from the Western Coast of Cen- 

 tral America. Presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Capt. John M. Dow. 

 By Theodore Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 162-174. 



