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NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES SENT BY MR. CHARLES C. 

 LESLIE FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. 



By DAVID S. JORBA.X A.NO i'AKL, H. KBOEXMAIN'IV. 



A tauk of fishes was recently sent to the museum of the ludiana 

 University by Mr. Charles C. Leslie, the specimens having been col- 

 lected in the vicinity of Charleston, S. C. Several of the species in- 

 cluded had not been previously recorded from that locality. We give 

 here a list of the more interesting forms ; those marked * are not re- 

 corded in the list of the fishes of Charleston, published by Jordan and 

 Gilbert in the Proceedings of the U. S. Xat. Mus. 1882, 580. 



1. Cyprinodon variegatus* Lac^p^de. 

 A single specimen. 



2. Siphostoma louisianae (Giiuther). 



Two specimens-^females; the longest 9 inches; rings 20-|-3G. 

 3 Hippocampus punctulatus* Guichenot. 



A male specimen, brownish, marbled with darker; irregular dark 

 rings on tail, much broader than the lighter intervening spaces ; dorsal 

 brownish, broadly edged with white, a black blotch on the anterior rays 

 below the white border. Body everywhere covered with white points, 

 most numerous on head and tail. D. 19. 



4. Trachinotus falcatus* (Linntpiis). 



{TrachijnotHS rhoinboides (Bloch). 



A single specimen 3 inches long. Sides bluish above, silvery below; 

 dorsal and anal blackish, especially anteriorly ; inner side of base of 

 pectorals black. Head 3 J- in length ; depth 1=^ ; dorsal and anal spines 

 connected and joined to the fins. 



5. Epinephelus drummond-hayi* Goode &. Beau. 



A single specimen about a foot long. This species has not been before 

 recorded from the Atlantic. The specimen agrees with the description 

 of the type; it differs from a specimen from Pensacola in having the 

 spots more distinct from each other. 



6. Serrauus brasiliensis* (Barueville). 



{Centropristis suhligarlus Cope; Centropristis dispilurus Giinther.) 

 A single specimen 2.J inches long. 



7. Pseudopriacanthus altus* (Gill). 



One specimen about 11 inches long. As this specimen is much larger 

 than any one as yet described we adtl a short description : 



Eeddish, overlaid with plumbeous above ; apparently bright red or 

 crimson in life; all the fins except the pectorals edged with black; 

 otherwise entirely plain (in spirits). Body ovate: profile straight and 

 little oblique; mouth subvertical; teeth in upper jaw villiform, in a 

 narrow band with an outer series of enlarged teeth ; teeth of lower jaw 



