Jordan and Evcrmann— Fishes of North America. 2705 



/. Color, light olive, with numerovTS rotmdish brownish black 

 spots much larger than eyes, dorsal and aaal black, with 

 narrow white margin. D. 94 ; A. 77 ; scales 95. 



FASCIOLARIS, 3081 . 



Ad Caudal tin black, as is a large part of dorsal and anal, the black 

 either continuous or in the form of large spots. Color brown- 

 ish, often mottled, usually with more or less distinct darker 

 cross bands and with longitudinal streaks along the rows of 

 scales, sometimes nearly plain brown. 

 g. Scales quite small, 98 to 105. 



7i. Body decidedly elongate, the depth about 4i in length. D. 

 97; A. 82; scales 98. elongatus, 3082. 



hh. Body less elongate, the depth 3^ in length; head 5^; lon- 

 gitudinal streaks very distinct. D.IOO; A. 80; scales 

 J05 ATRICAUDCS, 3083. 



gg. Scales rather larger, 75 to 90. 



i. Body rather elongate, the depth 3* to 4i; dorsal rays 80 to 



90; anal 80 to 85; opercular flap large; body with 3 or 



4 dark cross bands. lkei, 3084. 



a. Body less elongate, the depth 3^^ to 3f in length; the 



head 5i to 5|. D. 90 to 95 ; A. 75 to 80. 



PLAGUSIA, 3085. 



cc Dorsal and anal pale throughout, or more or less mottled or spotted with 



darker the caudal similarly colored, not distinctly black. Body not 



very elongate, the depth 3 to 3i iu length. (Probably all varieties of 



S.i)lagiusa.) 



j. Body with dark cross bands more or less distinct; the fins mottled or 



speckled ; upper eye slightly in advance of lower. 



k Dorsal rays 86 to 95; anal rays 75 to 80; head 5 in length ; depth 



31 ■ scales 85 to 93 ; cross bands more distinct than in related 



* ' . PLAOTUSA, 3086. 



species. ., 1 iT, 



kk Dorsal rays 78 to 85 ; anal rays 70 to 72 ; head 5 m length ; depth 



31- scales 80 to 90. Color, light brown, with darker cross 



bars which become obsolete with age. pusillus, 3087. 



jj Body uniform grayish, without cross bands ; last p.art of dor8.al and 



anal with 3 or 4 oblong black blotches, each somewhat larger than 



the eye; upper eye directly above lower; head 5| in length. 



Scales 85 ; D. 92 ; A. 75. d.omedeanus, 3088. 



ddd. Caudal .and posterior part of dorsal and anal not black, scarcely d.arker 



than anterior part; scales 92 ; D. 93 ; A. 73. Williams., 3089. 



Acedia (Spanish nfime of /Symijfti(TOsp%tts<:a at Havana): ., . ,^ ,1 



aTLZ very small, ctenoid, each with a median dark .streak, which simulates a keel, 



but is not a ridge ; snout and Jaws n,aked ; fin rays in increased number. 



.Head5t;depth4, D. DO; A. 107; scales 120. -ayis,., eve^^moft^ 



with brown. 



Subgenus SYMPHURUS. 

 3078. SYMPHUKUS PIGER (Goode &. Bean). 

 Head 4* in total length ; depth 3}. U. 90 ; A. 69 to 75 ; ventral 4 ; scales 

 65-34 (transverse); eye 6 in head; snout H; mouth oblique, curved its 

 angle below middle of lower eye; teeth feeble, closely placed, a little 

 stronger on colored side; nostril tubular, a little nearer eye tban tip of 

 snout- eyes moderate in size, very close together, the upper very slightly 

 :r:l;anoe, its distance from the dorsal outline equal to jts/lia-ten 

 scales large, ctenoid, deciduous. Dorsal bcgimng over middle of uppei 

 eye; longlst dorsal and analrays3 in depth of body ; pectorals obsolete. 



