Jordan and Evermann.— Fishes of North America. 2709 



black- no black spots on dorsal; scales tbickly punctulate, but with no 

 distinct darker edgings. Related to Symplmrus atricaudus (Jordan & Gil- 

 bert) but tbe body with 4 wide black cross bauds, and the form more 

 elon.-ate Bay of Panama. Many specimens of this species were obtained 

 .,t Mhatross Station 2804, at a depth of 47 fathoms. It is evidently very 

 different from .S'. atramentatus, and needs comparison only with S. elongatm, 

 from which it seems to be sufficiently distinct. Length of type 4^ inches 

 (Named for Prof. Leslie A. Lee and Mr. Thomas Lee, naturalists on board 

 the Albatross when the species was discovered.) 



Symphun,. leei, Jordan &, Bollman, Troc. U. S. Nat. Mus 1889, 178 Lat 8° i6. 30" N. 

 Tong. 79- 37' 45" W. (Type, No. 41134. Coll. Prof. L. A. Lee and Mr. Thomas Lee.) 



3085. SYMPHCRUS PLAGUSIA* (Block & Schneider). 



(Acedia.) 



Head 5i to 5| ; depth 3^ to 3ii in length. D. 90 to 95 ; A. 75 to 80 ; scales 

 75 to 85 Body rather elongate. Color brownish, often mottled, usually 

 with more or less distinct darker cross bands, and with longitudina 

 streaks along the rows of scales, sometimes nearly plain brown ; caudal 

 black including a large part of dorsal and anal, the black continuous as m 

 the fo'rm of spots. West Indies to Brazil ; Cuba to Rio Janeiro ; common. 

 The numerous specimens of this species examined by us are from Havana 

 Peruambuco, Santos, Rio Janeiro, Curufa, and Victoria, {plagusia, an old 

 name, from TtXdrtoi, Oblique, j 



Plaowjia Bbowne, Jamaica, 445, No. 1,1756, Jamaica. t,„^„„^ 



Ple^roZte,vlag^na, Bloch & Schneidek, Syst. Ichth., 162, 1801, Jamaica; alter Browne. 

 rrrro™al.!LAC^PEDE,Hist. Nat. Poiss.,iv, 659, 1803, on a spec:n.eB "presented by 



S:;:i J;i7.n.i. AOASSIZ, Spix, Pise. Brasil., 89^ah^50^m7^BrazU^ 



Trh^sy^onymy^fthis .pecieTir^somewhat d^^^^^^^^^^ 



necfes plaW^c ^vas seiit to Linnseusl^^yUr Garden tChar^^ ^^^^.^^^ .^ ^^^^^^^^ 



appear , .voluble ^l-at th,8 8pe«men re^^^^^^^^^^ ,^ ,1^^, „t;;the 



^Inu'^m';^"::^ in LonS ^^r^'hlK examined h^Goode and Bean. From tberr 

 notes (Proo. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1885, If ) ^^J« ;;i"»t| = „^ ^f^ca or India. There i,s considerable 

 "The type.of thj^species n.ay have co n^^^^^^^ 3^^ , ^ 92, A. 



doubt a.s to Its orifiiu. (i^ee Garden » '-""esp"u^^^^^^ snecimens of Aphoristia, plagiusa, 



'^^.^w^ve;. no species of tM« ^^ ^ ^^^^SJ^^" ^^^^^^^^^ 

 probable that Garden's hsh actuality cam^ J-^^^^ than usual of the 



the original type is Per^ap-s due to distortion, ana ^nes ornatus is also <loubtful 



scales Sees not afford a marked suua^^^^^ Laccp^de.is that 



in its proper application. Tie only tlnn^di^^^^ l' ^^1^^ j^^^ j^^ ^^^^ 



the typical specimen was S'^ ^n J^^ ^ol and^^^^^^ i/probablyno exception. 



Dutch collection seem to ^aye come from burinau, ana in^ of (<ymphurus a^ to 



But Lac6pede-s description might api.ly «^;^,f * ^.ii^^^^X to tl e spociJ's des.Tibed by 

 this. The name Pleurmiect.s |'««(w* «. giyen »/ ^^^^l^^^^f tbe.firoup yet known from 

 Browne, seems to admit ot no doubt, '^^ 'f >f,,i^,*^''."^^^ for the northern species, or 



Jamaica. If, therefore, the nanje '^i' ^^^"Vm^SsA^iK as .^,nnphin-uxplaguda. 

 dropped altogether as notidentihed, ^.'^f P-^.^^^^^^^^ ""^''^'e^^ the nominal 



We'^have compared nun.erous fP^."f^^,f,,^'^^,„^^;",,-^^^™„t^^^ Havana. There is 



species tes^ellatu, or '''•«*V-«''*''^r V,e BraiuK pt^men^ a little more slender on 

 fn^^Sg'l^KherirnTmrous'ex^^^^^^^^ 1" -l-" ^^^ ''^^^^ 



in both. 



