2840 Bulletin //, United States Natiofial Ahisenin. 



die rays al)out 2 in the longest; caudal jieduncle more tban 4i? in l)ody, 

 its least depth somewhat more than 2 in greatest depth of body. Scales 

 slightly ctenoid. Side with a broad, sharply defined silvery-gray baud. 

 Body much more slender, snout shorter, and eye larger than in C. hum- 

 holdtianum or C. estor. Length 5 inches. Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico. 



Atherinichthys grandocuUg, Stkinhachneb, Anzeiger der Kais. Akad. d. Wissensch. Wieii. 

 1894, 149, Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico. (Coll. Priucess Thercso vou Bayeru.) 



354(a). ESLOPSARUM, .Jordan & Evermann. 



Exlopsamm, Jokuan & Evermann, Ulieck-List Fishes, 330, 1890 {jordani). 



This genus is close to Chirostoma, from which it dilfers in the large en- 

 tire scales. To it belong the 2 following species : 



1150. ESLOPSABUM BARTONl (Jordan & Evermauu). 

 1157. ESLOPSABUM JORDANI (Woolman). 



To the synonymy of this species should be added 



Atheiiniclithy.sbievis, Steindachner, Anzeiger der Kais. Akail. d. Wissensch. Wien. 1894, 

 149, Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico. (Coll. Prinzessin Therese von Bayern.) 



Page 793. In Eslopsarum jordani the anal is 1, 16, not I, 6. 

 Page 795. Kirtlandia laciniata has been found to intergrade with K, 

 ragrans and should stand as — 



1168a. KIRTLANDIA VAOBAXS LAOINIATA (Swain). 



Page 796. Under d in the key read : 



d. Snout .about equal to eye, which is 3 to 3i in head. 



Page 800. An examination of numerous specimens of Menidia from vari- 

 ous jdaces between Florida and Halifax shows that M. noiata and M. 

 menidia intergrade perfectly. The first will therefore stand as — 



llG7a. MEXIDIA MENIDIA NOTATA (Mitcliill). 



Page 801. Menidia tjuatcmaloisis and Menidia pachyhpis belong in the 

 genus Thyrtna, .Jordan & Culver. 



Page 819. Ayouostomiis 7iasufiis has the anal usually II, 10, sometimes 

 11,9. 



Page 821. Add the following : 



In the Transactions of the Jamaica Society of Arts for 1855, Mr. Richard 

 Hill gives a paper on "Fishes of the Jamaica Shores and Ilivers" which 

 has been overlooked by subsequent writers. The list is chiefiy a nomin.il 

 one, but it contains a number of vernacular names not elsewhere given. 

 The only new species are given under the head of Lahrux (page 142) and 

 Mugil (page 143), and these are named rather than described. They are 

 the following: 



There is another Labrax, common enough in the Kingston market when the rains 

 send strong freshets from the river into the harbor. The iishermen call it the river 

 chub, and confound it with the mucronatus. It is a different species; it is marked with 



