Jordan and Evermami. — Fishes of North America. 1323 



and over eye, very much arched at nape; mouth small, the maxillary 

 extendingto anterior nostril ; jaws subequal ; outer row of teeth enlarged ; 

 about 6 gill rakers, besides rudiments, below angle; dorsal fin low, 

 eniarginate, spines slender, the highest about equal iu lengtli to second 

 anal spine, whicli is less than I head; caudal forked. Oblique bar 

 from nape through eye, and vertical bar downward from dorsal, jet-black; 

 space before anterior bar deep yellow ; interspace between bars pearly 

 gray, with yellow spots, the spots confluent above into a yellow area; 

 ground color of body plain ])early gray, with about 7 deep-yellow lon- 

 gitntlinal stripes; the pearly interspace not edged with darker and not 

 distinctly Itlue; all the fins deep yellow; iris gilt gray. A very young 

 specimen showed the following coloration in life; pale anterior region, 

 from lower jaw and temporal region to spinous dorsal bright yellow; 

 spinous dorsal, ventrals, and front of anal deep golden; other fins pale; a 

 large round jet-black spot at base of caudal; a dark baud from front of 

 spinous dorsal downward, and 2 black stripes along sides, one from nape 

 to last ray of dorsal and one from the eye nearly' to the caudal spot. Flor- 

 ida to Brazil ; the commonest of the genus in the West Indies, and the 

 only one except ^(. sur'niameHftis which extends its range to the coast of 

 Florida. (Name from Virginia, but the species does not reach thus far to 

 the northward.) 



Ovatucupajuha, Marcgrave, Hist. Brasil., 1-18, 1648. Brazil. 



Acara pinima, Marcgrave, Hist. Brasil., 152, 1648, Brazil. 



Spams virginiciis, Linn.kds, Syst. Nat., x, 281, 1758, South America. 



Sparus vittatus, Bloch, lobthyol., taf. 263, flg. 2, 1791, Brazil; after Marcgrave's Acara 

 pinima. 



Percajuba, Bloch, I.e., taf. 308, fig. 2, 1791, Brazil; after Marcgrave's Guatucupa juba. 



Oramviistes mauritii, Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichthyol., 185, 1801 ; after Sparus vittatus 

 of Bloch. 



? Pristipoma eathariiut; Cdvier «&. Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 269, 1830, St. Cath- 

 arine Island, Brazil. 



Pfistipoina rojo, Cuvier &. Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 274, 1830, Martinique, 

 Brazil, Puerto Rico, and San Domingo. 



Pristipoma acara pinima, Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. ou Rares, 8, 1856, Brazil. 



Pristipoma virginicum, Gunther, Cat., I, 288. 



Anisotremus mr^inicws, OtILL, Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 107; Jordan, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1890, 319; Jordan & Fesler, I. c, 486. 



Pomadasys virginicus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. IMiis. 1881, 385. 



I6a2, A>'1S0TUK.>U'S SERUULA (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (TeTEDE-RoCHE; PeTITE-Scie.) 



Dorsal XII, 13; A. Ill, 9. Body a little more oblong than in Anisotre- 

 mus surinamensix. Snout short, not longer than width of eye; dorsal fin 

 very deeply notched, with feeble spines; second and third anal spines 

 equal in length. Anterior part of body without dark crossbars, the body 

 sometimes plain yellowish, the back usually violet, with 4 or 5 yellowish 

 lines; silvery below.* .Martinique (Cuvier & Valenciennes); not seen by 



♦Except for the presence of tlie groove at the chin, aa implied iu the description of 

 Cuvier & Valenciennes, we might suppose Anisotremus serrula to be identical with 

 Oenyatremus iuteus. 



