Jordan a?id Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1353 



Calamus bajonado, Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 1872, 176, pi. vi, fig. 1 ; Poey, 

 Eniimeratio, 55, 1875; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. IT. S.Nat. Mua. 1884,20; Jordan &. 

 Fesler, i. c.,512. 



Subgenus GRAMMATEUS, Poey. 



1724. CALAMUS BRACHTSOMUS (Lockington). 



(MOJARRA GaRABATA.) 



Head 3^; depth 2^; eye moderate, about ih iu liead in adult; scales 

 6-50-13. D. XII, 11 ; A. Ill, 10. Body much compressed, short and deep, 

 the back considerably elevated, the anterior profile steep and regularly 

 convex from base of first dorsal spine to point of snout; snout short, If to 

 2 in head; moxith small, maxillary about 2§ in head. Canines short and 

 strong, about j]rl; no antrorse canines; preorbital narrow, its least width 2i 

 to 3| in head; gill rakers very small, about 4 + 6. Pectoral narrow and 

 long, reaching to the vertical from the origin of first anal i-ay, about 2i in 

 body; second and third anal spines about equal, 3 in head; fifth dorsal 

 spine 2 in bead. Snout, interorbital, preorbitals, suborbitals, and chin, 

 naked; scales on cheek in about 5 series. Color brassy olive with darker 

 crossbands and few violet marks; preorbital plain brownish, an inky 

 axillary spot; ventrals dusky. Length 15 inches. Gulf of California and 

 neighboring waters; locally abundant from Magdalena Bay to Mazatlan; 

 a food-fish of some importance, {fipcxxvi, short; 6(bjiia, body.) 

 Sparus brachysomus, Lockington, Proc. D. S. Nat. Mns. 1880, 284, Magdalena Bay, Lower 



California. 

 Calamus brachysomus, Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 153; Jordan & 



Teslbr, I. c, 512. 



172.5. CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 

 (White-bone Porgy.) 

 Head 3^; depth 2i; eye rather large, 3 J in head in adults; scales 7 or 

 8-51-14. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 10. Body formed much as in Calamus penna, 

 short and deep, with steep anterior profile and high, arched back, the pro- 

 file nearly straight from snout to above eyes, thence convex. Head deeper 

 than long, the preorbital region very deep, its least depth 2f in head, 

 half greater than interorbital width. A strong blunt prominence before 

 eye. Mouth rather large, the maxillary 2? in head. Outer teeth in both 

 jaws moderately enlarged, canine-like, about 10 in each jaw, none of 

 them directed forward ; gill rakers very short and wide apart, about 3-f 6. 

 Highest dorsal spine 2i in head; pectorals very long, reaching to the ver- 

 tical from base of third anal spine, 2* in length of body; Aeutrals Vi, in 

 head. Scales large, those on cheeks in 5 rows. Smutty silvery; sides with 

 vague crossbars ; dorsal and anal fins with dark blotches; ventrals dusky ; 

 no black axillary spot. South Atlantic coast of United States, in rather 

 deep water, known only from the markets of Charleston, South Carolina. 

 Length about a foot. {Xevkoc,, white; Sdrsov, bone, from the common 

 name, the application of which is unknown to us.) 



Calamus bajonado, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 920, 1883; not bajonado, Block <fc 



Schneider. 

 Calamus leucosteus, Jordan & Gilbert, in Jordan, Cat. Fishes N. A., 91, 1885, Charleston 



fColl. Charles C. Leslie); Jordan & Fesler, i.e., 513. 

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