Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1339 



United States from Lonj^ Isliiud to the moutli of the Rio Grande. ( jpucJo?, 

 gold; TtTspov, fin.) 



Perca chrysoptera, Linn^us, Sj'st. Nat., Ed. xii, 485, 1766, Charleston. 



Labrus fulvomaculatus, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. T. 1814, 406, New York. 



Pfistipoma fasciatum, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Toiss., v, 285, 1830, New 



York; young. 

 Oithopristis duplex, Giraed, IT. 3. Mex. Bound. Survey, Zool., Fishes, 15, pi. D, figs. 1 1o 4, 



1859, Indianola and Brazos Santiago, Texas. (Coll. Clark and Wiirdemann.) 

 PHstipoma fulvomaculatuiii, GC'NTHER, Cat., I, 301. 

 Orthopristis chrysoptervs, Jordan & Fesler, I. c, 499. 



1711. OUTHOPRISTIS POEYI, Scudder. 



Head 3^; depth 3f. D. XII, 15; A. Ill, 12; scales 8-60-16; maxillary 

 3i in head; eye 5; preorbital 3|; pectoral 1:^; snout 21; si)inous dorsal 3; 

 second anal spine 5j; longest anal I'ay 3; base soft dorsal in spinous l]. 

 Body elongate-elliptical, slightly elevated at shoulders, rather more 

 slender than in O. chrysopterus; scales comparatively large. Color metallic- 

 grayish blue above, yellowish below ; faint lighter streaks following the 

 rows of scales; blotches on fin membranes. West Indies; not rare at 

 Havana; not seen elsewhere. The sjiecies is very close to Orthopristis 

 chrysopterns, but the body is more slender and the scales are rather larger. 

 (Named for Professor Felipe Poey, for many years the naturalist of the 

 University of Havana.) 



Orthopristis poeyi (Scudder MS.) Poet, Synopsis, 312, 1868, Havana. 

 Orthopristis poeyi, Jordan & Feslek, I. c.,500. 



1712. OKTHOPUISTIS (AXTHAKIXUS (Jenyns). 



Head 3i; depth 2f. D. XII or XIII, 15 or 16; A. Ill, 12; scales 9-60-18 ; 

 maxillary 4 in head; eye 4|; preorbital 4; pectoral 1; snout 29; spinous 

 dorsal 2i; second anal spine 4; longest anal ray 2*; base soft dorsal in 

 spinous li. Body oblong, the back elevated, less so than in O. chalceiis, 

 the profile convex at the nape, depressed above eye, thence perfectly 

 straight to tip of snout. Jaws equal, each Avith a narrow band of slender 

 teeth, the outer above slightly enlarged; snout rather short, sharp; eye 

 small; preorbital broad; maxillary not reaching to eye; preopercle very 

 slightly serrate above, the serr.-e blunt, obsolete below; gill rakers short 

 and slender, j--(-12. Scales sm,ill; the crown, cheeks, and pieces of the 

 gill cover covered with small scales; snout in advance of the nostrils; 

 suborbitals and lower jaw naked; dorsal and anal spines inclosed in a 

 deep scaly sheath. Outline of dorsal slightly notched ; anal rather high ; 

 pectoral shortish; caudal well forked; second anal spine about as long as 

 third. Color brownish-grayish above, soiled silvery below; upper parts 

 with eight diffuse crossbands, as wide as the inter spaces, extending to 

 below middle of sides; membrane of opercle dark, some dark streaks fol- 

 lowing rows of scales; dorsal with some dull orange and some pale round 

 spots, as in Orthopristis chrysopterns. Length, a foot. Galapagos Islands. 

 The above description from two examples, each about a foot long (4648, 

 M. C. Z. ), from the Galapagos Islands. The scanty descrii^tion of Hccmulon 



