Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1363 



tSargus holbrookii, Bean, Forest and Stream, June 13, 1878, Charleston ; Bean, Proc. TJ. S. 



]Srat.Mus. 1878, 198; Jordan &, Gilbekt, Proc. U. S. Kat. Mus. 1878, 379. 

 Diplodus holbrookii, Jordan i^ Gilbert, Synopsis, 559 ; Eigenmann & Hughes, Proc. TJ. S. 



Nat. Mus. 1887, 72 ; Jordan & Fesler, I. c, 534, 1893. 

 Diplodus caudimacula, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 559, 1883; young; lioicavMmacvla 



of POEY. 



1739. DIPLODUS ARGENTEUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (Sargo.) 



Head 3i; depth 1|; eye 3^; snont 34. D. XII, 14; A. Ill, 13; scales 

 8-62-16. Body much compressed; dorsal outline notably elevated; profile 

 almost straight, very steep ; mouth moderate, almost horizontal ; maxillary 

 3^ in head ; incisors ^, placed as in I>. holhrooJcii ; molars in 3 or 4 series above, 

 2 or 3 below. Longest dorsal spine 2i in head; caudal long, forked; 

 second anal spine much stouter and i longer than third, 2f in head; 

 ventrals reaching half way to second anal ray; i>ectorals reaching to first 

 anal spine. Steel-blue above, silvery below ; a blackish border on the oper- 

 culum; a black spot on the upper part of the base of pectornls; five or 

 six very narrow, oblique blackish crossbars; black bar not extending 

 entirely across caudal jjeduncle. West Indies; Florida and the Bermudas 

 south to Argentina; here described from a specimen from New Smyrna, 

 Florida, obtained by Mr. William P. Shannon, the only record for the 

 United States. The types of Sar(/us argenteus in the Museum at Paris are 

 identified as belonging to the same species as the types of Sargus caudi- 

 macula which are in the National Museum, (argenteus, silvery.) 

 Sarf/i(s argenteus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vr, 60, 1830, Brazil; ( UInther, 



Cat. Fishes, i, 444; Gunther, Shore Fishes, 5, 7, 1880. 

 Sargus caudimacula. Poet, Meniorias, ii, 198, 1860, Cuba; Poey, Synopsis, 310, 1868. 

 Diplodus argenteus, Eigenmann & Hughes, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 73; Jordan & 



Fesler, I. c, 524, 1893; Berg, Ann. Mus. Buenos Aires 1895, 50. 



1740. DIPLODUS SARfiUS (Linnaus). 



(Sargo.) 



Head about 3i; depth about 2; eye 4J in head, 1^ in snout, 1^ in inter- 

 orbital. D. XI or XII, 12 to 15; A. Ill, 13 or 14; scales 8-65-16; pectoral 

 2^ in body; ventrals 4; npper caudal lobe 3t; second anal spine 3.} in 

 head; incisors rather broad, implanted obliquely; 3 or 4 series of molars 

 above, 2 or 3 below; crown of head convex, a protuberance above the 

 anterior angle of the orbit; preorbital not entirely covering maxillary; 

 gill rakers short and thick, about 6-f- 11; pectoral fin extending to origin 

 of anal, ventrals nearly to vent. Color silvery or shining golden, with 

 many narrow longitudinal dusky stripes (8 or 9 abov^e lateral line, 15 or 

 16 below), and with 4 or 5 narrow blackish crossbands, the first between 

 the origin of the dorsal and the axil. Coast of southern Europe; once 

 recorded from the Bermudas (Goode); known to us only from descrip- 

 tions in the American fauna on the record of Dr. Goode. 'Here described 

 from a specimen from the Canary Islands. (Eu.) (ddpyoi, sargus, the 

 ancient name of a species of this genus.) 



