Jordan and Evcryna7in. — Fishes of North A^nerica. 1379 



1757. GEBRES EMBRYX, Jordan & Starks, new species. 



Head 3 ; depth 2^. D. IX, 10 ; A. Ill, 8 ; scales 5-35-10 ; snout 3i in head ; 

 maxillary 2*; eye 4; second dorsal spine li; second anal spine If; pec- 

 toral \ longer than head ; ventrals \\ ; caudal lobe l^-. Body compressed 

 and angular, the back elevated; profile slightly concave over eye, thence 

 strongly convex to dorsal; snout pointed ; mouth moderate, the maxillary 

 reaching slightly past anterior nuirgiu of pupil, width of its exposed por- 

 tion 2\ in its length; jaws about equal; teeth in the upper jaw minute, 

 very slender, and movable; teeth in lower jaw obsolete; preorbital and 

 preopercle serrate ; gill rakers short, about 7 -f 14 ; pharyngeals with short 

 blunt, pebble-like teeth on the middle, and small sharp conical teeth on 

 the outer edge. Cheeks with 4 or 5 rows of scales; snout from al)Out 

 middle of eye, jtreorbital ring, suborbital, maxillary, and lower jaw scale- 

 less; basal sheath of dorsal composed of 1 row of scales; lateral liue run- 

 ning high. Dorsal spines high, the second, which is much the strongest 

 and longest, when depressed, reaching to the base of the last.; longest 

 dorsal ray about \ second spine; third anal spine the longest but not 

 so strong as second, its tij) reaching well past end of last ray, when lin is 

 depressed; pectoral very long and falcate, reaching to the vertical from 

 the front of anal, \; longer than head, 2\ in body; ventrals reaching past 

 vent, but not to anal; caudal deeply forked. Color in spirits, silvery, 

 darker above; sides with about 11 longitudinal dark streaks following the 

 rows of scales, 1 following the lateral line, those above parallel to it, those 

 below more longitudinal; tip of snout black above; dorsal, caudal, and 

 ventrals, dusky; other lins colorless; axil dusky. Length about a foot. 

 Coast of South Carolina, in rather deep water, in company with Calamus 

 leucosteus, Centropristcs philadeJphicus, Larimiis fasciatus, and StelUfer lan- 

 ceolatua. Here described from a specimen (No. 449, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.) 

 12 inches long, taken at Charleston, by Mr. Charles C. Leslie, (ev, in; 

 /ipvS, the ocean depths. ) 



1768. GERRES PLITMIERI, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(MOJAERA.) 



Head 3; depth 2^; eye rather large, 3 in head; snout 4 in head; scales 

 5-37-11. D. IX, 10; A. HI, 8. Body compressed, rhomboidal in form, 

 back very much elevated. Mouth rather large, maxillary extending 

 slightly beyond vertical from anterior mai'gin of pupil, its length 2| in 

 head ; exposed portion of maxillary oblong, its width 2i in length, which 

 is 4f in length of head ; preorbital and preopercle serrate ; preniaxillary 

 groove broad and entirely free from scales; gill rakers small, weak, 13 

 below the angle ; distance from tip of snout to dorsal fin equal to the 

 greatest depth of lish ; upper margin of dorsal fin much concave; second 

 dorsal spine very strong and long, its length equaling length of head; 

 second anal spine stronger and slightly shorter than the second dorsal 

 spine, its tip reaching to the vertical from base of caudal rays ; third spine 

 shorter and much weaker than second; pectoral fins reaching beyond 

 the front of anal, their length 2J in length of body; ventral fins reaching 



