Jordan and Evcnnann. —Fishes of North America. 1405 



ou front of spinous dorsal; lateral line considerably curved anteriorly, 

 becoming straight at a point in front of the vent, near the origin of the 

 soft dorsal; dorsal spines comparatively long and strong, little flexible, 

 the third spine slightly longer than the second, 2f in length of head; first 

 spine short and slender, about \ length of second; dorsals not connected; 

 second dorsal rather high, its longest rays 3^ in head; caudal fin large' 

 lunate, the outer rays about \ longer than the middle rays,- which areV 

 m head; anal large, as long as high, its distal margin perfectly straight^ 

 its longest rays about i length of head; anal spines small, enveloped in 

 th.! scaly skin, the second about I height of first soft ray; anal fin termi- 

 nating considerably in front of dorsal; ventrals long, not reaching quite 

 halfway to vent, their length about 1 that of head; pectorals 1)r..ad, 

 rather long, reaching a little beyond tips of ventrals, and contained 1| in 

 length of head. Slaty-bluish above, silvery below, with bright reflec- 

 tions; body and fins everywhere with dark punctulations; tip of chin 

 dark; fins yellowish, the upper all with dark edging; pectorals blackish 

 on the posterior side, the axil and the large axillary scale dusky; lower 

 jaw bright silvery; lining of opercle dark; peritoneum pale. Length 2 

 teet. Gulf of California ; known from 2 large specimens taken in the°Gulf 

 of California. {dBdvrf, veil; n-Ep6v, fin, from its scaly dorsal.) 

 Cynotcion sqtiamipinnis. Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns., vn, 49, 1877, off San Ygnacio 



River, Gulf of California ; not OtoUthus squamipinnii, Gunther. 

 Cynoscion othonopterum, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 274 Punta San 



Felipe, Mexico. (Type, No. 29385. Coll. Lieut. Nichols.) 

 Ge$treus othonopterus, Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 364, 1889. 



1V77. CYNOSCION OBLIQUATUS (Valenciennes). 



Head 3| ; depth 5J; eye 5 in head; snout about 5. D. X-I, 27; A. I, 11- 

 scales 60: Caudal truncate; body rather slender; maxill'ary' reachiu.^ 

 posterior third of eye; pectoral as long as ventral; coloration uniform 

 silvery; scales of tins undescribed. (Sauvage.) Martinique. This species 

 18 nnknown to us. * The increased number of dorsal rays leads us to place 

 it in the neighborhood of C. nothiis, with which species the scanty de- 

 scription agrees in most respects. C. nothus has, however, not 'been 

 recorded from the West Indies, {obliquatus, rendered oblique.) 



OtoUthus obliquatus (Valenciennes MS.) Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Plnlom. Pari.s iii 1879 



209, Martinique. 

 Oestreus obliquatus, Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 365, 1889. 



* 'I^^*' follo'W'ing is the account published by Dr. Sauvage • 

 Voii;,^;! t-tiquette dans la collection du Museum OtoUthus obliquatus de la main de 



Valenoienne.s, n'est pas decrit dans I'Histoire des Poissous. Voisine (Ve r O*o f</ ^r^Lia 9 



f.„!„ P ^^- ?'J"','.^^"™®'^*'^acaudalela8eparederOto?j:«A(fS7 " 



Dlus fortes ■■■Tano-l,^ Oo ' \ •""''' . •iTit're; aentelures da preopereule bien visibles, 

 Lisne Tat^rale a^fe^iT,?^,-'*''* tronquee ; pectorales de meme longueur que les ventrales 

 gulu? du corps 0-^0 " ^ '"'^"'" '^^ "'^ l"°Sieur. Coloration uniforme. Lon- 



