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not depressed above eyes ; head long, the snout prominent, convex. Mouth 

 rather large, nearly horizontal, the maxillary reaching to front of eye, 3 

 in head; outer teeth above enlarged; eye 2 in snout, 5 in head, rather 

 less than interorbital width. Preopercle strongly serrate along its whole 

 posterior margin, the spines near angle diverging; dorsals nearly sepa- 

 rate, the first high, the third spine 3 in head ; pectorals moderate, nearly 

 reaching tips of ventrals; ventrals lilamentous; anal inserted nearly 

 under middle of second dorsal, the second spine rather weak, shorter than 

 snout, \ length of head; caudal double truncate, 1;| in head; 16 scales 

 in an oblique series from vent to lateral line, 12 in au oblique series from 

 dorsal to lateral line. Gill rakers slender, very short, T-flG; co'ca 8. 

 Color brassy, paler below; middle part of the body with short, ii'regular 

 dusky A ertical bars crossing the lateral line ; many dark brown spots on 

 side of back, irregularly placed, and not forming continuous streaks along 

 the rows of scales ; usually some of these coalesce to form 2 dark streaks 

 X^rocurreut with the back. Length 12 inches. South Atlantic and Gulf 

 coasts of the United States; Cape Cod to Texas; generally common along 

 our Atlantic coast, becoming very abundant southward, but not known 

 to extend into the West Indies ; a food-fish of some importance. This or 

 a similar species {Micropofiou opercidaris, Cuvier & Valenciennes) is very 

 common on the sand shores of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, (nnditlatus, 

 waved.) 



Perca undulata, Linn^us, Syst.Nat., Ed. xn, 483, 1766, South Carolina. 



Scicena crokcr, Lac^ipede. Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 309, 314, 316, 18lC, Carolina. 



Bodianus coitatiis, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. See. Kew, York 1815, 417, New York. 



Micropogon Kneatus, Cuvier i: Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 215, pi. 119, 1830, New 



York. (Coll. Milbert.) 

 Micro^mgon undidatus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 219, 1830; Gihard, 



U.S. and Mex. Bound. Survey, 13, pi. 12, 1859; Gt'NTHER, Cat., li, 271, 1800 (in part); 



Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 575, 1883 ; Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 418, pi. 7. 

 Micropogon costatus, DeKay, New York Fauna: Fishes, 83, pi. 72, fig. 230, 1842. 



1844. MICROPOGON FURXIERI (Desmare.st). 



(Verrugato; White-mouth Drummer.) 



Head 3|; depth Si to Sf. D. X-I, 30; A. II, 7; eye 6 in head; snout 3; 

 icales 54, Tina vertical series from front of dorsal to lateral line, 9 or 10 

 in an oblique series; teeth of outer series in upper jaw scarcely enlarged; 

 dark spots on back forming continuous dark streaks nearly as wide as the 

 pale interspaces; body a little more slender than in Micropofjon undulatns; 

 profile almost straight, a little depressed above the eye; snout long; eye 

 small, 1^ in interobital area; preorbital wider than eye; maxillary 3 in 

 head, reaching front of pupil; teeth in broad, villiform bands; preopercle 

 less strongly serrate than in M. nndulaius; third dorsal spine highest, IJ 

 in head ; dorsals connected by a low membrane ; spinous dorsal with a 

 sheath at its base formed by a single series of scales; soft dorsal naked; 

 second anal spine 5 in head ; scales of the breast and head cycloid. Gray- 

 ish silvery, with bright reflections; a dark spot on opercle; axil dusky; 



