Jordan and Evcrmann. — Fishes of North America. 1463 



short vertical bars extending across lateral line ; many oblique lines above 

 these; the markings more regular, though less sharply delined than in M. 

 midulatiis, the general hue more silvery. AVest Indies; abundant on the 

 coast of Cuba; its southward distribution uncertain, from its confusion 

 with If. undulatus and its analogue, JJ.opercuJaris. The specimens here 

 described from Havana. (Named for its discoverer, Marcellin Fournier, 

 who collected in Cuba.) 



JJmbrinafurnieri, Desjiarest, Premiere Decade Icbthyol., 22, pi. 2, fig. 3, 1822, Havana. 



(Coll. Fournier.) 

 .? Micropogon argenteus, Uuvier &, Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 218, 1830, Surinam ; 



may be M. opercularis or M. vndiilatus. 

 Micropogon furnieri, Jordan, Proc. U.S.Nat. Mil's. 1884,37; Jordan & Eigenmann, I.e., 



418,1889. 

 Micropogon undulatits, Poey, Synopsis, 325 (not of Linn.ku.s). 



1845. MICROPO(JO> MEGALOPS, Gilbert. 



Head 4; depth 4.?; eye 4 to 4^ in head; snout 33. D. X-I, 27 to 29; A. 

 II, 7; scales 7-50-14; maxillary reaching vertical from middle of pupil, 2| 

 inhead; snout equaling iutcrorbital width; width of preorbital l^iu snout. 

 Eye very large, a trifle less than snout; outer series of teeth in upi»er jaw 

 little enlarged; preopercnlar spines very strong, arranged as usual in this 

 genus; gill rakers all short, 9 above the angle, 16 below. Dorsal spines 

 stronger than in M. ectenes, the third the longest, barely reaching origin 

 of soft dorsal when depressed, equaling length of snout and eye; caudal 

 double truncate; second anal spine strong 2i to 3 in head; outer ventral 

 ray slightly produced. If m head; pectorals extending beyond ventrals, 1% 

 in head; scales of moderate size. Color as usual in this genus; no con- 

 spicuous oblique streaks following rows of scales above the lateral line ; 

 axil and base of pectorals blackish; lining of gill cavity more extensively 

 black than in other species, the branchiostegal membrane and opercular 

 flap abruptly silvery white within. Gulf of California. Known only from 

 4 specimens, the longest 10 inches in length. {/.lEydXoi;, large; o3^, eye.) 

 Micropogon megalops, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 64, Gulf of California in 14 



fathoms ; Albatross station No. 3021. (Type, No. not assigned. Coll. Albatross.) 



18-ie. MICROPOGOX ECTEXES, Jordan & Gilbert. 

 (Verrugato.) 



Head 3^ (3f with caudal) ; depth 3* (4.|) ; eye rather large, 6 in head, 1^ 

 in interorbital width, IJ in snout, a little less than preorbital width. D. 

 X-I, 25, or X-I, 24; A. II, 7, or II, 8; scales 7-53-13; pores 54. Body 

 rather elongate, moderately compressed, the back little elevated ; anterior 

 profile straightish or slightly undulate. Head long, rather low, the snout 

 long and abruptly truncate at the tip, which projects but little beyoud the 

 premaxillaries. Mouth nearly horizontal, the lower jaw included, the 

 maxillary barely reaching to opposite front of eye, its length 3^ in head. 



