Jordan and Evcnnann.— Fishes of North America. 



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ee Teetli of anterior series in upper jaw long, canine-like, directed forward, sep- 

 arate to their bases; lower Jaw with its anterior teeth long and somewhat 

 canine-like; scales of breast and belly considerably enlarged, 3 scales 

 before ventrals, 5 before dorsal ; body slender, elongate, little compressed, 

 the depth 41 in length ; head 3i; eye large, about 5 in head, more than A 

 snout; snout very sharp, the profile straight to above eye; caudal trun- 

 cate ; spines of dorsal long and very flexible. Coloration nearly plain rosy 

 purple, with 4 dark cross shades; the back vaguely barred; caudal barred 

 with darker, a distinct blackish axillary spot; lower fins pale, probably 

 ,, ■ ,;,' ROSEUS, 2037. 



yellow in lite. 



2032. CRYI'TOTOMIS DKXTIKNS (Poey). 



Head 3i; depth 3A; snout long and sharp, 2 in head, th.- profile some- 

 what unevenly convx; upper lip double ouly posteriorly; posterior 

 canines 2, strong, reeurved; anterior eauines strong; teeth of lower jaw 

 not very unequal, the anterior teetli a little longer than the middle ones, 

 the posterior teeth little enlarged. Lateral teeth of lower jaw arranged 

 in a series continuous with the anterior teeth. Fins rather high ; eye 

 5^ in head. Color in alcohol, olivaceous, the fins much mottled, the sides 

 of the body with conspicuous pale spots; in life, "greenish, the scales 

 yellow at base, their edges bluish; vertical fins whitish, with rosy ver- 

 tical spots; caudal wine color, with bluish vertical markings." Cuba; 

 apparently rare. Here described from a specimen sent by Poey to the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology . {dentiens, developing teeth. ) 

 Oalliodon dentiens, Poey, Memorias, n, 422, 1861, Cuba (Coll. Poey) ; Poby, Enumer.atio, 



115, 1875. 

 Gryptotomus dentiens, Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 665, 1890. 



20.53. CUYPTOTOMl S KETIUOTUS (Poey). 



Head U; depth 3. D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 9; eye 6 in head; snout 2^ ; pec- 

 toral li; highest dorsal spiue 2f ; scales 2-23-6. Profile strongly convex 

 above eye, thence nearly straight to tip of snout; posterior canine usually 

 single, very strong; anterior canines 2 on each side, divergent, directed 

 forward and outward; lateral teeth of lower jaw very unequal, the pos- 

 terior much larger than those near the middle of the side of the jaw, which 

 are wholly coalesceut; distance of eye from angle of mouth altout twice 

 its diameter; upper lip double for its whole length; gill rakers short and 

 sharp, al)out 4 -|-6; caudal truncate; pectorals reaching past tips of ven- 

 trals, which reach about midway from their base to vent. Origin of 

 ventral spiue under anterior end of pectoral base. Color in spirits, olive 

 green, each scale with a faint brown central blotch ; head nearly plain; 

 vertical fins greenish, blotched with 1)rown, the membranes of the first 

 2 spines blackish. West Indies, north to Pensacola; known to us from 

 2 specimens— 1 from Havana, the other from Pensacola. Our identifica- 

 tion is somewhat doubtful, as Poey says that the upper lip is doulde 

 posteriorly only, {retractus, drawn back.) 

 Calliodon retraces, Poey, Synopsis, 345, 1868, Havana (Coll. Poey); PoEY, Enumeratio. 



116, 1875. 

 Gryptotomus dentiens, Jordan, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 45 and 227 ; not of Poey. 

 Gryptotomus retractus, Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 665, 1890. 



