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1200. SPHYR.ENA ENSIS, Jordan k Gilbert. 



(VlCUDA.) 



Head 4 ; depth 8 or 9 ; eye 6 to 7 iu head : snout 2i. D. V-I, 9 ; A. II, 



8 ; scales 110. Body moderately elongate. Pectoral 2|, reaching about 



to front of first dorsal. Ventrals inserted before first dorsal. Canine 



teeth of lower jaw, palatines, and inner row of premaxillary very large, 



much as in Sphyrana i)icuda. Maxillary reaching about to front of 



dorsal. Silvery, darker above, with traces of numerous vague darker 



crossbars. Gulf of California to Panama; rather common; a food-fish 



of some importance. Length about 2 feet. (e«sjs, sword.) 



Sphi/rn'iia ensi^, JouDAti & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ii, 1882, 106, Mazatlan ; (Type, 



'No. 28210, Coll. Gilbert); Meek & Newlanp, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 70. 

 Sphi/ranaforsleri, Steindachner, Ichth. Beitrage, vii, 4, 1878 ; not of CuviER & Valenciennes, 

 which is an East Indian species. 



1201. SPHTR.ENA GUACHANCHO, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(GUAGUANCHE ;' GUAGUANCHE PeLON.) 



Head 3J ; depth 2 in head ; eye rather large, 5i in head, a little exceed- 

 ing interorbital area. D. V-I, 9 ; A. 1, 8 ; scales in lateral line 120 to 130. 

 Body rather slender, subterete, covered with moderate-sized scales ; head 

 large; maxillary small, less than i head, scarcely reaching orbit; lower 

 jaw bluntly conical, without fieshy tip. Interorbital area flat ; median 

 groove very shallow, the median longitudinal ridge very small, anterior ; 

 supraocular ridge bony, striate; preocular ridge large. Premaxillary 

 teeth small, 35-40 in number; premaxillary teeth present ; anterior pala- 

 tine teeth larger and more compressed than those on premaxillary, widely 

 set, decreasing in length gradually ; teeth iu lateral series of lower jaw 

 small and closely set anteriorly, larger and wide-set posteriorly, about 

 10 in number; a large compressed tooth at symphysis. Origin of first 

 dorsal above tip of pectoral, slightly behind the ventrals; distance 

 between dorsals 5^ in body ; distance from tip of snout to spinous dorsal 

 2^ iu body ; scales moderate, almost uniform in size; cheeks and opercles 

 scaly ; upper part of head with small embedded scales. Color light olive, 

 yellowish on soft dorsal ; anal and ventral tips of caudal rays black ; top 

 of head dark ; dark punctulations on upper part of body ; spinous dorsal 

 with some dark punctulations. West Indies, north to Peusacola, 

 and occasionally northward in the Gulf Stream as far as Woods Hole. 

 A slender species, rather common in the tropics. Length 2 feet. (Gua- 

 guanche, the common name in Cuba.) 



Sph/rirna gnncliancho, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 342, 1829, (lapsus for 

 ijiiiniiiaiKlii), Havana; (Coll. Poey); Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 411, 1883. 



Sphi'inntai/inilherl, Haly, Ann. 3Iag. Nat. Hist., .\v, 1875, 270, Colon. 



Spliiinni" ijiiKijHimnie, PoEY, Memorias, ii, 166, 1860 ; Meek & Newland, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1884, 70. 



1202. SPHYR.ENA PICUDILLA, Poey. 



(PlCUDILLA.i 



Head 3^ ; depth 2i in head ; eye large, about 5 in head, 1^ times inter- 

 orbital space. D. V-I, 9; A. I, 9; scales 110. Body rather robust, 



