Jordan and Ever mann. — Fishes of North America. 1113 



spines; anal spines 2; caudal forked. Tropical seas, {x^lloq, lip; f5/c, 

 two, TTTfpoVjfin ; fishes with 2 dorsals and the upper lip extensible.) 



1510. CHEILODIPTERUS AFFIPilS, Poey. 



Depth 4| in total length with caudal. D. VI-I, 9. A. II, 9. Eye 3 in 

 head ; mouth oblique, deeply cleft, the maxillary emarginate behind, 

 reachiftg to opposite center of pupil. Opercle with 2 flat spines and a 

 stria, which ends in the lower spine, behind which the subopercular lobe 

 extends ; preopercle dentate, with a double border, having at its angle 

 scarcely discernible points. A spine on the mastoid region; Jaws with 

 villiform teeth, with some canines in front; lower jaw with lateral 

 canines, also. Second dorsal opposite anal ; second ray of first and third 

 of second double height of the last ; ventral spine strong ; caudal emar- 

 ginate. Scales of back cycloid, those of sides finely ciliate ; cheeks with 

 scales. Color red ; peritoneum silvery ; base of caudal blackish ; opercle 

 smooth and shining. Cuba; 3 specimens known. (Poey.) Not seen by 

 us. (affinis, related, to Clitilodipterus macrodon.) 



Cheilodiptenis afmi% PoEy, Ann. Ac. Nat. Sci. N. Y., xi, 1876, 58, Havana (Type, No. 37416.) 



486. AMIICHTHYS, Poey. 



Amiichthis, Poet MS., in Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 586, {diaplerus). 



Body rather elongate, covered with small, caducous scales. Headblunt- 

 ish, the mouth almost vertical, the lower jaw short. Small sharp teeth 

 on jaws, none on vomer or palatines ; opercles entire. Dorsal deeply 

 notched, very long, of 13 spines and 22 soft rays; anal short, with 3 

 spines and 8 soft rays. Lateral line parallel with the back; caudal 

 rounded. One species; the af6nities of the genus doubtful, but probably 

 belonging to the Cheilodipterince. (Amia, a name used by Gronow and 

 Poey for Jpogon; Ix'^i-'C, fish.) 



1511. AMIICHTHYS DIAPTERUS (Poey). 



Head 4 in total length with caudal ; depth 5 ; eye large, 2| in head. D. 

 XII-I, 22; A. Ill, 8; V. I, 5. Head bluutish. Mouth almost vertical ; 

 maxillary reaching pupil ; lower jaw short. Teeth in jaws only, sharp, 

 curved, and well separated. Opercles entire. Dorsals deeply notched ; 

 the third dorsal spine highest, more than half depth of body, the last 

 spine 2 in eye; second dorsal low, its height half that of longest dorsal 

 spine ; caudal rounded ; pectoral acute. Lateral line parallel with the 

 back. Scales small, caducous, each one with a central dot. Color uni- 

 form, the eyes silvery, the vertical fins yellowish. Two specimens, 2^ 

 inches long, from the coast of Cuba. (Poey.) Not seen by us. ((5<d, 

 divided; Trrfpdt', fin.) 



"Genus ? diaptems*,'" Poey, Synopsis, 305, 1861, Cuba. 



Amikhthys diaplerus, Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 586. 



* In view of the doubt attached to the relations of these young fishes, the speoific name only 

 was published bv Poey. With his permission, the generic name chosen by Poey was later printed 

 by I)r. .lordan, the confusion being less if the species Las some recognized name. 



