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45. Oligoplites saurus Bloch «fc Scliueider. 



Scomber ttaurus Bloch & Scheider, 1801, 32. 



ChorineiHus occidentalis, Guuther, Cat. Fi8h.,ii, 1860, 475 (various West Indian locali- 

 ties). 



OlUioplitfVi hiornatus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 166 (Panama). 



Chorinemnn inornatiis Giiiithor, Fishes of Central America, 1866, 433. 



Oli<lopIit(-s orridenialis, Jordan, I'roc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1880, 18 (East Florida); Jor- 

 dan A Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 374 (/'aHrt/ua) ; Jordan iV Gilbert, 

 Synopsis, 1832, 447; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 240 {I'enm- 

 cola) ; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 23.5 {Gulf of Mrxico). 



OUfjopHtes mums, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, G2b {Panama); 

 •Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 72; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1885, 375 

 {Panama; Mazatlan). 



The one specimen we have is 102 millimetres long, or 88 millimetres 

 to biise of caudal tin. The bead is contained four times in length to 

 base or caudal ; eye, 4| iu head or Ijf in snout. The depth is one-fifth 

 of the total length. 



46. Centropomus imdecimalis (Bloch). 



Sdama nndecimalis Bloch, Ichthy., 303, 1801 ; Vaillaut & Bocourt, Miss. Sci. an Mex., 



IV, 17, 1874. 

 Centropomus nndecimalis, Giinthev, Cat. Fishes, i, 79, 18.59. 

 Centropomus appendiculatiis Poey, Meinorias de Cuba, ii, 119, 1860; Gilnther, Fishes 



Cent. America, 406, 1866. 

 Centropomus riridis Lockingtou, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1877, 16. 

 Centropomus nndecimalis, Jordaa & Gilbert, Synopsis Fishes N. A., 528, 1882 ; Jordan & 



Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 1882, 106, 110; ibid., Gilbert, 112 {Punta Arenas); 



Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 241, 625 ; Goode & Beau, Proc. U. 



S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 238; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 78; Jordan, Cat. 



Fishes N. A., 1885, 81 ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 376; Jordan, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mns. 1886, 39, 578. 



Four specimens were obtained. In one of these the preorbital was 

 distinctly serrated ; iu others the serration was less distinct, while in 

 one it was hardly perceptible. 



D. VIII, 1-9, A. Ill, 6. Scales 10-73-12. 



The measurements of three specimens are given below: 



T.itiillength 



LeuKth to base of caudal 



Depth 



Head 



E.vo 



iTitcrorhilal space 



I'reorOital - 



Snout » 



Maxillary 



Pectoral fin 



Ventral tin 



Third doiaal spine. 

 Fourth dorsal spine 

 Second anal spine. . 

 Third aual spine... 



18 

 30 

 33 

 27 

 25 

 3U 

 28 



47. Centropomus graudoculatus Jenkins «fe Everraann. 



liobalo. 



Centropomus (jrandociilatus Jenkins & Evermaun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1888, 139, 

 {duai/mas). 



Not common. 



