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22 ; the longest aual ray is contained iu length of head at least 3| times, 

 and the second anal spine is contained 3 to 3i times in the head. 



In life, the belly is whitish with some fine black dots ; sides and back 

 olivaceous, each scale with alight spot, these forming longitudinal lines 

 below the lateral line, but oblique ones above it. The dorsal lin is 

 golden brown, the pectorals and anal bronze. 



67. Hcemiilon schranki Agassiz. 



Hn'mulon >irhranki Agassiz, Spix, PIhc. Bnlsil., 121, PI. 00, 18'29. 



Hiimnlon C(t iidi macula Sto'widachnov, IcMthyol. Beitriige ill, 15, 1375 (./ca/nJco ; Hio 



Janeiro ; Rio Grande do Stil ; Maranhao). (Not of Cnv. &, Val.) 

 HdmiylumJlauUjuttaUim, Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 9(5 (CoUtna). 

 Ji'tahasiii fiteindachneri Jordan «\r, (lilhort, Hull. U. S. Fish Coriiin. 18S1, :?22 {Panama; 



Mazatlan) (full description); ibid., \>i'62,\07 {Mazatlan),ll<d {Panama); Joidau 



«fe Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 3(;i {Cape San Lucas), 372 {Colima). 

 Hamulon sielndachneri, Jordan & Swaiu, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mas. 1884, 299; Jordan, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1885, :58() {Mazatlan ; Panama) ; Jordan, Cat. Fi.shes N. A., 



1885, 90; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mas. 1880, 5:55 and 5:57. 



A half dozen specimens were secured. 



Color in life, silvery, with tinge of yellow, greenish on back; a dark 

 spot at base of caudal fin ; all the fins old gold in color. 



It seems pretty certain that Hnmulon steindachneri J. & G., should be 

 identified with Hamnlon schranki Agassiz. 



68. Haemuloii sexfasciatum Gill. 



Haunulon sexfasciatum Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18G2, 254 {Cape San Lucas) ; 

 Stoindachner, Icbthyol. Beitriige in, 1:5, 1875 {Panama). 



Diahms sexfaxciatus, Jordan A Gilbert, P.nll. U. R. Fish Coiuni. 1881, 324 ; ibid., 1882, 

 107 {Mazatlan), 110 {I'anania) ; Jordan iV (iilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 

 361 {Cape San Lucas), 372 {CoUma), 626 {Panama) ; Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1883, 286. 



TJo'mulon mamlonnm I'eters, Berliner Monatsberichte, 705, 1869 {Mazatlan). 



Hiimuhin se.r/asciatnm, Jonlan & Swain, Pro(!. U. S. Nat, Mas. 1884, 288 ; Jordan, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1885, ^SO {Mazatlan; Panama) ; Jordan, Cat. Fishes N. A.,* 

 1885, 90 ; Jordan, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mas, 1888, 330 ( Tres Marias Lnlanda). 



Our five specimens agree very closely with the published descriptions. 

 Tbey measure iu total length 102, 170, 210, 210, and 215 milliuietres 

 respectively. 



The young specimens are not as distinctly colored as the older ones. 



69. Calamus brachysomiis (Lockington). 



Sparun braclnjsomns l^ockinolon, I'roc. U. S.Nat. Mas. 1880, 284 {Lowei- California). 



? Clirysophryu calamus viiinther. Fishes Cent. Anier. 1869, 386 {Panama). 



Sparus brachysomus, Jordan &■ Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1881, 277 {Lower Cali- 

 fornia). 



Calamus bajonado Jordan A (iilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comni. 18H2, 107 {Mazatlan). 



Calamus brachysomus, .Jordiin iV- (Jillxirt, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. lr!84 ; Review of the 

 species of the geuas Calamus, Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1885; Jordan, Cat. 

 Fishes N. A., 1885, 90. 



Color silvery, each scaler with a i>early spot, forming longitudinal rows. 

 In the young the hea<l and body are crossed by eight or nineconspic- 



