554 CONTEICUTIOXS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
874. D. froiuelmiidiis (Goode & Beau) J. & G. 
Pale, M-itli a pair of bauds as broad as the pupil exteudiug from the 
snout, where they unite, following the dorsal line at a distance about 
equal to their own width, and connecting with the same at the end of 
the base of the second dorsal, w^here they reunite ; a second broad pair 
of bauds extending from the snout through the middle of the eye, in a 
straight line below the lateral line to the base of the caudal; traces on 
the head of a pair of narrower bauds between the two other jiairs ; a 
single stripe on the mesial line of the body, from a iioint in advance of 
the eyes to the region of the dorsal ; a very prominent blotch at base of 
caudal fin; maxillary extending beyond front of orbit ; dorsal fin mod- 
erately notched, the fourth spine the longest; second anal spine very 
strong and longer than the fourth dorsal spine, also longer than the 
third anal spine ; scales very large, irregularly arranged. Head 3 ; 
depth 3. D. XT, I, 15; A. Ill, 8; L. lat. 50; L. transv. [Goode 
efi Bean.) Clear Water Harbor, Florida. 
(Hcemidon f remehundiun Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 340, 1879.) 
875. I>. trivittatMS (Bloch & Schn.) J. & G. — White Grunt. 
Greenish olive, sides with about 4 distinct brownish or yellowish 
longitudinal streaks running up on sides of head ; the two middle ones 
broader and golden, running from the eye and muzzle below the lateral 
line; lips and luoiith brilliant red; dorsal and caudal fins grayish brown. 
Body rather elongate, fusiform, compressed and but little elevated ; snout 
sharp; mouth moderate, somewhat oblique, the narrow maxillary reach- 
ing beyond front of orbit ; eye as long as snout ; second and third anal 
spines of nearly equal length, the second the stronger. Head 3.J ; depth 
34. D. XIII, 14; A. Ill, 8; Lat. 1. 70. South Atlantic coast of United 
States and southward; well distinguislied from the other American 
species by its slender form. 
( Grammistes trivittatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801, 188: Serranus capeuna Licht. Berl. Ab- 
handl. 1820,283: Jlcemuton quadrilmeatum Gunther, i, 31G : Hcemylum caj^ewHa Goode, 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 53.) 
285.— I.OBOTES Cuvier. 
(Cuvier, Rfegne Auim. ed. 2, ii, 1829: type Lohotes erate CuYier = Holocentrus suri- 
namensis Bloch.) 
Body oblong, compressed and elevated, covered with moderate-sized, 
weakly ctenoid scales; profile of head concave, the snout prominent; 
mouth moderate, oblique, with thick lips ; upper jaw very protractile, 
the lower the longer; jaws with narrow bands of villiform teeth, in 
