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above the snout. Mouth oblique, the lower jaw scarcely shorter than 
the upper; the maxillary extending to below the middle of the small 
eye. Teeth as in S. punctata, but with series of larger teeth less devel- 
oped and the villiform band broader. Preorbital full, cavernous; pre- 
oiiercle cavernous, its margin with a few strong teeth. Pseudobranchiae 
well developed. Gill-rakers long and slender. Dorsal spines slender; 
caudal strongly convex; second anal spine rather long, slender, nearly 
as long as soft rays. Ventral outline nearly straight. Vent a little 
nearer preopercular margin than base of caudal. Pectorals short, not 
reaching tips of ventrals. Head 3^ in length; depth 3. D. XI, I, 22; 
A. II, 9; Lat. 1. 50. West Indies, north to Virginia. Here described 
from a specimen from Pensacola. 
(Bodianus steUifer Bloch, Iclith. taf. 231: Cheilodipterm acoupa Lac6petle, iii, 546: 
Corvina Irispinosa Cnv. & Val. v, 109: Homoprion lanceolatus Holh. Ich. S. Car. 1860, 
167: Sciwtia lanceolata Giinther, ii, 289: StelUfcrus lanceolatus Gill, Report U. S. Fish 
Comm. 1872-73, 805 : ? Corvina siellifera Giinther, ii, 299 = Corvina microps Steind. Ichth. 
Notiz. i, G, 1864, said to be distinguished from S. siellifera by the smaller eye (6 in head), 
narrower interorbital space (2| in head) and weaker serrse on the preopercle. Per- 
haps more than one si>ecies is here included.) 
1). Head normal, narrow between the eyes. {Bairdiella* Gill.) 
§9G. S. piiHCtatxa (Linn.) J. & G. — Silver Perch ; Yellow-tail; Mademoiselle. 
Greenish above, silvery below, each scale with a series of dark punc- 
tulations through the centre, usually very conspicuous, sometimes ob- 
scure, these forming narrow somewhat irregular streaks along the sides ; 
fins plain, the caudal yellowish. Bodj^ oblong, compressed, rather robust. 
Head compressed, conical, not specially depressed, nor broadened; pre- 
operculum scarcely cavernous, strongly serrated or spinous at its angle; 
interorbital region depressed, transversely convex, narrower than eye. 
Mouth rather large, somewhat oblique, maxillary reaching about to 
middle of orbit; jaws sutequal ; both jaws with stout recurved teeth, 
behind which in the upper jaw are a few series of smaller teeth ; teeth 
in the lower jaw mostly in one series, outside of which are a few smaller 
teeth. Dorsal spines moderate; anal fin small, placed unusually far 
back, coterminous with the second dorsal. Second anal spine strong, 
nearly as long as the soft rays. Scales in less oblique series than usual. 
Gill-rakers long and slender. Soft dorsal and anal fins considerably 
scalj^; pectoral fin quite short, not reaching half way to anal; caudal fin 
double truncate. Lower pharyngeals small, with sharp teeth. Eye 
Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 83: type Bodianus argyroleucus Mitch. (Dedi- 
cated to Speucer F. Baird.) 
