ADDENDA 84. CENTRARCHID^ — CH^NOBRYTTUS. 915 
under middle of body. “Male with the front elevated, forming a crest, 
which projects a little beyond the upper jaw; female with blue spots 
along each side of the tail, regularly arranged.” {Poey.) Head 5 ; depth 
o. H. 58—64; A. 26—30. Length 6 feet. In all warm seas; common in 
the Gulf of Mexico. 
(L. Syst. Nat.; GiintUer, ii, 405; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub. 3.56: Conjphwna guttata 
Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 245; Liitkeu, 1. c. 483: Coryphwna sueuri C. & V. ix, 302.) 
Page 455. After Pteraelis carolmus add : 
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236 (5). — BKAITIA Block & Sebneider. 
(Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichthyol. 1801, 99: tyiie Spams raji Bloch.) 
Body compressed, more or less elevated, covered with rather small 
scales. Mouth very oblique, the lower jaw projecting; both jaws with 
an outer series of strong teeth ; teeth on vomer and palatines decidu- 
ous. Dorsal and anal fins elongate, the former with 3 or 4, the latter 
with 2 or 3 spines; caudal deeply forked; ventrals thoracic, I, 5. Oper- 
cles entire ; brauchiostegals 7. Ho air bladder. Pelagic. (Latin ftrawa, 
bream; the species having been called “Brawm marina'’'’ by Kay.) 
■yiY (5). B. raji (Bloch) Sclm. 
Coloration uniform. Eye at the middle of the head; pectorals reach- 
ing middle of anal. Greatest depth below middle of body, 3 in total 
length. D. III-31 ; A. 11-27 ; scales 13-90-23. Pyloric coeca 5. Ver- 
tebroe 16 + 23. Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa, straying to 
Grand Banks of Hewfoundlaud {Bean), coast of Washington Territory 
{Bean), aud Chili. 
(Spar us raji Bloch, Ichth. taf. 273; Guuther, ii, 408.) 
Page 459. For Holocentrus read Holocentrmn. The former is the orig- 
inal orthography, but it is not worth while to try to restore it. 
Page 461. Under Blassomatidce, the statements “no teeth on vomer” 
and “pseudobranchim none” are not quite correct. A specimen of BJas- 
soma zonatum from Tombigbee River, 1^ inches long, thus much larger 
than the original types, shows the following characters: 
A few weak teeth on vomer; front teeth of both jaws canine-like, 
directed forward; pseudobranchim somewhat glandular, covered by 
skin. Scales cycloid; no lateral line. Dorsal apparently emarginate. 
D. V, 9; A. Ill, 5; Lat. 1. 38. llead speckled with black; fins with 
dark spots. 
