916 CONTKIBUTIONS TO NOETH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY — IV. 
Page 468. JJnder CJiccnohryttus gulosus rend: “Head2|; depth 2^.” 
Page 482. Under Lcpomis holhrooki read: “Head 3”; and under Le- 
imnis notatus read: “D. X, 12.” 
Page 485. Instead of Micropterus dolomieu, read M. dolomiei. This 
])ersonal name should have the genitive form. 
Page 523. Under Perea, tenth line from bottom, add : “Lower limb of 
preopercle with strong antrorse teeth.” 
Page 525, tenth line, under Stizostediunf^ add: “Lower limb of pre- 
opercle with a few antrorse teeth.” 
Page 532. After Pohjprion oxygenius add: 
2Y3 (&).— BKACHYKHIWUS Gill. 
(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1362, 236: tj-pe Serranus o-eohis C. & V.) 
Body oblong-ovate, compressed; head short, the iirofile convex, the 
snout short and blunt ; jaws and all the bones of the head covered with 
imbricated scales. Scales of body very small. Mouth rather small, 
oblique, the lower jaw projecting. Xo supplemental maxillary. Teeth 
as in Serranus, but the lateral teeth small, not canine-like. Preopercle 
evenly serrate. Dorsal spines 9, none of them produced in filaments; 
fins all low ; caudal fin forked. Warm seas. 
835 (?>). B. fijrcafer (C. & V.) Poey> 
Bed or reddish, with three small violet spots on the side, of the back 
and one on the tail; sides with oblique streaks; dorsal fin with a longi- 
tudinal blackish streak. Snout short, scarcely longer than the large 
eye; maxillary reaching to below middle of eye; preopercle finely and 
evenly serrate. Gill rakers slender. Dorsal spines low, nearly uni- 
form, but longer than the soft rays; second afial spine rather longer 
than third; pectoral long and pointed, longer than head; caudal deeply 
forked. Head 34; depth 2|. D. IX, 19; A. HI, 9; scales 10-83-85. 
Tropical America, generally abundaiit both in the Atlantic and Pacific ; 
recorded by Dekay from near Xew York. This record is doubtful, al- 
though the occurrence of the species within our limits is very probable. 
(Sen'aiius fitrctfer and creolus C\i\. & Val., ii,264, 26.5, 1828: BracliyrMnus creolws Gill, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 249 : Braclnirliinus crcolns Poey, Auu. Lyc. Nat, Hist. 
N. Y. 1871, 46: Corvina oacyptera Dekay, N. Y. Fauna Fish. 1842, 77 : Antliias furcifer 
Gthr. i, 91 : S^erranus creolus and colonus Gthi#i, 100, 101.) 
Page 533. After Serranus atrarius add: 
