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forked, the upper lohe nearly as long as head. Pectorals as long as 
head, reaching slightly past vent. Head 3] ; depth 2^. D. XTII, 12; 
A. Ill, 11; P. 16; scales 5-46-14. Southern Florida. 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882.) 
hb. Anterior teeth little larger than the others, not canine-like. (Grammateus Poey. ) 
876 if). C. iiiedims (Poey) J. & G. 
Olivaceous, rather dusky; body and vertical fins with obscure bars 
of dark olive, which mostly disappear with age; preorbital with nar- 
row, horizontal bluish stripes; ventrals pale. Body rather elongate, 
comparatively elliptical; the back less arched than in other siiecies; 
the anterior profile moderately curved. Preorbital deep, in head; 
maxillarj’ 2^^ in head. Eye small, placed high, 4 in head. Anterior 
teeth small, scarcely enlarged, none of them canine-like; molars mostly 
in three series above, two below. Spines low, slender; soft dorsal low; 
caudal less deeply forked than usual; anal spines graduated; pectoral 
comparatively short, as long as head, reaching a little past vent. Dis- 
tance from base of pectoral to base of dorsal less than head. Head 3J; 
dei)th 2f. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 9; scales 5-46-11, 16 in a series between 
dorsal and nape. L. 10 inches. Florida to Cuba. 
(Grammateus meclius Poey, Aun. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1872, 183.) 
877. C. miEaaeri (G. & B.) J. &. G. 
This species belongs to the genus Calamus, and is very closely 
allied to C. medius, from which it may be distinguished by the following 
characters: Xo blue stripes on preorbital; ventrals blackish. Back 
more arched than in medius, the anterior profile less convex; dis- 
tance from axil of pectoral to front of dorsal greater than length of 
head. Eye 4 in head (not 5 as in C. micrips Guichenot a Cuban 
species, with which it agrees in other respects). Scales above lateral 
line smaller. Scales 6-47-13; about 26 in a series before dorsal. Head 
3f; depth 2|. 
Page 556. S 5 >arias pagraas 'L.—G'ulf Porgee. 
The coloration of this species as shown in specimens from Pensacola 
is as follows : Light crimson, shaded with golden olive ; sides and below 
silvery, flushed with red ; many scales of back and sides eacli with a 
small round spot of deep purplish blue, these forming longitudinal 
streaks below and broken oblique streaks above lateral line; a few blue 
spots oil nape and opercle; fins largely orange, shaded with pink. We 
find no account of the presence of blue spots in the European variety 
of this species. 
