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on our coast, or indeed what that specie^ may he. The original type, in 
. had condition, has been identified hy Yaillant & Boconrt with Apocjon 
dovii, a Panama species, and tlieir description, copied in the text on 
page 563, seems to have been drawn from the latter species. 
a. Preopcrcle entire; scales large. {ApogomclitluiH Pleeker.) 
889 (c). A. aiutus J. & G. 
Eiisty-red, with silvery luster, body and fins very finely siieckled with 
dusky ; vertical fins somewhat yellow, their tips dusky with dark points. 
Mouth ver^ obliquej maxillary 1^ in head, reaching past pupil; jtreop- 
erclewith both ridges entire j eye moderate, 2| in head; second anal 
spine half length of longest anal ray, 3.J in head ; ventrals a little longer 
than pectorals, not reaching vent. Head L’ii; depth 2a. D. VI-T, p; 
A. II, 8; Lat. 1. 21. L. 2^ inches. West Plorida. 
{n Apogonichtlujs jmncticulatus Poey, Repert. Pis. Nat. Isl. Cuba, ii, -233 (lat. 1. 3(i); 
.lor. &, Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. IMns. 1882, 279.) 
Page 56I-. ITIsBlltas bm’bntcBS L. 
Specimens of this species have been obtained at Pensacola, Florida, 
and at Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts. The American form (subsp. auyafiiN 
J. G.) is distinguishable from the typical harhatus in the lower 
fins, less blunt snout, shorter mouth, and the presence of two lateral 
stripes of yellow. From the European variety surmuletns {MulJufi snr- 
muletus L.), subsp. aiiratus is known by the lower fins and by the re- 
placement of the black band on the dorsal fin by a band of yellow. 
Head 3f; depth 4. D. VH-I, 8; A. 11,6.- Palatine teeth coarse and 
granular, forming a large patch. 
(IfnUns harhatus auraius Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. 1882, 280.) 
Page 560. Instead of Seiatna stellifera read: 
895. S. la.BaceoBatii (Holbr.) Gtbr. 
The identity of our species with S. stellifera {trispinosa) is very 
doubtful. 
Page 570. To the description of Sdama argyroleuca {punctata) add 
“lowest tooth of preopercle spinous, directed downward.” 
Page 571. Sciasna ocellata is known as “Eed-fish” on our Gulf coast. 
It reaches a weight of 35 to 40 pounds. Old specimens entirely lose 
the serratures on the iireopercle, the edge of the bone becoming mem- 
branaceous and entire as in “ CorvinaJ” 
