50 FISHES OF HAVANA, CUBA. 



To this genus Microgohius should be referred Gobius embleniaticns Jor- 

 dan & Gilbert, from Panama, and Gobius thalassinns J. «S: G., from 

 Charleston. 



SCORPiENID^. 



184. Scoipaena grandicornis Cuv. &. V;il. 



185. Scorpaena plumieri BlocU & Sclmeidev. L'ascacio. 



{Scorpwna rascacio Poey.) 



TRIGLIDiB. 



186. Cephalacanthus volitans L. Murcielago. 



187. Prionotus rubio Jordan, noiii. sp. iiov. liubio Volador. 



(Prionotus punctatus Cnv. & Val. (in part?). PrionoUis pnnctatus Poey and. 

 late authors; not Trigla punctata Blooli, wbich is probably P. acilulua 

 Jordan & Gilbert.) 



A description of this species is given in Jordan & Gilbert's Synopsis 

 Fish N. A., p. 956. 



In life, dark olive, with rivulations of light green ; sides shaded with 

 pale salmon color. Edge of pectoral light blue ; ventrals reddish. Ui)- 

 per fins marked with different shades of brown. 



The Trigla Carolina of Bloch (not L.), seems to me to be evidently 

 our Prionotus scitulus. Tlie Trigla punctata of Bloch, if we except the 

 bright red coloration, which belongs to no known species of Prionotus^ 

 is, as has been suggested by Cuvier «& Valenciennes, most probably 

 intended for the same species as his other figure. If Prionotus scitul/i.s 

 occurs in the West Indies, the name Trigla ininctata could be assigned 

 to it without much hesitation. In any case, 1 do not believe that this 

 name was given to the Eubio Volador of the Cuban waters, and for 

 this species I suggest the name of Prionotus rubio. 



BATRACHIDiE. 



188. Batrachus tan L. Mapo. 



BLENNIIDiE. 



189. Scartella microstoma Poey, (Genus nova.) 



Head, 4 in length (5 with caudal) ; depth, 3f (4S). D. XI, 14. A. 15 

 or IG. Length of specimen about 3i inches. 



Body rather stout, compressed posteriorly. Head short, the anterior 

 profile straight and very steep, almost vertical from tip of snout to 

 above eye, vvliere a sharp angle is formed Avitii the straight line of the 

 back. Eye large, longer than snout, 3} in hetid. Montli moderate, the 

 maxillary reaching to below front of i)ni)il, its length 3^ in head. Teeth 

 as usual in Isesthes. iso posterior canines in either jaw, A small tufted 

 or multifid cirrus over each eye, its length less than diameter of pupil. 

 A row of about. "5 short, slender cirri along each side of nape. Gill mem- 

 branes broadly united, free from the isthmus. Lateral line extending 



