46 FISHES OF HAVANA, CUBA. 



Fisbes. I therefore give here the fall synonymy and a description of 

 the species : 



Head, 3 in length (3^ with caudal) ; depth, 3 (3^). Length of speci- 

 men described, 8 inches. 



Body less elongate than in C. hcryllinus, more compressed, the back 

 more elevated. 



Jaws pale, the median suture in each more evident than in C. beryl- 

 limis ; upper jaw laterally, with a continuous cutting edge of coalesced 

 teeth, as in G. herylHnus ; this edge is even for most of its length, but 

 has anteriorly one or two small denticles and posteriorly three or four. 

 In front are on each side two strong canines, directed forward and 

 somewhat outward, and diverging. These are very much larger than 

 the anterior teeth in (J. herylUnns and quite different in form and direc- 

 tion. A strong posterior canine tooth directed outward and backward 

 near the angle of the mouth. This canine is well developed on but one 

 side iu the specimen examined. 



Lower jaw with its teeth larger, less regular, and less closely set than 

 in C. hcryllinus; some of those in front and those toward the angle of 

 the mouth larger than the others ; those in front iu two irregularly 

 alternating series and directed strongly forward. These largest teeth 

 have each a central brown si>ot. 



Jaws snbequal. Upj)er lip double for its entire length. Lii)s and 

 istlimus as in C. heryllimis. 



Eye moderate, in head, the head deeper and the profile considera- 

 bly steeper than in C heryUinus. This is associated with the greater 

 depth of the ])rcorbital, the distance from the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth beiug 2| in the length of the head, while in G. hcryllinus the 

 same distance is contained 3| times. Mouth lower than in C. heryUinus^ 

 the maxillary reaching Init halfway to front of eye. 



Structure and numbers of scah's, fin-rays, &c., exactly as in G. heryl- 

 Hnus. Caudal truncate rather than rounded, the length of the outer 

 rays llf in head. 



Color in S])irits olive-green, greener than in G. heryUinus, each scale 

 of back and sides with a brown central blotch; these blotches less con- 

 spicuous than in G. hcryllinus. Head nearly ])laiu brownish-olive. 

 Lower jaw plain brown, with indistinctdarker oblique streaks. Vertical 

 fins greenish, blotched with brown, the iiiem1>rane of the first and sec- 

 ond dorsal spines blackish. Pectorals pale, the upper rays somewhat 

 dusky. 



According to Poey [denticns) the colors in life are as follows: "Body 

 bluish rather than greenish, white below; dorsal and anal wine-color^ 

 with dashes of deeper hue; caudal wine-color, with bluish vertical bars; 

 pectoral greenish ; ventrals i)alc." 



This is, I think, the s[)ccies described by Poey under the name of 

 Galliodon deiitieiis, although Poey's description of the teeth does not 

 fully agree with the example before me. As, however, iu this specimen 



