226 FISHES OF PENSACOLA, FLOEIDA. 



tliird, and about equal to it iu length, about half length of head. Caudal 

 fin somewhat rounded, 1^ in head. Ventrals not quite reaching anal; 

 pectorals still shorter. 



Scales of moderate size, the soft parts of the vertical fins less scaly 

 than usual. Lateral line running very high and ceasing abruptly under 

 first ray of soft dorsal. 



Color, in spirits, light yellowish, with two oblique jet-black cross- 

 bands, and no other spots or ocelli. The first band involving first and 

 second dorsal sjnnes, then extending downward and forward, close 

 behind the line of the profile and across the eye and across the cheek, 

 where it is fainter. This band is a little narrower than the eye. 



The second band is more than twice as broad as the first. It begins 

 abruptly with nearly all the membrane of the fourth and fifth dorsal 

 spines, covering the fifth spine from its base to near its tip. The poste- 

 rior border of the black band extends from near the tip of the fourth 

 spine in a straight line across the dorsal fin and the body to near the 

 base of the last anal ray. The anterior margin runs in a slightly con- 

 cave line from the base of the fourth spine to the middle of the base of 

 the anal ; the lower border follows the base of the anal fin without in- 

 cluding any of it. The baud is broadest on the dorsal tin and gradu- 

 ally narrows downward. Middle line of forehead with a dusky shade. 

 Ko dark on soft dorsal, caudal, caudal peduncle, anal, pectorals, ven- 

 trals, or opercles. 



This species is distinguished from Ch. bcellaUts {=maculocinctus Gill), 

 Ch. sedentarius, and other related species by the above-mentioned fea- 

 tures of the coloration. 



The type, a young example iu good condition, was "spewed up" by a 

 Ked Snapper (Lutjamis aya) at the Snapper Banks near Pensacola. 



5. Cryptotomus ustus Cuv. aud Val. 



The following description may be compared with that of Cryptoto- 

 mus beryllinus (Jordan & Swain), given in Proc. U. S. ITat. Mus., 1884, 

 p. 101, and that of Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey), given by me earlier in 

 the present volume of these Proceedings. 



Head 3 in length (3f in total) ; depth, 3 (3f ) ; length of specimen, 9 

 inches. 



Body less elongate than in C. berylUnns, moderately compressed. 

 Upper profile much less steep than in C. dentiens, less evenly convex 

 than in C. beryllinus, little convex above tlie eye, and somewhat concave 

 before it ; snout longer than in other species, its length (measured along 

 the axis) 2^^ in head. Distance from eye to angle of mouth half great- 

 est depth of head, 3 in length of head, aiul 2| times diameter of eye. 

 Eye small. Of iu head. 



Jaws pale, some of the teeth each with a reddish brown spot. Upper 

 jaw with a cutting edge of closely coalesced teeth. Outside of this is 

 an irregular series of enlarged and projecting canines j the hindmost of 



