, r >f)() FISHES FROM THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



metallic bluish-silver color. Dorsal and anal fins pale, the latter with 

 a dusky stripe on each side of its base; pectorals dusky ; caudal black. 

 This species is named for Mr. Charles L. Edwards, its discoverer. A 

 single specimen was obtained. 



4. Harengula sardina (Poey). 



5. Harengula clupeola (Cuv. &Val.). 



6. Tylosurus notatus Poey. 



7. Mugil curema (Cuv. & . Val.,. 



8. Atherina stipes Miiller & Troschel. 



A few specimens. The general coloration is somewhat darker than 

 in specimens from Key West. 



9. Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider. 



10. Echeneis naucrates Linnaus. 



One specimen almost ten inches long. D. XX, 30; A. 31. 



11. Caranx bartholomasi Cuv. & Val. 



12. Caranx crinitus Mitchill. 



13. Holocentrus ascensionis (Osbeck). 



14. Holocentrus coruscus Poey. 



Holoeentrwm coruacum Poey, Momorias, JI, 159, 1800 (Cuba). 



Head 2| (3J) ; depth 2f (3£). D. XI, 14 ; A. IV, 9. Scales 3-42-8. 



Body shaped as in H. suborbitalis, a Pacific coast species, to which 

 it is nearly related. Eye very large, 2^ in head. Snout very short, 

 2 in eye. Mouth small, maxillary reaching past anterior margin of 

 pupil, 3 in head. Width of interorbital space not as long as maxillary, 

 3£ in head. Bones of top of head marked as in suborbitalis, except that 

 a few of the upper occipital ridges are serrated. Spines on preopercle, 

 opercle, interopercle, preorbital and suborbital as in the Western spe- 

 cies ; spines on subopercle a few more ; scales on body as in ascensionis 

 or suborbitalis ; nuchal scale as large as in the latter ; five rows of scales 

 on cheek, none on opercle. 



Spinous dorsal moderately high; first spine 3 in head; third spine 

 longest, 2^ in head. Soft dorsal higher than spines; not falcate, as in 

 ascensionis; longest ray If in head. Third anal spine longest, almost 

 2 in head; longest ray If in head, not falcate. Pectorals If in head. 

 Ventrals if; its outer rays not produced, about two-fifths diameter of 

 eye from vent. Upper caudal lobe apparently not much produced, If in 

 head. 



Color in spirits. — Pale silvery, edges of scales showing bright blue 

 steel reflections; a reddish shade above lateral line. Bands of dots 

 following rows of scales, those below lateral line widest and most dif- 

 fused. No markings on head with the exception of dots. Spinous 

 dorsal dusky; a large black spot between first and third spine; mem- 

 brane between bands of posterior spines with dusky spots; a row of 

 whitish angular spots on the anterior part of membrane between each 

 two spines, those between the third and sixth spines longest, the two 



