200 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



" There is a species of Sargus, very abuudant here, which I take to be 



your S. HoIbrooMi, as I kuow of uo other Sargus on our coast " 



(From the description which Professor Jordan includes in his letter, I 

 have no difficulty in recognizing the Sargus which he has observed as S. 

 EolbrooJcii.) " This tish abounds off the wharves here. . . . The fisher- 

 men call it Piufish (Paufish"?), not distinguishing it from Lagodon. I 

 have obtained 50 or more specimens, all of them about 3 inches long ; 



none over four Color silvery ; bluish above ; a few rather 



faiut narrow dark bars along the sides and a broad and conspicuous 

 dark blotch at base of caudal peduncle above, extending down the sides 



like a bar. Specimens seen, all small The black bar on 



the caudal peduncle is very conspicuous. The fish may be known by 

 this spot when in the water." 



Table of Measurements. 



Current number of specimen. 

 Locality 



Length to end of middle caudal rays millimetres. 



Body: 



neiobt at ventrals 



Least lif i"jbt of tail 



Head : 



Groatei-'t length 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Lengt h of maxillary , 



Length of mandible , 



Diameter of eye 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Greatest height 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of last spine 



Dorsal (snft): 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distal ce from snout 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



Length of first ray , 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of superior external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout : 



Length 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal \l\.\" [[[][." [[" 



Anal 



Savannah Bank, Charleston. 



256 



.41 



.09J 



.Oti 

 .10 

 .09 

 .10 

 • OCi 



.41 

 .10 



.04 I 

 . Oof, 

 .07i 



.07 

 .074 

 .06^ 



.62 



Pectoral 



V e n t ' a 1 ".!.!!!.....!]!! 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of tjansverso rows above lateral line 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line. 



.07j 

 ■ O'i 

 .074 

 .06i 



.09i 

 .24 



.28J 

 .32i 



.34i 



.18" 



VI 



XII, 13 



III, 13 



16 



L5 



61 



8 



16 



278 



.41 



.091 



. 26.' 

 .09" 

 .10 

 .09^ 

 .lOi 

 .06^ 



.41?. 

 .lOJ 

 .04 



.62 



.04" 

 . 08?, 

 .07? 

 .08| 

 .OSi 

 .07 



.10 



.24^ 



.28 

 .34 



.34^ 



.20 



VI 



XII, 14 



III, 13 



15 



1,5 



62 



8 



16 



300 



.4U 



.00 



.26J 



. Of-: 



. 10 



.095 



.10 



.C6i 



.41 

 . 12 

 .OM 

 .07 

 .07 



.60* 

 .05" 

 .08, 

 .08| 



.36 

 .21* 

 VI" 



xn, 14 



III, 14 



16 



1,5 



60 



8 

 16 



274 



.41 



.09^ 



.26i 



.09 



.lOi 



.09 



.10* 



.ooi 



.39J 



.031 

 .06^ 



.04J 

 .08i 

 .07f 

 .074 

 .074 



.28 

 .31* 



.35* 



■. I9i 



VI 



XII, 13 



III, 13 



15 



1,5 



60 



8 



16 



201 



.42 

 .10 



.2ri 

 .09 

 .lO.i 



. 0'.;* 

 .ri' 



.44 

 .11 



. 03 J 



.06 

 .08 



.08 

 .08 



• 62|- 

 .04i 

 .05* 

 .084 



• 08i 

 .08d 

 .06^ 



.09? 



.29* 

 .34' 



.36?; 



.10' 



VI 



XII, 14 



III, 13 



16 



L5 



60 



8 



16 



264 

 .42 



.26* 



.09 



.10 



.091 



.104 



.064 



.41 



.104 



.04* 

 . 0.-)f 

 .C7i 



.07 

 .07 



.62 



.Olj 



.08 



.on 



.074 

 .074 

 .06 



.10 

 .24J 



.30i 



.35 



.19 



■VI 



XII, 14 



IIL 13 



16 



L5 



61 



8 



16 



Washixgtox, D. C, August 1-^, 1878. 



