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ORTHOPKISTIS RUBER (Cuvier) 



Pristipoma ruhrum Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 5, p. 283, 1830 (Brazil). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123136, 1 specimen, Amuay Bay, U. S. S. Niagara, May 15, 1925. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 123123, 6 specimens, 114 to 158 mm., Estanques Bay, U. S. S. 

 Niagara, December 7 to 11, 1924. 



I have made the following counts on the specimens listed above: 

 Dorsal rays XII, 14 in one; XII, 15 in four, and XII, 16 in one; anal 

 rays III, 9 in three and III, 10 in three; gill rakers on lower limb of 

 first gill arch number 11 in three and 12 in one, the raker at the angle 

 not included and the upper part of the arch has about 10 rakers. 

 There are 9 or 10 scales from lateral line to base of first dorsal spine 

 and a more or less distinct dark shoulder blotch. 



Genus CONODON Cuvier 



Conodon Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 5, p. 156, 1830. (Genotype, Conodon aniillanus Cuvier=Perca nobilis 

 Linnaeus.) 



CONODON NOBIUS (Linnaeus) 



Perca nobilis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 191, 1758 (North America). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123119, 1 specimen, 65 mm. in standard length. Point Macolla, 

 U. S. S. Niagara, April 19, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 123118, 1 specimen, 270 mm., Estanques Bay, U. S. S. Niagara, 

 December 7, 1924. 



U.S.N.M. No. 123120, 1 specimen, 54 mm.. Cape San Romdn, U. S. S. Niagara, 

 April 2, 1925. 



Genus ANISOTREMUS Gill 



Anisotremus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861, pp. 32, 105. (Geno- 

 type, Pristipoma rodo Cuvier and Valenciennes =Sparws virginicus Linnaeus.) 



ANISOTREMUS SURINAMENSIS (Bloch) 



Lutjanus surinamensis Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 5, 

 p. 3, pi. 253, 1791 (Surinam) (ref. copied). 



U.S.N.M, No. 123121, a specimen, 235 mm. in standard length, from Amuay 

 Bay, U. S. S. Niagara, May 15, 1925. 



Genus BATHYSTOMA Scudder 



Bathystoma Scuddeh, in Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 1, p. 12, 1863. 

 (Genotype, Perca melanura Linn&ens = Haemulon jeniguano Poey.) (Ref. 

 copied.) 



BATHYSTOMA RIMATOR (Jordan and Swain) 



Haemulon rimator Jordan and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, p. 308, 1884 



(Charleston, S. C; Key West and Pensacola, Fla.). 

 Haemulon {Bathystoma) rimator Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by 



Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies in 1904-1905, p. 81, 1919 (Puerto 



Cabello, Venezuela). 



Genus HAEMULON Cuvier 



Haemulon Cuvier, Le rSgne animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 175, 1829. (Genotype, 

 Haemulon elegans Cuvier =Sparu8 sciurus Shaw.) (Ref. copied.) 



