ICHTHYOLOGY OF VENEZUELA — SCHULTZ 135 



A more complete key to the species of Haemulon likely to occur in 

 Venezuela will be found in volume 2 of Meek and Hildebrand's "The 

 Marine Fishes of Panama." 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF HAEMULON REPORTED FROM VENEZUELA 



la. Scales below lateral line enlarged, very deep; sides with yellow stripes, parallel 



with lateral line above it, very oblique below it; dorsal rays XII, 14 or 15; 



anal III, 7 or 8; scales 47 to 53. .Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest) 



16. Scales below lateral line not notably enlarged; 5 or more scales between lateral 



line and dorsal origin. 



2a. Maxillary reaching to below middle of eye or nearly so, 1.8 to 2% in head; 



gill rakers on lower part of first gill arch 16 to 18; head and body with 



about 10 lengthwise blue stripes (pale in alcohol) usually best defined on 



snout and cheeks; soft dorsal with convex margin; dorsal rays XII, 16 



or 17; anal III, 8 or 9; scales 48 to 57 Haemulon sciurus (Shaw) 



2b. Maxillary reaching scarcely past anterior margin of eye, about 2 to 2% in 

 head; sides with stripes following rows of scales. 

 3a. Rows of scales with pearly gray stripes; caudal spot present; maxillary 

 2 to 2.1 in head; snout long pointed, 2.5 to 2.8 in head; dorsal rays 

 XII, 15 to 17; anal III, 8 or 9; scales 53 to 62. 



Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan and Gilbert) 

 36. Rows of scales with continuous dark lines, wavy above lateral line; 

 dorsal rays XII, 15 to 17; anal III, 8 or 9; scales 43 to 50. 



Haemulon bonariense Cuvier 



HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM (Desmarest) 



CoROCORo; Amarillo 



Diabasis flavolineatus Desmarest, Premi&re decade ichthyologique, p. 35, pi. 2, 



fig. 1, 1823 (Cuba) (ref. copied). 

 Haemulon flavolineatum Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 407, 1942 



(coast of Venezuela). 



HAEMULON SCIURUS (Shaw) 



Cachicoto 



Sparus sciurus Shaw, General zoology, vol. 4, p. 64, 1803 (Antilles; based on 



Anthias formosus Bloch) (ref. copied). 

 Haemulon sciurus Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 406, fig. 223, 1942 



(coast of Venezuela). 



HAEMULON STEINDACHNERI (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Diabasis steindachneri Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. for 1881, 



vol. 1, p. 322, 1882 (Panama; Mazatl^n) (ref. copied). 

 Haemulon steindachneri Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J. 



Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 79, 1919 (Quanta, Venezuela). 



HAEMULON BONARIENSE Cuvier 



Haemulon bonariense Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 5, p. 234, 1830 (Buenos Aires). — Metzelaar, Report on the 

 fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 77, 

 fig. 25, 1919 (Venezuela). 



