ICHTHYOLOGY OF VENEZUELA — SCHULTZ 153 



Genus UMBRINA Cuvier 



Umbrina Cuvier, Le r^gne animal, ed. 1, vol. 2, p. 297, 1817. (Genotype, 

 Sciaena cirrhosa Linnaeus.) 



UMBRINA COROIDES Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Umbrina coroides Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 5, p. 187, 1830 (Brazil). 



U.S.N.M. No. 128259, 1 specimen, 265 mm, in standard length, from Amuay 

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



The following counts were made on the above listed specimen. 

 Dorsal rays X-I,26; anal rays 11,7; vertical scale rows 57 above lateral 

 line, 5K from lateral line to base of first soft dorsal ray, and 10 from 

 lateral line to anal origin. 



umbrina GRACIUCIRRHUS Metzelaar 



Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J, 

 Boeke in the Dutch West Indies, 1904-1905, p. 72, fig. 24, 1919 (coast of 

 Venezuela). 



Genus MICROPOGON Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Alicropogon Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 5, 

 p. 215, 1830. (Genotype, Micropogon lincatus Cuvier and Valenciennes = 

 Perca undulala Linnaeus.) 



MICROPOGON FURNIERI (Desmarest) 



Umbrina furnieri Desmarest, Premi&re decade ichthylogique — Cuba, p. 22, pi. 

 2, fig. 3, 1823 (Havana) (ref. copied). — Metzelaar, Report on the fishes 

 collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies, 1904-1905, p. 71, 1919 

 (Carupana, Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 121748, 2 specimens, 108 and 114 mm., Lago de Maracaibo at 

 Yacht Club, Maracaibo, May 16, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121747, 1 specimen, mouth of Cano de Sagua, 25 km, north of 

 Sinamaica, March 12, 1942. 



The following collections were made by the U, S. S. Niagara: 



U.S.N.M. No. 128247, 1 specimen, 310 mm. in standard length, Piedras Bay, 

 Gulf of Venezuela, March 14, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 128246, 1 specimen, 213 mm., Gulf of Venezuela, 1924-25. 



The following counts were made: Dorsal rays X-I, 26 in 4 speci- 

 mens and X-I, 27 in one; anal rays II, 8 in 5 specimens; pectoral rays 

 19; 18; 18; gill rakers on first gill arch 7+14; 8+15; 8 + 13; and 7+13; 

 vertical scale rows above lateral line 68 and 70; 7 or 8 scales from 

 lateral line to base of soft first dorsal ray and 7 to 9 from lateral line to 

 anal origin. 



Genus PLAGIOSCION Gill 



Plagioscion Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1861, p. 82. (Genotype, 

 Sciaena squamosissima Heckel.) 



Since I have no specimens from Venezuela I hesitate to make a 

 key. Steindachner (1917b) reviews eight species of this genus, in- 



