9. OTOUTHUS. 307 



e, f. Adult : skins, rontchtirtrain Lake. From Dr. Pamell's Col- 

 lection. 

 g. Adnlt : sldn. From Gronow's Collection. 



4. Otolithus regalis. 



Labrus squeteague, Mitch. Tram. Lit. ScPhil. Soc. New York, i. d. 396 



pi. 2. f. 6. ^ 



Johniiis regalis, Bl. Schn. p. 75; Holh: Ichtluiol. S. Carol, p. 127. 



pi. 18. f. 1. J V 



Schoefif, Schrift. Naturforsch. Freunde Bert. viii. p. 169. 

 Otolitims regali.?, Cui\ 8f Vtil. v. p. 67; Richards. Faini. Bar. Amer. 



Fishes, p. 68; Dekmj, Nviv York Fauna, Fishes, p. 71. pi. 8. f. 24; 



Baird, Ninth Smithson. Report, p. 329. 



D. 9 1 ^. A. ^. L. lat. 60-65. Ceec. pylor. 4. Vert. 14/11. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 44 

 in the total. No canines in the lower jaw, those of the upper strong. 

 Prjeoperculum with small denticulations. The vertical fins covered 

 with scales on a great part of theii- length. Back with darker oblique 

 streaks, following the transverse series of scales. 



Fresh waters of N. America ; Martinique. 



5. Otolithus analis. 



Otolithus analis, Jeni/ns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 164. 

 peruanus, Tschndi, Faun. Per. Ichthi/ol. p. 10. 



D. 9|-1-. A. -U. 



I 22-24 IS- lb 



The height of the body is 44 in the total length ; the diameter of 

 the eye 1^ in the length of the snout. The cleft of the mouth ex- 

 tends to below the middle of the eye. No canines in the lower jaw, 

 those of the upper strong ; praeoperculum smooth and with the angle 

 rounded. Coloration uniform. 



Coast of Peru. 



6. Otolithus driunmondii. 



Richards. Faun. Bor. Amer. Fishes, p. 70. 



^•^\k- ^-i- L- lat. 66. 



The height of the body is Httle more than one-sixth of the total 

 length, excluding the caudal. The length of the head is exactly 

 one-fourth of the whole length, including the caudal. The lower 

 jaw projecting beyond the upper ; no canines in the lower jaw, those 

 of the upper moderately long. Caudalis roimded ; the anal spine 

 slender, and not above one-third of the height of the soft ray which 

 succeeds it. Many small, roundish, blacldsh-brown spots on the 

 back, above the lateral line, and on the second dorsal and caudal 

 fins. {Rich.) 



New Orleans. 



