308 scr^siD^- 



7. Otolithus thalassinus, 

 ? Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol p. 132. pi. 18. f. 2. 



D. 9 I ^. A. :i. L. lat. 73. Csec. pylor. 4. 



The height of the hody is 5^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 34 ; the diameter of the eye is 6| in the latter ; the upper jaw 

 reaches' to the posterior margin of the orbit. The lateral Hne very 

 slightly bent downwards in the middle of its length. The lower jaw 

 is the longer ; praeoperciilum with the angle rounded and projecting, 

 scarcely denticulated. Caudal fin truncated. Above du^ky, sides 

 and belly yellowish, fins immaculate. Pseudobranchiae. 



Sea of Charleston Bar ; Gulf of Mexico. 



a. Fine specimen. Gulf of Mexico. From the Haslar Collection. 



8. Otolithus leiarchus. 



Cmr. Sr Vttl V. p. 78. 



D-9|^- ^-n- L- lat. 12a. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is nearly one-eighth of the latter. 

 No canines in the lower jaw, those of the upper moderate. The upper 

 maxillary reaches nearly to the posterior margin of the orbit ; lower 

 jaw very projecting. Prseoperculiim scarcely denticulated, with the 

 angle rounded and projecting. Pseudobranchise. Caudal fin trun- 

 cated. Coloration uniform. 



South America. 

 a. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 

 h. Fine specimen. S. America. 

 c. Adult: stuifed. 



9. Otolithus nothus. 



Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 134. pi. 19. f. 1. 



D. 10 1 -^ . A. -. L. lat. 60. Csc. pylor. 4. 



I 24-25 9 ' •' 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the. 

 head 34-. The snout is somewhat pointed, with the lower jaw pro- 

 minent, but rather short, a little longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is one-fifth of the length of the head. The upper maxillaiy 

 reaches to below the middle of the orbit. The lateral line strongly 

 curved dowTiwards, below the notch of the dorsal fiji. Prseoper- 

 eulum with the angle rounded and projecting, not denticulated. Cau- 

 dal fin with an oblique notch. Coloration uniform, back with indi- 

 stinct oblique streaks. 



Coast of S. CaroHna ; Caribbean Sea. 



a, h. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. PameU's Collection. 

 Although Holbrook gives twenty-eight rays for the dorsal fin, I 



