178 GILBERT 



other (these being higher and sharper, ending in spines in the young 

 specimen). Spines otherwise as described. 



Mouth large, 2^ in head ; interorbital space narrow, deeply concave, 

 1^ in eye. Gill-rakers slender, 1+9 movable ones, the longest i di- 

 ameter of orbit. The anal has 11 rays in both individuals (not 12, as 

 given by Jordan and Evermann, Fishes of North America, p. 2169). 



The color in spirits is brownish above, whitish below, the upper 

 parts appearing faintly blotched and with obscure round spots. Two 

 dusky blotches on spinous dorsal. Soft dorsal with roundish dusky 

 spots arranged in about 10 oblique series. Caudal with four ill-de- 

 fined dark cross-bars. Pectorals blackish, the upper rays with a black 

 blotch at the end of the basal third, and a fainter one at the end of 

 the second third of their length. These are also present in the young 

 specimen, and seem responsible for the statement that the pectorals 

 are barred. The younger specimen shows a distinct blue line along_ 

 the lower margin of the pectoral, as well as some lighter markings on 

 the upper part of the fin, which do not appear in our adult. 



There are 53 pores in the lateral line, and about 98 vertical series of 

 scales above the lateral line. In commenting on a specimen in the 

 Paris Museum of Natural History, labeled Trigla puiictata^ "appar- 

 ently in the handwriting of Valenciennes," Dr. Jordan states^ "pores 

 in lateral line 85 to 90." Unless reference is made to the vertical 

 series of scales rather than to the pores, the specimen cannot belong 

 with this speci?s. 



73. Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus). 

 Maceio. 



74. Dormitator maculatus (Bloch). 



From among the mangroves at Pernambuco. 



75. Guavina guavina (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Among the mangroves at Pernambuco. 



76. Gobius soporator (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Mouth of Rio Goyanna ; Mamanguape. 



77. Echeneis naucrates (Linnasus). 

 Maceio. 



78. Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch). 

 Maceio. 



This species had been previously reported from Brazil by Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes and by Castelnau. Our specimen answers well to 

 the detailed description given by the first named authors. Jordan and 



'Sec Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, 1SS6, 545. 



