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Teeth —Yomeriue teeth iu a patch shaped like a spear, with concave 

 C!!itiii<;- edges uiid acutely produced angles. 



Table of Measurements. 



Canent number of specimen 

 Locality 



21,337. 

 Pensacola, Fla. 



MUlim. lOOths 



Extreme, lenjrth without caudal 



Length to euU of luidille caudal rays 



Body : 



Greatest height 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Width of iuterorbital area 



Length ofsu'Ut 



Length of operculum 



Length ot maxillary 



Leiiiith of mandible 



D stance from stiout to centre of orbit 



Uianieter of eye 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout .. 



Length of base » 



Leiigtn <,f first spine 



Length of st-conu spine 



Length of longest spine 



Len'gtD of last spine 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Lcng h of base 



L' ngt li of tirst ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last raj- 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



LeLgt h of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length iif last ray . .' 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays - - • 



Length of external rays | inFerior. 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snont 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Lengt h 



Uranchiostegals 



Dorsal 



430 

 501 



Anal 



Cauda! 



PectoT al 



Ventral 



Number c)f scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line. 



7 



X, 14 



III, 8 



+ 17 + 



L5 



1,15 



45 



6 



14 



(lot in.) 



34 

 32 



12 



13 

 11 

 14 



17 

 15J 

 5i 



391 

 26 

 3i 

 7 

 (4th) Hi 



n 



21 



9 



(4th) 11 



C 



73 

 13J 



^ 



7 

 6^ 

 12 

 (2d) 13 

 H 



16i 



25 



23 



33i 

 23J 



38J 

 17 



A XOTK OX THE GUI.F MfNHADEX, BREVOORTIA PATRONUS, OOODE. 



By SILAS STEARNS. 



The Gulf Meuhadeii are first seen about Peusacola in April. They 

 enter the liarboi- in small schools, swimming at the surface, rippling the 

 water as they go. 1 have never seen any large schools, perhaps not 

 more than four or five barrels in one body; but the number of small 

 schools which might be seen in a few hours at the right place and iu a 



