200 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



"There is a s[)ecies of Sargus, very abundant here, which I take to be 



your S. Holbrookii, as I know of no other Sargiis ou our coast " 



(From the description which Professor Jordan includes in his letter, I 

 have no difficulty iu recognizing the Sargus which he hiis observed as S. 

 Ilolbroolcii.) " This fish abounds off the wharves here. ... The fisher- 

 men call it Pinflsh (Paufish?), not distinguishing it from Lagodon. I 

 have obtained 50 or more specimens, all of them about 3 inches long; 



none over four Color silvery ; bluish above; a few rather 



faint narrow dark bars along the sides and a broad and conspicuous 

 dark blotch at base of caudal peduncle above, extending down the sides 



like a bar. Specimens seen, all small The black bar on 



the caudal peduncle is very conspicuous. The fish may be known by 

 this spot when in the water." 



Table of Measurements. 



CniTBiit number of specimen [20,979 a.l20,97i) 6. 20,979 c. 20,979 d. 20,979 e. [20,979/. 



Locality I Savannah Bank, Charleston. 



Length to end of middle candal rays millimetres. 



Body : 



nei "ht at ventrals 



Least height of tail '. 



Head : 



Greates't length 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Lengt h of maxillary 



Length of mandible 



Diameter of eye 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Greatest height 



Length of first spine 



Lengtli of second spine 



Length of last spine 



Dorsal (saft): 



Length of first raj' 



Length i 1 longest ray 



Li-ngth of last ray 



Anal : 



Dista'- ce from snout 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



Lenglh of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last I'ay 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Lenglh of superior external rays 



Pect.f^ral : 



Di-stance from snout 



Length 



Ven ral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Vent al 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Num'ier of tjansvorse rows above lateral line 



Number of transverse rows Ijelow lateral line 



256 



.41 



.09J 



.261 



.m 



.10 

 .09 

 .10 

 .06 



.41 

 ,10 i 

 .04 i 

 .051, 

 .07^ 



.07 

 • 07J 

 .06i 



• 07§ 

 .074 

 •07i 

 .06Jj 



■ 09.i 

 .24 



.28i 

 .32J 



.41 



. 00; 



.26: 



.09 

 .10 

 .09; 

 AOi 



.41 



.ICi 

 .04 



300 



.41J 

 .091 



. 261 



■ on 



.10 



.095 

 .10' 

 ■ C6J 



.41 

 .12 



.03i 

 .07 

 .07 



.60: 

 .05 



. 08.\ 

 . Ogi 

 .08 

 . CS 



. 09.\ 

 .24j 



.28 

 .33i 



.36 



.21* 



VI" 



xri, 14 



III, 14 



16 



1,5 



60 

 8 

 16 



.41 



.031 



"I 

 .26i[ 

 .09 



. loy 



.09 

 . 101! 

 .06i' 



.04i 



.oei 



.071 



.0741 



. 07V 



.10 



.28 

 .31^ 



.I9i 



VI 



XII, 13 



III, 13 



15 



1,5 



60 



8 



16 



.42 

 .10 



.2(1^ 



.09 



.lOJ 



. 094 



.I't 



.OdJ 



.44 

 .11 

 .03 J 

 .06 

 .08 



.08 

 .08 



■ m 



.04i 

 .Or^ 

 -08i 

 .081 



. Of;.t 



.095 



.29^ 

 .34 



.361 



.90' 



VI 



XII, 14 



III, 13 



16 



1,5 



60 



8 



16 



.26J 

 .09 

 .10 

 .091 



■ m 



.OCi 



.41 



■ lOi 



.OU 



. 05i 

 .07i 



.07 

 .07 



.62 

 .041 

 .08 

 .074 



.on 



.07^ 

 .06 



.10 

 .24J 



.28 

 .30i 



.35 



.19 



VI 



XII, 14 



in, 13 



16 



1.5 



61 



Washington-, D. C, August 12, 1878. 



