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Tahle of Measurements. 

 Species, Astroscopus y-grcecum. 



Current mimber of specimen 

 Locality 



I Matanzas River 

 Inlet, Florida. 



Saint John's 

 River, Tlorida. 



Extreme length 



Lengtli to origin of middle caudal rays 

 Body : 



Greatest height 



(Greatest width 



Height at ventrals , - . 



Least height of tail 



Length ol caudal peduncle 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Length of occipital depression 



Width of occipital depression 



Greatest width 



"Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Length of maxillary 



Leniith of mandible 



Distance from snout to orbit 



Diameter of orbit 



Dors;il (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tiist spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of last spine 



Dorsal (soft): 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout , 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal: 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Peetorar: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Brauchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral , 



Xumber of scales in lateral line 



Milli- 

 metres. 



318 

 253 



VI 

 IV, 14 

 13 

 16 

 20 

 6 

 ca. 80 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



24^ 

 24 

 24 

 10 



7i 



37 

 12 



6J 

 27i 

 10 



m 



15 



21 



6 



2S 



35 

 lOJ 



7i 



7 



2 



30 



7 

 18 



6 



31i 

 4 

 14 



»h 



24i 

 23J 



35 

 32 



25 

 22i 



165 

 131 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



VI 



IV, 14 

 13 



28 

 24i 

 24i 

 lOJ 



374 

 lOJ 



28 

 9f 

 3J 



13 



16 



21J 

 6 



37 

 11 



7 

 3 



30J 



21 

 6 



55 

 30 

 4 

 15 



7 



26 



22 



36 

 29 



23 

 23 



2. Astroscopus anoplus (C. «& V.) Brevoort. 



Uranoscopus anoplos Cuv. & Yal., Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 18Jl,p. 493, (described 

 from young specimens sent by Prof. LeConte) : DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. 

 Y., Fishes, 1842, p. 37, pi. xxii, tig. 65: Storeu, Syn. Fishes N. A., 

 1846, p. 46 ("South Carolina, LeConte"); Mem. Amer. Acad., ii, p. 

 298. 

 Astroscopus anoplus Gill ex Bkevoort MSS., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xii, 

 Jan. 1860, p. 20; xiii. May, 1861, p. 114; Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. A., 

 1861, p. 43; Eep. IT. S. Com. Fish., 1873, p. 798: Yarrow, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1877, ]). 207: Jordan & Gilbert, Proc, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., i, 1879, p. 372. 



