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SPHYKNID^. 



216. Sphyrua zygsena, (Linn.) Miill. & Henle. 

 Indian Eiver. 



217. Reniceps tiburo, (Linn.) Gill. 



GALEORHINIDiE. 



218. Isogomphodoii luaculipiiuus, Poey.* 



219. Galeocerdo tigrinus, Miill. & Heule.* 



220. Eulaniia Milberti, (Miill. & Henle) Gill. . 

 Indian Eiver. 



GINGLYMOSTOMATID^. 



221. Ginglymostoma cirratum, (Gmel.) M. &. 11. 



PETROMYZONTID^. 



222. Petromyzon marinus, Linn. — Lamper-ecl. 



BRANCHIOSTOMID^. 



223. Branchiostoma lubricum, Costa. 



CATAIiOCrX: of a COI>r.ECTION of FISHFS »FIVT FROm PFIVSACO* 

 LA., FI.ORIDA, AIVD VICIIVITV, BY MR. $liir,AS STEARIV8, iriTK 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX IVE^V SPECIES. 



By O. BRO\l^]V OOODE and TARI.ETOI\ H. BEAN. 



The publication of the following list of fishes, collected by Mr. Stearns 

 in the vicinity of Pensacola, Florida, is a preliniinary step to the work of 

 identifying and describing the large collections from the Gulf of Mexico 

 now in the possession of the National Museum. 



The fishes enumerated below were obtained in the winters of 1877-8 

 and 1878-9 by Mr. Stearns in the leisure hours of an active business life. 

 Many of the larger species were forwarded to Washington in ice, and 

 casts of them have been made in plaster. Mr. Stearns has usually sent 

 interesting notes with each specimen, relating to the life-history of the 

 species. We have refrained from publishing these, hoping that he will 

 himself give them to science in a more complete form. 



The common names i)ul)lislied are those in use at Pensacola. The 

 numbers in parentheses following the IMuseum catalogue numbers refer 

 to Mr. Stearns's collecting record. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washinyion, May 'Z7, 1879. 



1. MALTHElDiE. 



1. Malthe cubifrons Rieliardson. 



A single specimen, No. 22,833, was sent by Mr. Stearns. The Museum 

 has other specimens from West Florida — Nos. 21,467, 5,768, and 20,485. 

 The radial formula in all is D. 4; A. 4; V. I, 5; P. 13. No. 21,467 is 

 12i mches long, an enormous size f(»r this fish. 



