PROCEEDINOS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 137 

 Table of Measurements — Continued. 



Current nuinber of specimen 

 Locality — 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays < j^ JJ 



Pectoral : 



Distance from suout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



8m)erior- 

 erior . 



T J.1 C on left side . . . 



L^'iS*^ i on right side . 



Branchiostegals . 



Dorsal 



Anal . 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral liue 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



Savannah Bank, 

 Charleston, S. C. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



VU 

 XIL 11 

 IU,8 



n,15 

 1,5 



54 

 9 

 19 



lOOtbs 



of 

 length. 



15.2 



25.0+ 

 25.0+ 



29.5 

 24.2 



35.6 



19.6 



21,224 b. 



Savannah Bank, 

 Charleston, S. C. 



MUli- 

 metres. 



lOOths 

 I of 

 I length. 



vn 

 xn.ii 



111,8 



11,16 



1,5 



55 



9 



20 



14.2 

 24.2 



29.5 



22.5 



35.8 



21,338. 

 Pensacola, Fla. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



VU 



xn,ii 



LQ,8 



+ 18 + 



n,i5 



L5 



54 



9 



20 



lOOths 



of . 



length. 



16 • 



30 



29.5 



29 

 26.3 



35.5 

 19.5 

 21 



.49. Lutjanus caxis (Schuoider) Poey. 



The Museum has a specimen, No. 5,138, collected in West Florida by 

 Kaiser and Martiu. Length 10 inches. D. X, 14; A. Ill, 8. L. lat.41. 



50. Lutjanus Stearnsii Goode & Bean. — Mangrove Snapper. 



Luijanus Stearnsii Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 1879, p. 179. 



A single specimen, No. 21,337, 19f inches, the type of the description 

 of the species. 



51. Lutjanus Blackfordii Goode & Bean. — Bed Snapper. 



Lutjanus Blackfordii Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 1879, p. 176. 



A fine specimen. No. 21,330, 20 inches long, was sent from Pensacola 

 by Mr. Stearns in May, 1878, which served as one of the types for the 

 description of the species. 



A young individual. No. 21,403, was also sent, which shows some 

 interesting variations from the adult, as indicated in the following 

 table of measurements. 



The principal characters of the young as varying from the adult are 

 (1) the greater length of the head, (2) the lesser length of the snout, 

 (3) the greater diameter of the eyes, (4) the greater length of the paii-ed 

 ftns, (5) the greater height of the azygos fins, (0) the stouter proportions 

 of the caudal. 



