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 Table of Measurements — Continued. 



Cnrrent number of specimen . 

 Locality 



Dorsal (spinous): 



Distance from snout 



Leufitli of 1 lase 



Length of first spine 



lA-ugtli of sifoiul spine 



Len<itli of (Iiird spine ; 



Length of last spine ; 



Dorsal (soft): 



Length of base 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray •. 



Anal: 



Distauoc from snout 



Length of base 



Leugtli of tii'st spine 



Length (if stcond spine 



Length of third spine 



Length of iiist ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal:" 



Length of niithlle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pcetoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Vent from anal 



Branchiostegals 



Doisal 



Anal 



Caudal 



I'ectoral 



Ventral 



iS^umber of scales in lateral line 



Xuml>er of transverse rows above lateral line. 

 X umber of transverse rows below lateral line. 



5,137 a. 

 West Florida. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



lOOths of 

 length. 



VII 



XI, 18 

 Til, 10 



-f ITA- 

 LIC 

 1.5 



i-!r> 



30 

 60 



37 

 26 



10 

 lOi 



24 

 13 



67 

 17 

 21 



6J 



8 

 14 

 16 



8 



20i 

 23+ 



36 

 19 



38 

 16* 

 6 



5,1376. 

 West Florida. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



lOOthsof 

 length. 



VIT 



XI, 18 



IIL 11 



+17+ 



1,16 



L5 



143 



10 

 10* 



23 

 13i 



7i 



66i 

 18 



3 



6^ 

 ■ 9 

 14 

 15 



7 



60. Trisotropis brunneus Foey. — Black <troiq}cr. 



A siiij^le species of the iL»enus Trisotro^ris is given in Professor Gill's 

 Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America (p. 28), the 

 Trisotropis acutirostris (Cuvier & Valencieiuies) dill. Since there is no 

 specimen of this species in the National Museum, and no record of the 

 occurrence of this species on our coast, we challenge its right to a place 

 among the fishes of our east coast. It was described from the coast of 

 Brazil, and has not l)e<'n satisfactorily identilied since its first description, 

 which was very inadequatelj^ written. 



In Mr. Croode's "Catalogue of the Fishes of tlu' Jiermudas," the Ber- 

 muda Ivock-tisli is identified* as Trisotropis luidulosns (Cuv.) (Jill. A 

 more extended study with c(mii)arisons shows that this name cannot 

 fairly be retained for any Bermuda species. T. nridulosus was originally 

 described by Cuvier and Valenciennes from Brazil.t The only distinct- 

 ive character recorded by tliose authors is the coloration ; all others 

 mentioned apply with etpial force to any other member of the genus. 



*Bullotin of tlie TT. S. National Mnseiim, No. 5, p. 55. 

 tHistoire Naturellc dea Poissous, ii, 1829, p. 295. 



