340 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 7; P. 15; V.I, 5; C. + 17 +. L. lat. U; L. 

 transv. ■^. 



The back has a slight tawny hue, interrupted as it blends with the 

 white of the sides by five or six indistinct, scollopy incursions of the 

 body color, giving the upper part of the side of the fish a marbled 

 appearance. 



19. Diapterus homonymus, u. sp. Goode & Bean. 



Eucinostomus argenteiis, Gikard, U. S. & Mex. Bound. Snrv., Vol. II, Part II, 



1859. Idith. p. 17, pi. IX, figs. 9-12 (not Baird & Girard, 1854). 

 Gerres argenteus, Gunther, Cat. Fish Brit. Mas., IV, 1862, p. 256. 



Th^oC specimens (No. 23639), 57-70 millimeters long, from Clear Water 

 Harbor. 



D. IX, 10 ; A. Ill, 7 . L. lat. 47 ; L. transv. ^. 



This species is distinct from Diadems argenteus {Eucinostomus argen- 

 teus of Professor Baird's Eeport on Fishes of Kew Jersey coast), though 

 specifically identical with the forms credited to Gerres argenteus by . 

 Gunther, on the testimony of specimens distributed, under the name 

 Eucinostomus argenteus, hy the Smithsonian Institution. 



SPAEIDiB. 



20. Spams, sp. — Sheepshead. 



A large specimen in salt (No. 23641), from "West Florida," too dilapi- 

 dated for identification. 



R XII, 10 i; A. Ill, 9. L. lat. 55. 



PEISTIPOMATID^. 



21. Haemulon fremebundum, n. sp. Goode & Bean. 



Two specimens (No. 23628), 60 millimeters and 62 millimeters long, 

 were collected by Dr. J. W. Velie, at Clear Water Harbor, Fla. Their 

 general appearance is similar to that of Hcemulon trivittatum (Schn.) 

 Goode {H. capeuna of the Bermuda catalogue), but the body is higher, 

 the number of spines and rays in the dorsal fin is different, and the 

 scales are much larger, particularly upon the sides, and the second 

 anal spine much stronger. The form may possibly correspond to that 

 called by Cuvier, S. eaucUmacula, but the description of this species is 

 so vague that it does not seem justifiable to thus sanction the use of the 

 name ; particularly since Cuvier's species came from Brazil. The diag- 

 nosis here presented is not a complete one, but none better could be pre- 

 pared from our specimens. 



Diagnosis. — Height of body contained 3 times in total length without 

 caudal, 3J in length of fish, caudal included. Length of head equals 

 height of body. Length of snout less than diameter of eye (the speci- 

 mens being young), and contained about four times in the length of the 

 head, and equalling length of operculum. Eye contained in length of 

 head less than three times. Posterior extremity of maxillary extends 

 beyond the vertical through the anterior margin of the orbit, but not 



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