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in any of Poey's lists of the fishes of Cuba. It is, therefore, an im- 

 portant addition to onr fauna. Tliis specimen a<^rees very fully with 

 Giinther's descrij)tion of Vmbrina broussoneti, and with Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes's description of Umbrina coroides. C. & V.'s description of 

 U. brotissoneti gives the number of rays in the dorsal fin as X. I, 25. 

 My specimens have D. X. I, 28. 



GERRID^. 



9. Gerres plumieri Cuv. & Val. 



A single fine specimen of this beautiful species. It has not been pre- 

 viously recorded from the coasts of the United States. 



SPARID^. 



10. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Holbr. 



PRISTIPOMATID^. 



11. Lutjanus ca^s (Schneider) Poey. 

 A single fine specimen. 



CENTRARCHID^. 



12. Micropterus pallidus (Eaf.) Gill & Jordan. 



Dr. Leon Vaillant (Mission Scientifique an Mexique: ined.) divides 

 this species provisionally into two, adopting the name ^' 3ficropterus 

 salmoides^^ for the ordinary form, and that of Micropterus miecensis 

 (Baird & Girard) for the southwestern form (Texas and Mexico). Ac- 

 cording to him the two are externally identical, but 3L miecensis is dis- 

 tiuguished by the presence of a small patch of teeth on the tongue, the 

 tongue being entirely smooth in the ordinary form. 



I have examined a number of specimens in regard to this point. 



I find lingual teeth in the following specimens : 



(1.) Two specimens, one large one small, from the Falls of the Ohio. 



(2.) One small specimen from a tributary of White River at Bloom- 

 ington, Ind. 



(3.) One specimen (in the museum at Paris) from Texas. 



I find them absent in the following : 



(1.) Several specimens in Henshall's collection from Indian Eiver. 



(2.) Specimen from Neuse River. 



(3.) Specimens from White River at Indianapolis. 



(4.) Specimens from Lake Erie. 



The presence of these teeth evidently does not depend on age, and 

 apparently not on sex. It may be a specific feature, but I am inclined 

 at present to think it only a feature of individual variation. I have not 

 seen such teeth in the small-mouthed black bass. 



