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NOTES OIV A COI^IiECTIOIV OF FISHE*^ FKOM SAINT JOHN'S RIVFR, 

 FliORIDA, OBTAINED BY MB. A. H. CURTISS.. 



By DAVID S. JORDAN. 



A small collection of fishes from Saint John's River was sent to Prof. 

 H. E. Copeland and myself some years ago by Mr. A. H. Curtiss. As 

 this collection contains some specimens of interest, a list is here given: 



1. Siphonostoma sp. {Synfjtudhus Auct.). 



Two specimens of a variety or species of this genus, apparently imde- 

 scribed, are in this collection. I have specimens of three types, sub- 

 species, or species of Siphonostoma from our Atlantic coast, which may 

 be thus compared : » 



These characters are all evidently subject to much variation. If these 

 are true species, they dift'er from each other little more than the two 

 sexes of the same form dift'er. 



It seems to me that the specific names /Mscits,/«sciati<s, viridescens, and 

 pecl'ianus are all based on individuals like those above noted from Wood's 

 Hole. 



2. Aphoristia plagiusa (L.) Jor. & Gill. 



3. Chloroscombrtis chrysuriis (L.") Gill. 



4. Archosargus probatocephalus (Walb.) Gill. 



5. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Holbr. 



6. Micropterus pallidus(Raf.) Gill & Jor. 



7. Epinephelus sp. ? (One A-ery youug specimen.) 



8. Orthopristis fulvomaculatum (Mitch.) Gill. 



9. Gobiosoma alepidotum. (Lac.) Grd. 



10. Chirostoma sp. 



11. Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranz. 



12. Fundulus sp. 



13. Mollienesia latipinna Le Suenr. 



14. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) Goode. 



15. Megalops thrissoides (Bloch) Gilnther (Scales). 



16. Lepidosteus osseus (L.) Ag. (Scales). 



