556 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



877. S. maSaicH (Goode & Bean) J. & G. 



Dull silvery with brown cross-bands. Form of Diplodus argyrops. 

 Diameter of eye equalling length of opercle; eye about 4 in head, less 

 than 1^ in snout. Preorbital nearly as high as long, with the edge nearly 

 straight. Five series of scales between the preorbital and angle of pre- 

 opercle. Three series of mohirs in the upper jaw, two in the lowei-; 

 front teeth not described. Head 3^; depth 2^. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 10; 

 L. lat. 48; L. transv. -^^4. {Goode & Bean.) Charlotte Harbor, Fla. 



(Fagellus milneri Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 134, 1879.) 



aa. Anterior teeth canine-like. 



b. Molar teeth above in two series. (Pagrus* Cuvier.) 



818. S. pagraas L. 



Silvery; back rose-colored. Upper profile of the head parabolic; an 

 obtuse prominence before jthe upper anterior angle of the eye; preor- 

 bital a third higher than long, with an iucision in front. No procum- 

 bent dorsal spiue. Dorsal si)iues not elongate; second anal spine 

 stronger but not longer than the third, one-fourth the length of the 

 head; pectoral elongate, reaching the fourth soft ray of the anal. Eye 

 Ij^ in interorbital space; 1| in snout. Head 3; depth 2|. D. XII, 10; 

 A. Ill, 8; scales 6-50-10. Mediterranean Sea and neighboring waters; 

 occasional on our South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 



(L. Syst. Nat.: Sjjants argenteus Bloch & Schneider, 1801, 271: Pafjrus vulgaris 

 Giiuther, i, 463: Pagriis argenteiin Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1879, 133.) 



SYi). S. cBiB'j^sops L.—Porgee. 



Color ne;irly plain dull silvery; axil dusky; ventrals dark. Back 

 elevated; head large and heavj^; eye large, placed high; preorbital 

 very large, its diameter half greater than that of eye; interorbital area 

 very convex. Six strong conical teeth in front of upi^er jaw, and 8 in 

 lower; about 2 rows of molars, the inner series larger. Five rows of 

 scales on the widest part of the cheek, 4 on the interopercle; breast 

 scales large. A procumbent spine before the dorsal; dorsal spines 

 rather high; second and third anal spines about equal; caudal forked; 

 pectoral long and falcate, reaching the last anal spine; ventrals moder- 

 ate. Head 3; depth 2i. D. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 11; Lat. 1. 52. South 

 Atlantic coast; abundant; long overlooked by naturalists, lately re- 

 discovered by Mr. R. E. Earll. 



(Sjaarus chrysops Li. Syst. Nat.; Goode MSS.) 



* Cuvier, Regne Anim. ed. 2, 1817: type Sjjarus 2)agnis L. {ndypoi, the ancient 

 name of the typical species.) 



