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above the snout. Mouth oblique, the lower jaw scarcely shorter than 

 the upper; the maxillary extending to below the middle of the small 

 eye. Teeth as in S. punctata, but with series of larger teeth less devel- 

 oped and the villiform band broader. Preorbital full, cavernous ; pre- 

 opercle cavernous, its margin with a few strong teeth. Pseudobranchise 

 well developed. Gill-rakers long and slender. Dorsal spines slender; 

 caudal strongly convex; second anal spine rather long, slender, nearly 

 as long as soft rays. Ventral outline nearly straight. Vent a little 

 nearer preopercular margin than base of caudal. Pectorals short, not 

 reaching tips of ventrals. Head 3| in length; depth 3. D. XI, I, 22; 

 A. II, 9; Lat. 1. 50. West Indies, north to Virginia. Here described 

 from a specimen from Pensacola. 



{Bodianus steUifer Bloch, Iclitli. taf. 231: Cheilodipterus aeoupa Lac^pfede, iii, 546: 

 Corvina trisjnnosa Cuv. & Val. v, 109: Romoprion lanceolatus Holb. Ich. S. Car. 1860, 

 167 : Sciwiia lanceolata Giinther, ii, 289 : Stelliferus lanceolatus Gill, Report U. S. Fish 

 Coinm. 1872-73, 805 : ? Corvina stellifera Giinther, ii, 299= CojTina microps Steind. Ichth. 

 Notiz. i, 6, 1864, said to be distinguished from S. stellifera by the smaller eye (6 in head), 

 narrower interorbital space (2^ in head) and weaker serrae on the' preoxiercle. Per- 

 haps more than one species is here included.) 



h. Head normal, narrow between the eyes. {Bairdicllal GiU.) 



§98. S. punctata (Linn.) J. & G. — Silver Perch ; Yellow-tail ; Mademoiselle. 



Greenish above, silvery below, each scale with a series of dark j^unc- 

 tulations through the centre, usually very conspicaous, sometimes ob- 

 scure, these forming narrow somewhat irregular streaks along the sides ; 

 fins plain, the caudal yellowish. Body oblong, compressed, rather robust. 

 Head compressed, conical, not specially depressed, nor broadened; pre- 

 operculum scarcely cavernous, strongly serrated or spinous at its angle; 

 interorbital region depressed, transversely convex, narrower than eye. 

 Mouth rather large, somewhat oblique, maxillary reaching about to 

 middle of orbit; jaws sutequal ; both jnws with stout recurved teeth, 

 behind which in the upper jaw are a few series of smaller teeth; teeth 

 in the lower jaw mostly in one series, outside of which are a few smaller 

 teeth. Dorsal spines moderate; anal fin small, placed unusually far 

 back, coterminous with the second dorsal Second anal spine strong, 

 nearly as long as the soft rays. Scales jn less oblique series than usual. 

 Gill-rakers long and slender. Soft dorsal and anal fins considerably 

 scaly; pectoral fin quite short, not reaching halfway to anal ; caudal fin 

 double truncate. Lower pharyngeals small, with sharp teeth. Eye 



* Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 83: type Bodianus argyroleucua Miich.. (Dedi- 

 cated to Spencer F. Baird.) 



