914 CONTEIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



a distinct genus. In very young specimens of 0. occidentalis the upper 

 jaw is protractile as usual in Carangidce. 



Page 448. Instead of Pomatomus saltator read : 

 •yO§. p. sa,Itatrix (L.) Gill. 



^^ Saltatrix,''^ as used by Linnaeus, was an old proper name. 



Page 451. Instead of Stromateus alepidotus read : 



710. S. paru L. 



In the description (p. 451) read pectoral much longer than head, and 

 add to the synonymy : 



(Stromateus paru L. Syst. Nat. ed. ii, 248; based on a figure and description in 

 Sloane's "Jamaica"): Seserinus xanthurus Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. 384: 

 Bliomhus xanthurus C. & V. ix, 405; not Stromateus paru, Bloch.) 



Page 452. The genus ^^Mupus^' Cocco (Su alcuni nuovl Pesci del Mar 

 di Messina, in Giorn. Scienz. Lett. Arti per la Sicilia, xxvi, No. 77) is, 

 according to Dr. Giglioli {in lit.), probably identical with Lirus; Mupus 

 imperiaUs Cocco being thought to be the same as Linis ovalis. As there 

 is some uncertainty, it is probably best, however, not to adojit the name 

 Mupus. 



Page 454. Instead of Coryphcena punctulata read : 



715. C. eqwasetas L. — Small DolpMn. 



Bluish above, paler below, and yellowish; sides immaculate, or 

 sprinkled with small, irregular blue spots; larger spots along base of 

 dorsal; dorsal dark blue, usually marked with wavy lines or rows of 

 spots; anal without spots. Profile of snout not becoming vertical with 

 age; ventrals moderate, inserted somewhat behind the pectorals. D. 

 51 to 56 ; A. 24 to 26. Length 2^ feet. Pelagic; not rare on our South 

 Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



(L. Syst. Nat.; Gunther, ii, 407; Liitl%en, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, 483: Lampugus 

 punctulatus C. & V. ix, 327, Cornphwna punctulata Gunther, ii, 408 : Coryphaina immacy,- 

 lata Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 245; Lowe, Fishes Madeira, 67.) 



Page 455. Instead of Coryphcena sueuri read: 



716. CIiappMrtis L. — Great Dolphin. 



Colors brilliant in life, changing suddenly at death ; brownish-olive 

 above, white or golden below, with bright blue spots, the largest on the 

 back and head, forming bands on the snout; dorsal purplish-blue, with 

 paler oblique lines; other fins tinged with blue; caudal yellow; inspirits, 

 pale with blackish spots on the lower parts. MaxiUary reaching middle 

 of eye; profile of snout becoming nearly vertical with age ; front of anal 



