916 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NOETH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY — IV. 



Page 468. Under Chcenohrytttis gulosus read: "Head2J; depth 2^." 



Page 482. Under Lepomis Jiolhrooki read: "Head 3"5 and under Le- 

 po7ms notatus read: "D. X, 12." 



Page 485. Instead of Micropterns dolomieii, read 31. dolomiei. This 

 personal name should have the genitive form. 



Page 523. Under Perca, tenth line from bottom, add : "Lower limb of 

 l)reopercle with strong antrorse teeth." 



Page 525, tenth line, under Stizostediwn, add: "Lower limb of jire- 

 opercle with a few antrorse teeth." 



Page 532. After Polyprion oxygenius add: 



273 (?>).— BRACHYRHIWrUS Gill. 

 (Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236: type Serranus creolus C. & V.) 



Body oblong-ovate, compressed; head short, the j)rofile convex, the 

 snout short and blunt ; jaws and all the bones of the head covered with 

 imbricated scales. Scales of body very small. Mouth rather small, 

 oblique, the lower jaw iirojecting. No supplemental maxillary. Teeth 

 as in Serranus, but the lateral teeth small, not canine-like. Preopercle 

 evenly serrate. Dorsal spines 9, none of them produced in filaments; 

 fins all low ; caudal fin forked. Warm seas. 



§35 (/*). B. fwrcifcr (C. & V.) Poey. 



Eed or reddish, with three small violet spots on the side of the back 

 and one on the tail; sides with oblique streaks; dorsal fin with a longi- 

 tudinal blackish streak. Snout short, scarcely longer than the large 

 eye; maxillary reaching to below middle of eye; preopercle finely and 

 evenly serrate. Gill rakers slender. Dorsal spines low, nearly uni- 

 form, but longer than the soft rays; second anal spine rather longer 

 than third; pectoral long and pointed, longer than head; caudal deeply 

 forked. Head 3J; depth 2|-. D. IX, 19; A. HI, 9; scales 10-83-85. 

 Tropical America, generally abundant both in the Atlantic and Pacific ; 

 recorded by Dekay from near Xew York. This record is doubtful, al- 

 though the occurrence of the species within our limits is very probable. 



(Serranus furcifer and creolus Cn\. &Val., ii,264, 265, 1828: Brachyrlimus creolusGWl, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 249 : Brachyrhinus a-cohis Poey, Auu. Lye. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y. 1871, 46: Corvina oxi)pteraJ)e\&j, N. Y. Fauua Fish. 1842, 77: Antldas furcifer 

 Gthr. i, 91 : S^erraiius creolus aud colonus Gthr. i, 100, 101.) 



Paee 533. After Serranus atrarius add: 



