ADDENDA — 88. SPAKID^ — CALAMUS. 927 



of mouth orange; fins pale; young with 5 or dark olive bars; caudal 

 faintly barred. Body deep, the back considerably elevated; muzzle 

 prolonged, the profile somewhat arched; eye large, Sf in head. Canine 

 teeth rather long and strong, all similar, usually about 8 in each jaw 

 outside of the cardiform band. Caudal deeply forked; anal spines 

 graduated ; pectoral long, somewhat longer than head, reaching past 

 anal spines. Depth of ])reorbital 2}^ in head. Head 3;^; depth 2. D. 

 XII, 12; A. Ill, 10. Tropical America, north to Soutli Carolina and 

 Lower California. 



(Sparus hajonado Blocli & Schneider, Syat. Ichtli. 1801, 284: PagcUus caninns Poey, 

 Mem. Cuba, ii, 468, 18G1 : Calamus bajonado Poey, Ann. Lye. Hist. N. Y. x, 176, 1872: 

 Spar us brachysomus Lockington Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 283.) 



876 (d). C. maci'ops Poey. 



Pale olivaceous, somewhat silvery; sides with obscure olivaceous 

 bands, especially in the j'oung; i^reorbital not striped; ventrals pale. 

 Body broad-ovate, compressed, the back elevated, the anterior profile 

 slightly ciirved, not very steep. Preorbital deeper than long, Its depth 

 nearly half head. A sharp-edged bony prominence before eye. Eye 

 large, 3 in head, about as long as maxillary. Front teeth slender, little 

 enlarged, about 12 in the outer series in each jaw; molars rather small, 

 in 3 rows above and 2 below. Scales above lateral line, in series par- 

 allel with the lateral line. Procumbent spine of dorsal concealed. Fins 

 low; caudal moderately forked. Pectoral long, a little longer than 

 head, reaching second anal spine, which is little enlarged, little longer 

 than third. Head 3J; depth 2-^-. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 11; scales 

 7-53-17. Cuba, north to Garden Key, Florida. 



(Calamus macrops Puey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. x, 181, 1872.) 



Sie (0* C. arctifroMS Goode & Bean. 



Light olive, with bright reflections ; sides with obscure dark cross- 

 bars; head without distinct markings; fins nearly plain, all pale. 

 Body oblong-ovate, more elongate than- usual in this genus, the ante- 

 rior profile being very convex. Mouth rather large; maxillary 2^- in 

 head, reaching front of orbit. Front teeth in both jaws rather strong, 

 all similar, somewhat canine-like, to 8 in each jaw ; upper molars in 

 2 rows anteriorly and 3 posteriorly ; lower in 2 rows ; a conspicuous 

 pore with a dermal tiap on each side of snont. Preorbital very deep, 

 its depth 3.\ in head. Eye small, 3f in head, placed very high. Dorsal 

 spines slender, the longest 3j in head, about equal to longest soft ray. 

 Anal spines small, graduated, the third 4 in head. Caudal deeply 



