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forked, the upper lobe nearly as long as head. Pectorals as long as 

 head, reaching slightly past vent. Head 3|-, depth 2^. D. XIII, 12; 

 A. Ill, 11; P. 16; scales 5-46-14. Southern Florida. 



(Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 

 l>h. Anterior teetli little larger than the others, not canine-like. {Gi-atnmatcus Poey.) 

 876 (/). C. medaus (Poey) J. & G. 



Olivaceous, rather dusky; body and vertical fins with obscure bars 

 of dark olive, which mostly disappear with age; preorbital with nar- 

 row, horizontal bluish stripes; ventrals pale. Body rather elongate, 

 comparatively elliptical; the back less arched than in other species; 

 the anterior profile moderately curved. Preorbital deep, 2^ in head; 

 maxillary 2^j in head. Eye small, i)laced high, 4 in head. Anterior 

 teeth small, scarcely enlarged, none of them canine-like; molars mostly 

 in three series above, two below. Spines low, slender; soft dorsal low; 

 caudal less deeply forked than usual ; anal spines graduated ; pectoral 

 comparatively short, as long as head, reaching a little past vent. Dis- 

 tance from base of pectoral to base of dorsal less than head. Head 3 J; 

 depth 2f. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 9; scales 5-46-11, 16 in a series between 

 dorsal and nape. L. 10 inches. ' Florida to Cuba. 



{Grammateiis mecUus Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1872, 18.3.) 

 877. C. mimeri (G. & B.) J. & G. 



This species belongs to the genus Calanms, and is very closely 

 allied to C. medius, from which it may be distinguished by the following 

 characters: No blue stripes on preorbital; ventrals blackish. Back 

 more arched than in medius, the anterior profile less convex; dis- 

 tance from axil of pectoral to front of dorsal greater than length of 

 head. Eye 4 in head (not 5 as in C. mkrt.ps Guichenot a Cuban 

 species, with which it agrees in other respects). Scales above lateral 

 line smaller. Scales 6-47-13; about 26 in a series before dorsal. Head 

 3f; depth 21 



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The coloration of this species as shown in specimens from Pensacola 

 is as follows: Light crimson, shaded with golden olive; sides and below 

 silvery, flushed with red ; many scales of back and sides each with a 

 small round spot of deep purplish blue, these forming longitudinal 

 streaks below and broken oblique streaks above lateral line ; a few blue 

 spots on nape and opercle; fins largely orange, shaded with pink. We 

 find no account of the presence of blue spots in the European variety 

 of this species. 



