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versicolor. Profile steep, with a strong depression above eye; the 

 snout rather pointed ; occipital region carinate. Front teeth small, in 

 a close-set band, the outer series a little enlarged, compressed and lance- 

 olate, much as in versicolor. Molars in two rows in each jaw. Gill- 

 rakers very short. A strong procumbent spine before dorsal; first and 

 second dorsal spines very short ; third dorsal spine more or less fila- 

 mentous, reaching past middle of soft dorsal; ijectoral a little longer 

 than head, reaching soft rays of anal. Scaly part of cheek as deep as 

 tong (in A. versicolor considerably longer than deep). Second inter- 

 spinal of anal quill-shaped as in Calamus. Head 3f ; depth 2. D. 

 Xir, 12; A. HI, 12; scales about 7-48-14. West coast of Florida, in 

 rather deep water. Distinguished from A. versicolor by the deeper 

 cheek and i)reorbital, the different form of the body, and the diflerence 

 in the dorsal spines. 



(Stenotomus caprinus Bean, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mns. 1882.) 



On page 560, after Diplodus caitdimacula, add : 



885 {h}. D, carabsBUS (Poey) J. & G. — Sargo. 



Steel-brown, with golden-yellow longitudinal stripes, which scarcely 

 extend on the head, 3 above, 5 or G below the lateral line ; a black spot 

 at the shoulder; dorsal yellowish, with a faint dusky median stripe ; 

 ventrals orange in the females, yellowish and punctate in the males ; 

 tinal similarly colored. Body deep; snout obtuse; maxiHary reaching 

 lieyond posterior nostril; molars in two rows; incisors broad, entire; 

 second anal spine much longer and larger than third; pectoral long and 

 pointed; caudal forked. Head 4^ (in total); depth 2f. D. XIII, 11 ; 

 A. Ill, 10. West Indies, north to Key West {Poey in lit.). 



(Sargus carihwus Poey, Memorias, ii, 1860, 197, and in Synops. Pise. Cabeus. 309.) 



Page 563. After Apogon americanus add : 



889 (&). A. maeulaicas (Poey) J. & G. 



Uniform bright scarlet ; a round black spot below second dorsal and 

 another on side of caudal peduncle above median line. Maxillary 2 in 

 head, reaching beyond pupil ; eye very large, 3 in head; preopercle dis- 

 tinctly serrulate ; pectoral 1^ in head, a little shorter than caudal. Head 

 2| ; depth 2 1. D. YI-I, 7 ; A. II, 8 ; scales 2^-26-7. L. 3 inches. West 

 Florida to Cuba. 



(Monoprion maculatus Poey, Mem. Cubaii, 123, 186iJ: Amia viacuJata Foey. Syn. Pise. 

 Cub. 304, 1868; Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 279.; 



It is doubtful whether Apogon americanus has ever been really taken 



