ADDENDA 91. SCI^NID^ CORVINA. 931 



on onr coast, or indeed what that species may Uc The ori<;iiial (ypo, in 

 bad condition, has been identified by Vaillant & Bocourt with Apogon 

 florii, a Panama species, and their descriptioTi, copied in the text on 

 page 5G'3, seems to have been drawn from the hitter species, 

 rt. Preopercle entire; scales large. {Apogoniclitluin Blecker. ) 



8§9 (c). A. alutus J. & G. 



Eusty-red, with silvery hister, body and fins very finely speckled with 

 dusky; vertical fins somewhat yellow, their tips dusky with dark points. 

 Mouth very oblique; maxillary 1^ in head, reaching- past pupil; preop- 

 ercle with both ridges entire; eye moderate, 2| in head; second anal 

 spine half length of longest anal ray, 3J in head ; ventrals a little longer 

 than pectorals, not reaching vent. Head 2'^\ depth 2f. D. VI-I, 0; 

 A. II, 8; Lat. 1. 21. L. 2J inches. West Florida. 



{^1 ApogonicUthys imncticiilatus Poey, Repeit. Fis. Xat. I^l. Cuba, ii, '233 (lat. 1. :50); 

 •Tor. & Glib. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18H2, 279.) 



Page 564. Mullus barbatus L. 



Specimens of this species have been obtained at Pensacola, Florida, 

 and at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. The American form (subsp. auratus 

 J. & G.) is distinguishable from the typical harbatus in the lower 

 fins, less blunt snout, shorter mouth, and the presence of two lateral 

 stripes of yellow. From the European variety surmuletus {MuUus sur- 

 nmletus L.), subsp. auratus is known by the lower fins and by the re- 

 placement of the black band on the dorsal fin by a band of yellow. 

 Head .3f ; depth 4. D. VII-I, S; A. II, C. Palatine teeth coarse and 

 granular, forming a large patch. 



(Mullua barhatus auraiin Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 280.) 



Page 569, Instead of Sciwna stellifera read: 

 895. S. lanccolata (Holbr.) Gthr. 



The identity of our species with S. stellifera {trispinosa) is very 

 doubtful. 



Page 570. To the description of Sciccna argyroleuca {punctata) add 

 "lowest tooth of preopercle spinous, directed downward." 



Page 571. Scicena ocellata is known as "Eed-fish" on our (iulf coast. 

 It reaches a weight of 35 to 40 pounds. Old specimens entirely lose 

 the serratures on the preopercle, the edge of the bone becoming mem- 

 branaceous and entire as in " Corvinn.^^ 



