958 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



Page 740. After GoMesox stru7nosus. add: 

 1147 (h). O. virgatMlus J. & G. 



Olivaceous, with paler spots and fine black dots; the whole body cov- 

 ered with wavy, longitudinal lines of a light or?nge color (fading in 

 spirits); vertical fins dusky, somewhat barred; caudal tipped with 

 yellowish. Body rather slender; cheeks prominent; mouth reaching 

 front of orbit; lower jaw somewhat included; teeth above in a narrow 

 band; four of the outer somewhat enlarged; incisors of lower jaw 

 entire; ventral disk a little shorter than head. Eyes small, 4 in head, 

 less than half the broad interorbital space. Head 3; its width 3^; 

 depth G. D. 10; A. 8. L. 1^ inches. Pensacola, Florida. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 293.) 



Page 751. No. 1149 (6), Batrachus parclus Goode & Bean, should 

 probably be considered a distinct species. It is a deep-water form, with 

 flabby skin. 



Page 751. Instead of Porichthys porosissimus read: 

 1150. p. marg^aritatus (Rich.) J. & G. 



Omit from the synonymy Batrachus porosissimus C. & V. (a species 

 from Surinam, the identity of which with our species is not proven) 

 and insert {Batrachus margaritatus Richardson, Voyage Sulphur. Fishes, 

 67). P. margaritatus appears to range from Lower California to Van- 

 couver's Island. 



Page 752. After P. margaritatus add : 

 1150 (h). P. plectrodon J. & G. 



Coloration essentially as in P. margaritatus^ but rather paler and 

 more golden; the lines of pores and shining spots very similar. Pala- 

 tines each with few teeth (4 or 5) ; 1 to 3 of these developed as very 

 strong canines (usually much larger than the canines on vomer), which 

 are strongly curved forwards and inwards (in P. margaritatus the pala- 

 tine teeth are more numerous, subequal, small, much smaller than ca- 

 nines on vomer). Head 3f ; depth 5|. D. 11-37; A. 34; V. I, 2. L. 8 

 inches. South Carolina to Texas. 



(.Tonlau & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1832, 291.) 



Page 757. After Ghasniodes quadrifasciatus add: 

 1154 (&). C saburrae J. & G. 



Male deep olive, with dark cross-shades; numerous pale spots on the 

 sides which form undulating lines converging backwards; dark stripes 



