4. UMBurxA. 275 



green, with fifteen or twenty oblique bluish streaks on each side ; 

 fins brownish. ( Veil.) 

 Canaries. 



3. Umbrina ronchus. 



? Valeftc. in Webb ^ Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Ues Canar. Ichth. p. 24. 

 D. 10 1 „„ J ^ , . A. I-. L. lat. 60. L. transv. I. 



I 29 (25 Val.) 7 15 



Barbel very short. The height of the body is 3| in the total 

 length, the length of the head four times ; the diameter of the eye 

 is 4^ in the length of the head. Praeoperculum rectangular, with 

 stronger denticulations at the angle ; suprascapula serrated. Cau- 

 dalis truncated ; the ventral and pectoral fins equal in length ; the 

 second anal spine strong, its length being 2| in that of the head. 

 Uniform brown, golden -shining. 



Sea of Madeira. 



«. Fine specimen (16 inches long). Madeira. Presented by the Rev. 

 E. T. Lowe. 



4. Umbrina alburnus. 



Albm-nus americanus, Catesb. Hist. Nut. Carol, ii. p. 12. pi. 12. f. 2. 

 Perea albunuis, L. Si/st. Nat. p. 482; Bl. Sckn. p. 87; Schuepff in 



Schrift. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, viii. p. 102. 

 Centropomus alburnus, Lacep. iv. pp. 249, 257, 204. 

 Sciaena alburnus, Gronoi\ Syst. ed. Gray, p. 51 *. 

 Umbrina alburnus, Holbr. Ichthyol. S. Carol, p. 1.36. pi. 20. f. 2. 



D-10|.^6- ^^-i- Ccec. pylor. 7. 



Barbel short, not half the width of the eye. The height of the 

 body is 4| in the total length, the length of the head 4^ ; the dia- 

 meter of the eye is 7^ in the length of the head, and 2| in that of 

 the snout. Praeoperculum Avithout distinct denticulations ; supra-- 

 scapula serrated. The third dorsal spine shorter than the head. 

 Caudahs obliquely truncated ; tlie anal spine very feeble. Seven 

 oblique dusky bands descend from the back to below the lateral line ; 

 they are sometimes interrupted and appear as irregular hlotclus. 

 Fins more or less translucent. No air-bladder. 



Shores of the United States, south of Cape Hatteras. 



a. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



5. Umbrina nebulosa. 



Sciaena nebulosa, 3Iitch. Trans. Lit. iy Pliil. Soc. Neio York, i. 1815, 



p. 408. pi. 3. f. 5. 

 Umbrina alburnus, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 180 ; Dehay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 78. pi. 7. f. 20; Baird, Ninth Smithson. Report, p. 301. 



D. 10 I ^. A. |. L. lat. 98. L. transv. -i. C^c. pylor. 9. 



Vert. 11/14. 

 Barbel short, not half the Avidth of the eye. The height of tlx- 

 * " Maxilla inferior imberbis;' probably coijied from Liiiut-. 



