308 SCI.KNID.K. 



7. Otolithus thalassinus, 

 P Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. V.i2. pi. 18. f. 2. 



D. 9 I -. A. -^. L. lat. 73. Cacc. pylor. 4. 



The height of the bod)'- is 5^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 34 ; the diameter of the eye is 6^ in the latter ; the upper jaw 

 reaches to the posterior margin of the orbit. The lateral line very 

 shghtly bent downwards in the middle of its length. The lower jaw 

 is the longer ; iiraeopercuhim with the angle rounded and projecting, 

 scarcely denticulated. Caudal fin truncated. Above dusky, sides 

 and belly yellowish, fins immaculate. Pseudobranchiae. 



Sea of Charleston Bar ; Gulf of Mexico. 



a. Fine specimen. Gulf of Mexico. From the Haslar Collection. 



y. Ocolithus leiarchus, 

 CVr. Si- Val. v. p. 78. 



I^-^I^I^- ^^-n- L- lat. 120.. 

 The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is nearly one-eighth of the latter. 

 No canines in the lower jaw, those of the upper moderate. The upper 

 maxillary reaches nearly to the posterior margin of the orbit ; lower 

 jaw very projecting. Prseopcrculum scarcely denticulated, with the 

 angle rounded and projecting. P,seudobranchiic. Caudal fin trun- 

 cated. Coloration uniform. 

 South America. 



a. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Par zudaki. 

 h. Fine specimen. 8. America. 

 0. Adult: stuffed. 



9. Otolithus nothus. 



Holbr. Iclith. S. Carol, p. 134. pi. 19. f. 1. 



D. 10 I -^,. A. |. L. lat. 60. Caec. pylor. 4. 



I 24-25 9 t. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3-i. The snout is somewhat pointed, with the lower jaw pro- 

 minent, but rather short, a little longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is one-fifth of the length of the head. The upper maxillary 

 reaches to ])elow the middle of the orbit. The lateral line strongly 

 curved downwards, below the notch of the dorsal fin. Pra;oper- 

 culum with the angle rounded and projecting, not denticulated. Cau- 

 dal fin with an oblique notch. Coloration uniform, back with indi- 

 stinct oblique streaks. 



Coast of S. Carolina ; Caribbean Sea. 



a, h. Adult: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Paniell's Collection. 

 Although Holbrook gives twenty-eight rays for the dorsal fin, I 



