11. CHOIUNEMUS. 475 



7. Chorinemus occidentalis. 



Brown, Jamaica, p. 452. pi. 46. f. 2 ; Parra, pi. 12. f. 2. 



Gasterosteus occidentalis, L. Si/st. i. p. 490. 



Centronotus argenteus, Lacep. iii. p. 316. 



Lichia quiebra, Quoy ^ Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 365. 



Chorinemus saltans, Cuv. 8f Vul. viii. p. 393. 



quiebra, Cuv. ^ Val. viii. p. 396. 



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

 the head 5| ; the upper maxillary is veiy narrow posteriorly, and 

 reaches to, or nearly to, the vertical from the posterior rim of the 

 orbit. The length of the intermaxillary is one-half that of the 

 head. The snout is little longer than the diameter of the eye. The 

 infraorbital, situated above the maxillary, is generally narrower than 

 the bone next above it*; none of these bones reach to the anterior 

 praeopercular ridge. Coloration uniform. 



Atlantic shores of tropical America. 



a-h. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection. 

 {, Tc. Fine specimens. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



I. Adidt : skin in spirits. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richard- 



son, Esq. 

 m. Half-grown. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 n. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 

 o,p. Adult: stuiFed. Bahia. 

 q. Adult. Old Collection. 

 r. Adult. 

 s. Half- grown. 

 t. Adult stuffed. 



II. Half -grown : stuffed. 



8. Chorinemus guaribira. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. viii. p. 393. 



I>-4U- A.2li 



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

 the head 5|. The upper maxillary is very narrow posteriorly, and 

 reaches beyond the vertical from the posterior rim of the orbit. 

 The snout is little longer than the diameter of the eye. The infra- 

 orbital bones reach to the anteiior praeopercular ridge, cuirassing 

 the cheek. Coloration uniform. 



Coast of Brazil. 



9. Chorinemus saliens. 



Scomber saliens, Bl. taf. 335 ; Bl. Schn. p. 25. 

 Scomberoides saltator, Lacep. ii. pi. 19. f. 2. 



* In some of the spetiiiiens it is broader, as in Ch. salicnb. 



