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33. Vomer setipinnis (Mitchill). 



5265 a, C. M.; 13240 a, I. U. M. Tumaco, Colombia. Jan. 2, 1913. 

 Henn & Wilson. 



Family CENTROPOMID^. 

 34. Centropomus pectinatus Poey. 



5256 a-c, C. M.; 13232 a-d, I. U. M. Cartagena, Colombia. Eigen- 

 mann. 



5258 a, C. M.; 13233 a-b, I. U. M. Buenaventura, Colombia. Eigen- 



mann. 

 5252 a-g, C. M. Rio Vermelho, Bahia. Oct. 24, 1907. J. D. 



Haseman. 



35. Centropomus grandoculatus Jenkins & Evermann. 



5257 c, C. M.; 13234 a-b, I. U. M. Mouth of Rio Dagua, Buena- 

 ventura. Eigenmann. 



D. vii, i. 10, A. iii, 7. Scales 8-54 to 56-13, before first dorsal 25. 



Specimens 4022 and 7743, I. U. M., have D. vii, i. 10. A. iii, 7. 

 Scales 8-54-13, number scales before first dorsal (4022, I. U. M.) 

 24 and (7743, I. U. M.) 26. 



Gilbert & Starks (California Academy of Sciences, Vol. I\', p. 90), 

 say: " C. grandoculatus is certainly not separable from C. mediits 

 Giinther, or from C. pedimacida Poey. The describers of grandocu- 

 latus seem to have neglected the first spine, which is very short and 

 often concealed by scales. The first dorsal contains eight spines as 

 in all other species of the genus." 



Regan {Biologia Centrali- Americana, p. 47) considers C. grandocu- 

 latus and C. viedius Gunther as the same species. 



Gunther {Fishes of Central America, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 



I I 3 



VI, 1868, p. 406), describes C. medius as having: "D. 8 I — ; A. — ; L. 



10 



/ 



lat. 57." 



Jordan & Evermann (Bulletin U. S. National Mus., No. 47, Part I, 

 p. 1120) described C. grandoculatus as having D. vii-i, 10; A. iii, 7; 

 scales 8-52 to 54-13, 23 to 26 before dorsal. 



I consider C. grandoculatus Jenkins & Evermann to be a distinct 

 species. Specimens 4022 and 7743 have only seven spines in the first 

 dorsal. The specimens collected at Buenaventura, Colombia, have 

 only seven spines in the first dorsal. The specimens e.xamined by 



