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spine 1} in base of anal; mouth large, oblique, maxillary reaching beyond middle 
of orbit, 2 in head; preorbital very narrow, about 4in eye; gill-rakers long and 
_ stiff, 5-++ 14; lower pharyngeals small, with conical teeth; scales thin, ctenoid ; 
soft dorsal and anal scaly; scales below lateral line innearly horizontal series ; dorsal 
spines long and slender, separated from soft dorsal; the. spine of soft dorsal short 
and stout; caudal subtruncate, upper lobe longer; anal short and high, second 
anal spine 24 in head; ventrals half way to anal, pectorals 13 in head; color dusky 
silvery, everywhere soiled with dark points, which form faint streaks along the 
series of scales; snout and anterior part of the chin black ; upper part of base of 
pectoral and axil black. Head 3 to 3} in length; depth 34. D. XI or XII-I, 23; 
A. 11,8. Scales 7-49 to 52-10..-....-...----- --- 2-2 eee ee eee e eee eee DENTEX, 32. 
32. ODONTOSCION DENTEX. 
(CORVINA. ) 
Corvina dentex Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 139, plate 109, 1830 (San Domingo). 
Storer, Syn. Fish. North Am., 320, 1846 (copied). 
Larimus dentex Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 269, 1860 (Jamaica, Trinidad). 
Odontoscion dentex Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 18 (name‘only). Poey, 
Synopsis, 325, 1868 (Cuba); Enumeratio, 49, 1875 (Cuba). Jordan, Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 44 (Havana). 
Habitat.—West Indian fauna. 
This small species is generally common in the West Indies, where it 
is a food-fish of some importance. The numerous specimens before us 
are from Havana, where the species is known to the fishermen as Corvina. 
Genus VIII.—CORVULA. 
Corvula Jordan & Eigenmann, genus novum, 
TYPE: Johnius batabanus Poey. 
We propose the above name for four species of American Sciznoids, 
allied to Bairdiella in nearly all respects, but having the preopercle un- 
armed as in Larimus. The typical species is remarkable in form and 
coloration, but it is probably congeneric with the others with which we 
here associate it. 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF CORVULA. 
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a. Body rather short and deep; depth 24 to 34 in length; distance from insertion of 
ventrals to first anal spine about equal to depth of body; color silvery, usu- 
ally with faint dusky streaks along the rows of scales. 
b. [Dorsal rays XI-I, 26; posterior dorsal rays much shortert han the anterior ones ; 
eye very large, 34in head ; dorsal outline strongly convex, somewhat eleva- 
ted anteriorly ; ventral outline considerably, strongly convex ; snout short, 5 
in head; mouth moderate, somewhat oblique, reaching to below hinder mar- 
gin of pupil; tip of premaxillary little above lower margin of orbit; mavxil- 
lary 2} in head; teeth in narrow bands, the outer series of the upper jaw en- 
larged; longest dorsal spine 12 in head; the highest (third or fourth) dorsal 
ray 2 in head; base of anal and soft dorsal with a scaly sheath, the mem- 
branes with minute scales; second anal spine smail, 24in head ; color brown- 
ish, paler below; upper two-thirds of body with dark streaks along the rows 
of scales; pectoral and especially anal with dark points; base of spinous 
dorsal light yellow; numerous dark dots on belly, lower part of sides, and 
under side of head. Head 3 in length; depth 24; D. XI-I, 26; A. II, 10; 
Bcales 7-00-10, | ‘CStemdachner,)). sc .6+ cou dele ccs cone Coes sosicee Macrops, 33. 
