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slits at end of snout; interorbital space 2} in head; dorsal spines 
low, the longest 13 in head; soft dorsal high, the longest ray 2} in 
head; second anal spine rather large, 13 in head ; pectorall{. Color 
pale, nearly plain; faint oblique streaks along the rows of scales, 
those below lateral line running obliquely upward and backward ; 
scales of sides with many brown dots. Head 31; depth 34. D. X-I, 
ND ErSAcH rea MOCRION GIL. ar seins oe treet e cin tec tee ae Microps, 56. 
48. STHLLIFERUS OSCITANS. 
Sciena oscitans Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Com., 1881, 312 (Bay of Panama); 
1882, 111 (Panama); Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 376 (Panama). 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama. 
This species is not uncommon about Panama; numerous specimens 
from that locality are in the museum at Cambridge. In the dentition 
and form of its mouth it differs from the other species, approaching 
the genus bairdiella. 
49. STELLIFERUS RASTRIFER. 
Stelliferus rastrifer Jordan, sp. nov. 
Habitat.—Coast of Brazil. 
This species seems to be generally common on the coast of Brazil. 
Specimens are inthe museum at Cambridge from Rio Janeiro, Santos, 
Maranhao, Bahia, Cachiura, and Abrolhos Islands. The specimen 
specially described (10815, M. C. Z.) is 5 inches in length and was ob- 
tained at Santos. 
The species is allied to Stelliferus fiirthi, from which ib is distin- 
guished, among other things, by the long and numerous gill-rakers 
(hence the name—rastrum, a rake). 
50. STELLIFERUS FURTHI. 
Corvina (Homoprion) fiirtht Steindachner, Ichthyol. Beitr., iii, 26, fig. 3, 1875 (Pan- 
ama). 
Sciena fiirthi Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. 8. Fish Com., 1881, 315 (Panama). 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama. 
One specimen of this species was taken by Professor Gilbert at Pan- 
ama. Several others from the same locality are in the museum at Cam- 
bridge. 
51. STHLLIFERUS MINOR. 
Corvina minor Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Ichthyol., 8, 1844 (Peru). 
Sciena minor Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 295, 1860 (copied). 
Corvina (Homoprion) agassizi Steindachner, Ichthyol. Beitriige, ii, 26, 1875 (Caldera, 
Callao, Payta). 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of South America. 
The specimens of this species in the museum at Cambridge are from 
Callao, in Peru. There seems to be no doubt of the identity of Corvina 
