456 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ANALYSIS (H AMKHICAN SPKCIKS OK APRION. 



a. Body ol)l(>ng-tllil)tical, the tlfpMi li in lcii<^th; .scales large, regularly arranged, 

 7-60-15, those above lateriil line in series |iarallel with the lateral line ; gill-rakers 

 numerous, about 17 ou lower part of areh ; mouth rather small, the cauiuee 

 feeble; tongue toothless; opercle ending iu an evident 8i)iue; ])reoj)er(le serrate 

 on angle; vomerine teeth iu a /\-8haped patch; caudal well forked; anal spines 

 graduated; last ray of dorsal and anal produced ; D. X, 11; A, iii, 8. Head, 3; 

 Color, rose-red, with some pearly markings Mackophtiialmus, 26. 



26. APRION MACROPHTHALMUS. (Voraz.; 



Centropriatia macrophthahnus Mliller A: TroHchel, iu Schomb. Hist. Barbadoes, 066, 



1848 (young). 

 Elasiuma macrophthahniiH, Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. 1869, 468 (St. Martins, New 



Providence, St. Croix). 

 Apriou macrophiJiabnus, .Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 

 Mesoprion vorax Poey, Mem. II, 151, 1860 (Cuba). 

 Flatyiniue vorax, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 237 (generic diagnosis) ; Poey> 



Synopsis, 292, 1868; Poey, Enumeratio, 31, 1875. 



Habitat : West Indies. 



Etymology: ,uuxfj(k, large; o>^'«;./.ioc, eye. 



This species is ratlier common in the markets of Havana, where it is 

 known as voraz, by which the specific name vorax has been suggested. 



According to Poey the Gentropristis macrophtJialmus of Miiller & 

 Troschelwas based ou the young of this species; if so, the latter name 

 has the right of priority. This species agrees closely with the descrip- 

 tions of Aprion filamentosus (Cuv. & Val.) from the islaucjs east of 

 Africa, but it would be premature to unite two species from such widely 

 separated localities without an actual comijarison of specimens. Dr. 

 Klunzinger regards the two species as identical. According to his 

 account, however, A. Jilamentosus is a slenderer fish, the depth 4i in the 

 total length (3^ in A. macrophthalmus), and the scales are 7-55-14, tlie 

 caudal more deeply forked, the lobes 3 times the middle rays (2f times 

 iu ours). 



VII. ETELIS. 



Etelia Cuv. &. Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 127, 1828 {carhunctdus). 

 Elastoma Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fishes, ii, 168, 202, 1839 {oculatua). 

 Hesperanthias Lowe, Fishes of Madeira, 1843, 14 (oculatus). 

 Macrops Dumt^ril, Ichth. Analyticiue, 1856, 279 (oculatua). 

 Etelis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 447. 



Type : JEicUs earhiinculuH Cuv. & ^^ll. 



Etymology: Etelis, a name used by Aristotle for some fish not 

 recognizable. 



Tlie synonymy iind lelations of this interesting genus have been well 

 discussed by Dr. Gill in the paper abo^■e cited. In spite of the defer- 

 ence in the form of its dorsal, the relations of Etelis with Aprion are 

 very close. The skulls iu the two are almost identical, as has alreaxly 

 been noticed by Poey and (iill. 



