484 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



hh. (Aiitcrioi- jcirt of liody witlioiit dauk crossbiirs, tlu^ body some- 

 times jdaiii yollowi.sli, the l)ack usually violet, with 4 or 5 yellow 

 lilies; silvery below ; snout slK)rt, not loiij^cr than width of eye; 

 dorsal tin very deeply iiotelied, with feeble spines; seeond and 

 third aual s])ines e(iu:il in lenj^tli ; body a litth; more oblong than 

 in niiriuamciisis. I), xii, 13; A. Ill, 1). {<!iir. <^- r((/.)..SlCKnULA, 61. 



51. ANISOTREMUS PACIFICI. 



Conodon jxicifiri (inni\u-r, I'roe. Zoiil. Soo. Loudon, \SM, 117 (C'liiapas). 

 Pomaddsi.i pacifwi, .Ionian A; (Jilbert, Proe. U. S. N. M. 18^<1, i}85 (Pauama). 



Habitat: Pacific coast of Central America. 



Etymology: From ra(;ific (Ocean). 



This sinall, plain- colored si)et'ics is rather common about ranama. 



52. ANISOTREMUS CiESIUS. 



Fomadasyn ('(I'-sint .Tordau A- Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. ISSl, 3S.3 (Mazatlan). 



Habitat: Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Etymolojiy : Cwsius, silver-gray. 



This species is known from the three types taken in the harbor of 

 Mazatlan and from a specimen at Cambridge from Acapulco. 



53. ANISOTREMUS DOVII. 



Pristipoma dovii Giiuther, Proc. Zool. Soe. Loudon, 18G4, 23 (Panama). 



Pomasasis dovii, Jordan A: Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1881, 386 (Mazatlau, Panama). 



Habitat: Pacific coast of tropical America. 

 Etymology: ISTamed for Capt. John M. Dow. 



This strongly-marked and handsome species is not rare on the Pacific 

 coast of tropical America. 



54. ANISOTREMUS SURINAMEN SIS. (Pompon.) 



Luljanng SHrinamenMii Bloch, lehthyol., jtl. 253, 17111 (Surinam). 

 Pristipoma snrinamcnse, Cuv. & Val., v, 273, 1830 (same type). 

 Jloloccntrus (jihhosHS Lac(5i)ede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 314, 1803 (same tyi)e). 

 Pristipoma bilineatiim, Cuv. A: Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 271, 1S30 (Martinique). 

 Anisotremus hilineatua, Jordan, Proe. U. S. N. M. 1890, 319 (Hahia); Jordan A: lioll- 



manu, 1. c., 1889, 181 (Indefatigable Islaud). 

 Pristipoma melanoptenim Cuv. & Val., 1. c., 273 (Brazil). 

 Hwmulon obtiisum Poey, Memoriae, ii, 1860, 182 (Havana). 

 Ha'inulon lahridiim Poey, Memorias, ii, 1860, 419 (Cuba). 



Gvnytrcmiis iutcrruplus (i\\\, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 2i')6 (Cape San Lucas). 

 Pristipoma fiirlhi Steiiid., lehth. ]}eitriige, v, 4, 1876 (I'anama). 

 I'omadasijH hiruicatus nndfiirthi, Jordan A:. Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. N. M. 1881, 38.^) (West 



Indies, I'ern, P.ra/il, Magdalena Bay, Cai)e San Lucas, (Julf of California, 



Mazatlau, Panama, Galajtagos Islands). 



Habitat: lioth coasts of tropical America, north to Cuba and Mag- 

 dalen a Bay. 



Etymology: Erom Surinam. 



This species is tliemost widely distribnted of any of the genus. Jt 

 reaches a larger size than the others and is snbject to a considerable 

 variation in form, i'acific Coast examples nsually have the scales 



