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XIV. CONODON. 



Conodon Ciiv. A- Val., Hist. Nat. I'oissons, \, lot!, 1830 (aiitiUanus = nohUis). 



Type: Conodon aniillanus Ouv. & Yal. = 7Vrcrt nohili.s L. 



Etymoloi'y: zwi/"?, conej orJoiv, tooth. 



Tliis ^eiius contains two closely related species, both from tropical 

 America. The genus i.s close to Fomadasis, from which it is separated 

 by the eiilar<ied outer teeth and by the armature of the ]>reopercle. 



ANALYSIS OK SPECIES OK COXODOX. 



a. Back distinctly elevated and compressed, the depth about equal to length of 

 head, 3^ in body; dorsal tins low, fourth and longest spine IJ in head, longest 

 dorsal ray 2} in head; second anal spine not 2 in head; second dorsal spine 

 about one-half length of third; teeth of outer series enlarged, stout; preorbital 

 at its least width more than half diameter of eye; D. xi, i, 13; A. in, 7; scales 

 6-55-13. Color silvery, darker above, with 8 dark bars which extend on sides 

 below level of pectoral; sides with light-yellowish streaks in life. ..Nobilis, 62. 



aa. Back not elev.atcd, the depth equal to length of head, Sj in body; dorsal fin 

 higher than in nohUls, fourth and longest spine 2,V in head, longest dorsal ray 3 

 in head; second anal spine 2 in head; second dorsal spine about one-third length 

 of tliird; teeth of outer series .sliglitly enlarged, slender; preorbital at its 

 least width less than half diameter of eye ; D. xi, i, 12 ; A. in, 7. Scales, 6-53-15. 

 Color silvery, darker above with dark bars on sides which do not extend to 

 level of pectoral Skuuiker, 63. 



62. CONODON NOBILIS. 



Perca nohilis Linn.Tus, Syst. Nat, ed.x, 1758, li)l (North America). 



Sc'uvua pliimicn Bloch, Ichthyol., vi, 6(5, taf. 'M)i\, 1701 (M;vrtiniquo). 



Conodon pi iimieri, Giiuther, i, 30t. 



Sc'Hvna coro Bloch, 1. c, pi. 307, f . 2 (.ifter Coro-coro, Marcgrave). 



Cheilodipterus chrysopterns Lac«'pede, Hist. Nat. Boiss., in, 542, pi. 33, f. 1. 



Conodon aHliUaniis Cnv. & Val., v, 156, 1830. 



Prislipoma coro Cuv. & Val., V, 266, 1830. 



Habitat: West Indies, coast of Texas to lirazil. 



Etymology: Nohili.s, noble. 



This spe(;ies is not rare in the West Indies and is more common on 

 the coast of Brazil. It has been once taken on the coast of Texas and 

 is ]>r(>bably a species iiiliabitiiig sandy sliores. Tlie name nohil is, in 

 all i>i'obability intended for this species, has priority over any other, 

 .although less doubt attaches to the name plumicri. 



63. CONODON SERRIFER. 



Conodon j^honicri, Streets, Bull. U. S. N. M., ait,50, 1877 ( KocaSoledad, liower Cali- 

 fornia; not of Cnv. & Val.). 

 Conodon serrifer J ordnn &, Gilbert, Proc. 11. S. N. M. 1882, 351 (same Npcclmeus). 



Habitat: Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Etymology: tScrra, sawj/rro, 1 bear. 



Tliis spci'ies is still known only Ironi the original ty])es, three speci- 

 mens (IT^KJ, IJ. S. N. M.), taken ))y Dr. Streets at Bo(ni Solcdad on 

 the Pa(Mlic coast of Lower (Jalitbrnia. It is close to (■. nobilis, but 

 slenderer, and somewhat diflerent in armature. 



