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fishermen nor students of the class have been able to give me 
its name, because neither one nor the other have seen it to 
know it. It is, then, one of the rarest forms in existence. The 
skeleton I have sent to the eminent Professor Gill, who has it 
in his possession, though I do not know but that he has pre- 
ferred placing it in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution 
in Washington.” 
This account is completed by a plate and its accompanying 
description, showing the fish one-third the size of nature, and 
various illustrations of its scales and other parts. 
Now about a year ago, Professor Gill did me the great honor to 
place in my hands, for a little more extended illustration, not only 
the skeleton of this rare type, but a life-size outline drawing of 
the fish made by Professor Poey himself. In addition to these 
treasures, this eminent zodlogist also placed at my disposal sev- 
eral crania of fishes, representing the genus Cavaux and others, 
to be used in the present connection. Situated as I now am, 
at an outpost in New Mexico, notwithstanding the great value 
of these crania for comparison, I can only regret that the material 
at my hand is not still more extensive, as it might be, were I 
more favorably situated to undertake this kind of a paper. Es- 
pecially would I like to examine specimens of Brama Razz, 
which, if I have recalled the proper form, possesses vertical 
linear scales something like those in Grammacolepis, though, I 
believe, very much smaller. ; 
In order to give an idea of the external appearance of the 
subject of this article, I brought to my aid the two drawings of 
1 Since writing the above, a very valuable work upon ichthyology has appeared, 
viz.: Zhe Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. By G. Brown Goode, 
Asst. Direc. U. S. Nat. Mus. and a staff of Associates. Washington, 1884. On 
page 335 of the text of this book, we read of the BRAMID® that “The only member 
of this family of interest to us is the Brama Razz, called “ Pomfret” in Bermuda, 
where a few individuals were observed by the writer in 1876. In 1880, an individual 
was obtained on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, and more recently the species 
has been found to be somewhat abundant on the coast of Washington Territory and 
Vancouver’s Island. This species was described from the coast of South America, 
under the name 4rama Chilensis.” In the second volume of this work, we find an 
excellent figure of Brama Kazi, Plate 112, which shows the fish possesses vertical 
linear scales, although they are much shorter than they are in the subject of this 
article. 
The Pomfret also has its tail more deeply forked, and the dorsal fin is seen to be 
continuous. The eye is very much smaller, though otherwise there are some general 
external resemblances between the two forms. (R. W.S., 7 Aug., ’86.) 
