PROVISIONAL LIST OF THE FISHES OF JAMAICA. 15 
CxxxI. genus CrureEa, Artedi. 
291. Clupea humeralis (C. & V.) Giinther. C. clwpeola 
(C & V.) White Bill. Pincers. Harengula clu- 
peola of Gosse and Hill’s list. Teeth forming 
ovate patches. Silvery, back with some darker 
greenish longitudinal streaks, a dark spot supe- 
riorly in the gill-opening. Apparently clupeola 
is the prior name, haying been proposed on an 
earlier page of the work in which it and humeralis 
appeared. 
292. C. pscudohispanica (Poey) Giinth. Bang. 
293. C. macrophthalma, Ranzani. Teeth distinct, form- 
ing ovate patches. Silvery, back with some dark 
longitudinal streaks. 
294, ©. apicalis (Mill. & Trosch.) Giinth. Alosa apicalis 
of Hill’s list. Scales silvery, each scale on belly 
marked with a copper-coloured spot. Point of 
snout above and beneath black : a black spot over 
each eye. Point of dorsal fin black, and also the 
posterior edge of the forked caudal. ; ; 
295. C. bishopi (Mull. & Trosch) Giinth. Alosa bishopi 
of Hill’s list. Has a black spot behind the oper- 
culum, which is wanting in C. opicalis, and the 
dorsal fin is without the black mark. It has in- 
distinct longitudinal lines. 
oxxyir. genus SprRATELLOIDEs, Blkr. 
296. Spratelloides lamprotenia (Gosse) Giinth. Clupea 
lamprotenia of Gosse. Belongs perhaps to a dif- 
ferent genus. Sides with a well-defined silvery 
band. Some minute teeth in the jaws. Length 
23 inches. 
cCXxx1II. genus ALBULA, Gronoy. 
297, Albula conorhynchus, Bl., Schn. 
Uniform silvery. 
G J cxxxiv. genus Exors, L. 
98. Elops sauwrus, L. John Mariggle. Bony-Fish. Upper 
jaw shorter than lower. Uniform silvery. There 
is a figure of this fish in Dr Giinther’s “ Introd. 
Stud. Fish.” p. 661. 
exxxy. genus Mrecators (Commers.) Lacép. 
Scales large. Pseudobranchiz none. 
Amia of Brown. 
299. Megalops thrissoides (Bl., Schn.) Giinth. Ventral 
fin conspicuously in advance of the origin of the 
dorsal. Enters fresh waters. 
CXXXVI. genus CHIROCENTRODON, Giinther. 
300° = Chirocentrodon teniatus, Giinther. Length 3}inches. 
A pair of strong canine teeth anteriorly in lower 
jaw. A narrow silvery band along the side of the 
body. 
Family MURAZNIDA. (Eels.) 
Marine or freshwater fishes, with cylindrical or band- 
% like bodies and no ventral fins. 
CXxXxvil. genus ANGUILLA (Thunb.) Cuv. 
301. An unidentified species is recorded by Hill. 
CXXXVIII. genus Concer, Cuvier 
202. Conger conger (.) Giinth. Deep-water eel. Conger 
niger of Bean and Dresel. 
CXXXIx. genu: Opuicutnys, Ahl. 
303. An unidentified species is recorded by Hill under 
Ophiswrus. 
CXL. genus Sipera, Kaup. 
Dr. Giinther leaves this as part of Murenua. 
3804. Sidera moringa (Cuv.) Jor. Murray Eel. 
thorax rostratus of Hill. 
the white (which is really the ground-colour) 
appearing as a fine network. 
305. S funebris (Ranz) Jor. Conger Eel, (so called, but 
the true Conger Kel is Conger conger.) Murena 
afra of .Giimther. Dorsal fin not elevated. 
Brownish-black ; fins without light edge. 
exutr. genus Mur@na, Artedi. 
urena ocellata (Agass.) Jenyns. 
with white spots. 
lrecords a Gymnothorax immaculatus, which must 
ma Murena or Sidera. May it be S. funebris ? 
CXLIL\cenus Mux2Nnesox, McClell. 
Tail longty or not much shorter than the trunk. 
End of tail surrounded by fin. Nostrils superior 
or lateral. Tongue not free. Pectorals present. 
Jaws with canine teeth in front. No scales. 
308. Murenesox savanna (Cuy.) Kaup. Snout not much 
elongate. 
Gymno- 
306. 
307. 
Brownish grey. 
Brownish-black with | 
Order, LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Family. SYNGNATHIDZ. 
Small marine fishes, with a very small gill opening, 
and one soft dorsal fin. 
CXLII. genus SyNenatuus, Artedi. 
Tail not prehensile ; caudal fin present. 
309. 310. 311. Hill records three unidentified species. 
The compiler of this list has seen a large species 
caught at Kingston. 
cxuty. genus Hippocampus, Leach, (Sea-Horse.) 
312. Hippocampus guttulatus, Cuy. Dr. Giinther records 
Jamaican specimens of the nearly uniform dark 
brown variety : and there are specimens of this 
species in the Museum of the Institute which 
were caught at Kingston. till recorded Hippo- 
campus longirostris, but probably intended the 
present species. Dr. Giinther gives H. longirostris, 
Cuy. as doubtfully identical with H. longirostris, 
Schleg., a species of China and Japan. 
Order PLECTOGNATHI. 
Fishes covered with rough scales or shields, haying a 
narrow mouth, and soft posterior dorsal fin. Ven- 
tral fin none, or reduced to spines. 
Family SCLERODERMI. 
Jaws toothed, 
cxLy. genus, Banisres, Artedi. (File Fishes.) 
313. Balistes vetula, L. Old Wench. Old Wife. Tail 
without spines or tubercles. Caudal fin with an 
upper and lower bluish margin, and with an intra- 
marginal posterior bluish band. 
314. B. maculatus, Gm. Brown, with round or ovate 
whitish spots. 
315. B. ringens, L. Each scale with a blackish spot at 
the base: tail without spines or tubercles. 
316. B. buniva, Lacép. Tail with raised spiny lines. 
Black: a white line along the base of the dorsal 
and anal fins. 
CXLYI. genus, Monacantuvs, Cuvier 
Only one dorsal spine present. 
317. Monacanthus pardalis, Riipp. 
varieties occur :— 
Bessy Corca. Two 
(1.) Uniform brown or brownish-black., 
(2.) Several more or less distinct light longitudi- 
nal bands along the tail. Head with undu- 
lated bluish streaks. Body sometimes with 
scattered light round spots, each with a dark 
speck in the centre. 
318. M.hispidus, L. Turbot (so-called). M. setifer of 
Giinther. The variety recorded by Dr. Giinther 
1s brown, with obscure blackish spots or streaks : 
dorsal spine strong, more than half the length of 
head. 
319. M. occidentalis, Giinther. This has not been re- 
corded from Jamaica as such, but I suppose the 
M. tomentosus of Hill’s list to be identical with 
it. M. occidentalis has the ventral spine movable 
tapering, rough, very small, brownish, marbled 
with darker, 
CXLVII. genus, ALUTERA. 
Dr. Giinther does not separate this from Monacanthus. 
320. Alutera scripta (Osbeck) Bleeker. Mingo. Dorsal 
spine very feeble. Head and body with irregular 
blue spots and lines, and small round black 
spots. 
CXLVIII. genns, OstTRAcION, Artedi. (Coffer Fishes.) 
321. Ostracion triquetrum, L. Trunk Fish. 0. triqueter 
of Hill’s list. Body and tail covered with small 
white spots nearly as large as the pupil of the eye. 
Lips, roots of the fins, root of the tail, and margin 
of the caudal black. Abdomen whitish, immacu- 
late. 
322. O. bicaudale, LL. Trunk Fish. Carapace, tail, and 
caudal fin with numerous small, round, brown 
spots. O. bicaulis of Hill’s list is no boubt the 
same. 
323. O. quadricorne, L. Cockle Fish. Each scute of 
carapace with a bluish spot or ring, or with a light, 
brown-edged ocellus. Caudal fin long. 
324. . trigonus, L. Carapace and tail with some scat- 
tered small whitish spots. 
