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INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA. 
Lxxxvii. genus Exzorris, Gronoy. 
A genus of freshwater fishes. 
186. Eleotris dormitatrix (Bl. & Schn.) Cuy. Philypnus 
dormitator of Hill’s list. 
Body brownish, marbled with darker : head with two 
brown stripes. Fins rose-coloured, with series of 
brown spots. 
187. E. smaragdus, C. & V. Brown, dorsal fins brown- 
spotted. Scales very small. Caudal pointed. 
188. E. gyrinus,C.& V. Palateentirely smooth. Brown, 
verticals with brown dots; temple with two 
darker stripes. Jordan and Eigenmann place 
this as a synonym of ZH. pisonis (Gmel.) J. & E. 
189. E guavina, C. & V. Blackish-brown, fins black. 
Jordan and Higenmann refer this to a distinet genus, 
Guavina Bleeker, the name of the species becom- 
ing Guawina guavina (C. & V.) J. & E. 
Family BLENNIIDA. 
Carnivorus fishes, with long subcylindrical naked bo- 
dies, living at the bottom of shallow water in seas, 
or tidal rivers. 
LXXXVIII. genus SALARIAS, Cuvier. 
190. Salarias atlanticus, C. & V. Nocreston head. Uni- 
form brown, or with dark vertical bands ; dorsal 
and parts of caudal margined with whitish. 
Sometimes a black spot behind the eye. 
LXXXIx. genus Ciinus, Cuvier. 
191. Clinus nuchipinnis, Quoy & Gaim. OC. capillatus and 
C. pectinifer of Hill’s list. Brown or brownish, 
with more or less distinct darker vertical bands ; 
generally a black (sometimes white-edged) spot on 
operculum. Viviparous. 
Family SPHYRASNID. 
Elongate, subcylindrical marine fishes, covered with 
small cycloid scales. 
xc. genus SpHyr#NA, Artedi. 
192. Sphyrena picuda, Bl. & Schn, Barracouta or Bar- 
racuda. S. barracuda and NS. picuda of Hill’s list. 
Above uniform greenish lead-colour, beneath sil- 
very, sometimes with dark blotches on the sides. 
193. S. sphyrena (L.) Bl. snit. 8. guaguanche of Bean 
and Dresel. S. vulgaris of Giinther. 
Family ATHERINIDA. 
Carnivorous marine fishes, many entering fresh-water ; 
with more or less elongate, subcylindrical bodies, 
covered with scales of moderate size. 
xol. genus ATHERINA, Artedi. 
194, Artherina stipes, Mill. & Trosch. Has two series of 
small black dots along the side of the tail. 
195. A. martinica, C. & V. Scales with the margin cre- 
nulated. 
Family MUGILID. 
Freshwater and marine fishes, with oblong compressed 
bodies, cycloid scales, and small mouths, often with- 
out teeth. 
xeur. genus Muar, Artedi 
196. Mugil curema, C. & V. Mullet. M. brasiliensis 
of Ginther. Anal fin with 9 soft rays. Shining 
stripes along the series of scales, often a blackish 
spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral. The 
soft dorsal and the caudal with blackish margins. 
Mugil petrosus of Hill’s list is perhaps not specifi- 
cally distinct. 
197. M. lineatus, Mitch, Cuy. & Val. 
along the series of scales. 
198. WM. liza, C.& V. Anal fin with 8 soft rays. Eye 
hidden behind an adipose membrane. Jordan 
places this as a synonym of M. brasiliensis, Agass. 
(non Giinth.) 
199. M. albula, L. Given by Giinther on an insufii- 
ciently-known species. 
200. M. plumieri, Bl. A doubtful species allied to M. 
cephalus. 
201. M. equinoculus. 
202. M. capitulinus. 
The last six are given solely on Hill’s authority. It is 
evident that our mullets need further study. 
xc. genus Aconostoma, (Benn.) Giinth. 
A genus of freshwater fishes. 
203. Agonostoma monticola, (Baner.) Giinth.  Mugil 
urrebitus of Gosse. Dajaus monticola of Hill’s 
list. Interorbital space convex. 
Has dark stripes 
204. A. choirorynchus, (Hill.) Dajaus choirorynchus of 
Hill’s list. ‘ Double the size of the monticola, 
and found in the same waters.” May this be the 
same as A. percoiaes, Giinth., which is quoted with 
a query from Jamaica? (Cat. Fish. Br. Mus. 
vol. iii. p. 465.) A percoides has the interorbital 
space flat. 
Family FISTULARIID. 
Marine fishes, very elongate, with long tubular mouth 
and small teeth. Scales none. or small. 
xery. genus Fisruzaria, Linn, 
205. Fistularia tabaccaria, L. Scaleless. Greenish olive, 
with blue spots and stripes along the upper parts 
of head and body. 
xcey. genus AuxLostoma, Lacép. 
206. Aulostoma coloratum, Mill. & Trosch. With small 
scales. Anterior rays of soft dorsal and anal fins 
with a black cross-band, parallel to, and some- 
what remote from, the base of the fins. Ventrals 
immaculate. Jordan regards this as a synonym 
of A. maculatum, Val. 
Order ACANTHOPTERYGIL PHARYNGOGNATHI. 
Family POMACENTRIDA, 
Marine fishes, with short compressed bodies covered 
with toothed scales, and with feeble dentition. 
XCvL genus PomacrentrRus, (Lacép ) C. & V. 
Pomacentrus leucostictus, Mill. & Trosch. Height 
of body more than one-third of total length. 
Forehead without longitudinal lines. Nearly 
uniform brown ; or browish-black above, yellow- 
ish-gren on sides and belly, and yellow on the 
posterior part of the tail and the caudal fin. 
Bluish-white dots on head, back, ete. 
208. P, planifrons, CV. & V. Brown, a black spot (supe- 
riorly in the axil of the pectoral, and a blackish. 
pest on the back of the tail. Interorbital space 
at. 
xevul, genus GLyPHIpopon, (Lacép.) Giinth. 
209. Glyphivodon chrysurus, C. & V. Teeth in upper 
jaw movable. Brown; dorsal, anal, and ventral 
fins black, caudal yellow. Blue dots round the 
eyes and on back. 
210. G. sawatilis, (L.) C.& V. 
five black cross bands. 
xovit. genus Hetrastes, (C. & V.) Giinth. 
211. Heliastes insolatus, C. & . Brownish, with metal- 
lic reflections ; the scales on upper side of head 
and anterior part of back each with a blue dot. 
The young have blue lines on the forehead, and 
a black spot behind the dorsal fin. In 1868 Hill 
records a species H. insolens—doubtless intended 
for insolatus, 
Family LABRIDAS. (Wrasses.) 
Herbivorous or carnivorous marine fishes’ with ob- 
long or el.ngate bodies covered with cycloid scales. 
Teeth adapted for crushing the shells of Mollusca, 
One dorsal fin. Ventral fins thoracic, with one 
spine and five soft rays. Lips often thick. 
Gosse (Nat. Soj. Ja. p. £5) recorded a species of 
Labrus, bat no doubt it belonged to one of the ge- 
nera mentioned below. 
xcix. genus Lacnnotmuus,C & V. 
212. Lachnolemus swillus, C. &V. Boar-fish. Hog-fish, 
Pig-fish. L. faleatus of Giinther. L. swillus, L. 
aivula, L. dux, L. caninus, and L. psittacus of 
Hill’s list. Anterior Gorsal spines and caudal 
lobes produced into more or less long filaments. 
Generally a black spot at the base of the poste- 
rior dorsal rays. 
c. genus Cossyruus, C. & V. 
213. Cossyphus rufus, (L.) Giinth. C. bodianus of Hill’s 
list. Yellowish, the upper parts backwards to 
the origin of the soft dorsal fin reddish-brown ; 
sometimes more uniform. 
cr. genus Novaccna, C. & V. 
Novacula lineata (* Gm.”, C. & V.) Giinth. Rose- 
coloured, a large oblong pearly blotch on side of 
belly, &c. Xyrichthys lineatus of Hill’s list. 
215. N. martinicensis, (C.& V.) Giinth. Rose-coloured, 
each scale with a vertical streak. Head immacu- 
late, Xyrichthys martinicensis of Hill’s list. 
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