64 fishes from brazil 



Family DIODONTID^. 



202. Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan and Rutter. 



The dried skin of what appears to be this species was picked up on the 

 beach at NataL 



Family SCORP^NIDtE. 



203. Scorpaena plumieri Bloch. 



A few large specimens were taken in the tide pools at Natal. In life 

 this species is elaborately mottled with purplish wine-color, reddish brown, 

 and sienna, on a light drab and slightly greenish ground color. The breast 

 and belly are cherry-red, with many small white points. The caudal fin is 

 crossed by three dark brown blotches. A red blotch is at the base of the 

 pectoral, and the pectoral is light red with cross bars of reddish brown. The 

 inner surface of the pectoral is jet black at the base, with several sharp-cut, 

 very conspicuous, milk-white spots, a yellow area across the middle of the 

 rays, and wine-color distally. 



Family GOBIID^. 

 204. Dormitator maculatus (Bloch). 



A number of specimens up to five inches in length were collected at Lake 

 Papary, and a couple from a pond in a deserted part of the park at Ceara. 



The males have the dorsal and anal higher than the females, but in 

 none of the Papary specimens are the longest dorsal rays nearly as long as 

 the head, while in one of the Ceara specimens (5 inches in length) the last 

 dorsal and anal rays broadly overlap the caudal, and the longest dorsal ray 

 is considerably longer than the head. It differs further in having a more 

 definite white border to the dorsal and anal. 



The following color note was taken from a fresh Papary specimen. The 

 body and head are dark brown, shading to green above and with the sides 

 washed with blood-red. The side of the head has a green tinge, and light 

 brown bars radiate from the eye. Bright green shades are in front of the 

 pectoral, and a blackish blotch is at the caudal base. The dorsals have ob- 

 lique brown bars on the mebrane, but these do not involve the rays. The 

 anal is dark brown spotted with white and narrowly margined with white. 

 The ventrals and pectorals are dusky. 



