322 ~~ Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
GENUS V. CONODON, Cov. 
Distinguished from all the other Scienoides by a row of conical teeth in 
both jaws. 
1. Conodon Antillanus, Cuv. 
Silvery, with seven vertical brown bands. Fins brawn. A row of eighteen or twenty 
conical teeth in each jaw ; the six anterior stoutest and longest. The six in the lower, thick- 
er than those in the upper jaw. Preopercular denticulations stout. ‘Two very small pores 
at the chin. 
D. 12, 12 or 11-1, 12. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-7. C.(?). Length, 8 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Conodon des Antilles, Conodon Antillanus, Cuy. et Vau., v. p. 156. 
GENUS VI. EQUES, Bz. 
Body compressed, long, high on the shoulders, and terminating in a point 
towards the tail ; their teeth are even; two dorsal fins, the first high, the 
second long and scaly. 
1. Eques balteatus, Cuv. 
Yellowish gray, silvery towards the abdomen, with three broad dark-brown bands ; the 
first is vertical, passing from over the eye, across to the angle of the mouth; the second 
begins upon the occiput, passes down across the operculum in front of the pectoral fin, and, 
curving a little, extends upon the base of the ventral fins; the third, commencing at the an- 
terior base of the first dorsal, curves obliquely downward, and extends the whole length of 
the centre of the body, to the extremity of the tail. os 
D. 16,1-53. P.15. V.1-5. A.2-10. €.19. Length, 6 or 7 inches. 
Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Gentilhomme,”’ at Martinique ; ‘‘ Serrana,’’ at Havana. 
Serrana, Parra, p. 2, pl. 2, upper fig. 
Eques Americanus, Brocu. 
Eques balteatus, Grirriry’s Cuv,x. pl. 21, fig. 1. 
Le Chevalier & baudrier, Eques balteatus, Cuv. et Vat, v. p. 165. 
2. Eques punctatus, Biocn. 
Of a dark brown color, with five narrow, gray, longitudinal bands upon the sides; the 
three middle bands curve slightly upwards towards the first dorsal. Two vertical bands 
upon the head. Dorsal, caudal, and anal, with round bluish or gray spots. 
Di =46) Pe) Valen Ane. (Ca19s lengthia(s): 
Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cov. 
