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in any of Poey’s lists of the fishes of Cuba. It is, therefore, an im- 
portant addition to our fauna. This specimen agrees very fully with 
Giinther’s description of Umbrina broussoneti, and with Cuvier and 
Valenciennes’s description of Umbrina coroides. ©. & V.’s description of 
U. broussoneti gives the number of rays in the dorsal fin as X. I, 25. 
My specimens have D. X. I, 28. 
GERRID. 
9. Gerres plumieri Cuv. & Val. 
A single fine specimen of this beautiful species. It has not been pre- 
viously recorded from the coasts of the United States. 
SPARIDA. 
10. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Holbr. 
PRISTIPOMATID. 
11. Lutjanus caxis (Schneider) Poey. 
A single fine specimen. 
CENTRARCHIDZ. 
12. Micropterus pallidus (Raf.) Gill & Jordan. 
Dr. Léon Vaillant (Mission Scientifique au Mexique: ined.) divides 
this species provisionally into two, adopting the name ‘ Micropterus 
salmoides” for the ordinary form, and that of Micropterus nuecensis 
(Baird & Girard) for the southwestern form (Texas and Mexico). <Ac- 
cording to him the two are externally identical, but M. nuecensis is dis- 
tinguished by the presence of a small patch of teeth on the tongue, the 
tongue being entirely smooth in the ordinary form. 
I have examined a number of specimens in regard to this point. 
I find lingual teeth in the following specimens: 
(1.) Two specimens, one large one small, from the Falls of the Ohio. 
(2.) One small specimen from a tributary of White River at Bloom- 
ington, Ind. 
(3.) One specimen (in the museum at Paris) from Texas. 
I find them absent in the following: 
(1.) Several specimens in Henshall’s collection from Indian River. 
(2.) Specimen from Neuse River. 
(3.) Specimens from White River at Indianapolis. 
(4.) Specimens from Lake Erie. 
The presence of these teeth evidently does not depend on age, and 
apparently not on sex. It may be a specific feature, but I am inclined 
at present to think it only a feature of individual variation. I have not 
seen such teeth in the small-mouthed black bass. 
