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22 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM SAINT JOFN’S RIVER, 
ELORIDA, OBTAINED BY MR. A. H. CURTISS. 
By DAVID S. JORDAN. 
A small collection of fishes from Saint John’s River was sent to Prof. 
H. E. Copeland and myself some years ago by Mr. A. H. Curtiss. As 
this collection contains some specimens of interest, a list is here given: 
1. Siphonostoma sp. (Syngnathus Auct.). 
Two specimens of a variety or species of this genus, apparently unde- 
scribed, are in this collection. I have specimens of three types, sub- 
species, or species of Siphonostoma from our Atlantic coast, which may 
be thus compared : 
a. fuscum Storer. b. lowisiane Gthr.? Cc : 
(Wood's Hole, Mass.) Beautort, N.C. Saint John’s River, Fla. 
| 
Dorsal rays .------- BNA eisdh Wes cscn eased Sab olisceneenmececeks cele | RDS Sale 
MIN OSs sose eccocnee mS fed epee ea ae CRE Rie 18+ 33 (¢); 20+38(9Q) .| 15433. 
Dorsaltim esses e sone ne | Longer than head. -.--..- Shorter than head. ..-..| Shorter than head. 
Dorsal invessece = = =< Dark-spotted at base ...| Dusky at base or plain..| Very high in females; 
black, with paler spots. 
Base of dorsal fin....--- On = b mineseeeemeee ee On 3+5rings....-.-.-.- On3 +5 rings. 
IMGIWHAG she 5560Q50b0 oSor Shorterthanrestofhead.| Much longer than rest | Shorter than rest of head. 
of head; longest in 
females. 
Distance from snout to | 3 times in total length -.| 24 in length.....- ScBasee | 24in length. 
front of dorsal. 
Head contained -..-.-.- 9 times in length........ 7 times in Jength..-....- | 7 times in lengsh. 
dies Gegesgesebeooetons | } longer than rest of | 3 longer than rest of | 4 longer than rest. 
body body. 
Belly in females..----.- Scarcely carinate .-....-- Scarcely carinate ....... With a sharp black ca- 
vina. Color darker and 
body stonter than in 
the others. 
These characters are all evidently subject to much variation. If these 
are true species, they differ from each other little more than the two 
sexes of the same form differ. 
It seems to me that the specific names fuscus, fasciatus, viridescens, and 
peckianus are all based on individuals like those above noted from Wood’s 
Hole. 
. Aphoristia plagiusa (L.) Jor. & Gill. 
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (L.) Gill. 
. Archosargus probatocephalus (Walb.) Gill. 
. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Hoibr. 
. Micropterus pallidus (Raf.) Gill & Jor. 
Epinephelus sp.? (One very young specimen.) 
Orthopristis fulvomaculatum (Mitch.) Gill. 
. Gobiosoma alepidotum (Lac.) Grd. 
0. Chirostoma sp. 
1. Hemirhamphus unifasciatus Ranz. 
2. Fundulus sp. 
13. Mollienesia latipinna Le Sueur. 
1.4. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) Goode. 
15. Megalops thrissoides (Bloch) Giinther (Scales). 
16. Lepidosteus osseus (L.) Ag. (Scales). 
HH HOODNYOATAHN 
