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Our specimen from Bahia, in excellent condition, shows the following 

 characters : 



Head equal to depth of body, 2i in length, maxillary 1§ in head, eye 

 2^. Gillrakers slender and long, about 8+10 in nuuiber. Scales 

 2-25-D. D. vi-1,8; A. ii, 8. Preopercle very finely serrate above, 

 mostly entire below, except near the angle, when its surface is irregu- 

 larly notched. Color red, unmarked, except for a diffuse dusky blotch 

 made up of dark points on the opercle, and some dark points on snout 

 and cheeks. No spot at base of caudal, and no spot or marking any- 

 where on body or fins, except the dusty blotch on head. 



MULLID.E. 



62. Upeneus maculatus (Bloch). 



Numerous specimens, large and small, the latter with the character- 

 istic markings very obscure. 



63. Upeneus martinicus Cuv. & Val. 



A single young example. It is well distinguished from the young of 

 U. maculatus by its smaller scales (37), larger eye, shorter snout, smaller 

 moutb, smaller teeth, and shorter barbels. Upeneus parvus Poey, with 

 the caudal banded, must be a different species. U. martinicus Cuv. «& 

 Val., and U. balteatus Cuv. & Val., are evidently the young of the species 

 called by Poey Upeneus flavovittatus. 



SCI^NID.E. 

 64. Odontoscion dentex (Cuv. & Val.). 

 One large specimen. 



65. Bairdiella ronchus (Cuv. & Val.). 

 Two specimens. 



66. Micropogon fournieri (Desmarest). 

 One example. 



67. Eques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider). 

 One specimen, with tlie usual pale stripes, but obscurely marked. 



GERRID.E. 



68. Gerres brasilianus Cuv. & Val. 



One specimen. Eye 3 in head ; second dorsal spine about !§-; second 

 anal spine 1^, as long as third but stouter, 4| in body. Ventrals not 

 black, but peppered with dark points, as are the soft rays of dorsal and 

 anal. Pectoral a little longer than head, 3 in body, not quite reaching 

 vent. General coloration similar to that of G. plumieri, the stripes a 

 little less pronounced ; the back also much less elevated, and the spines 

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