328 FISHES FROM BRAZIL JORDAN. 



large; three before ventrals; tbree scales on cheeks j five before dor- 

 sal;!'. Depth, 4i iu length ; head very long, 3. Snout sharp, containing 

 eye If times. 



Color in spirits brown, with four faint dark cross shades ; the back 

 finely mottled, the belly plain. A distinct dark spot at base of pec- 

 toral. Caudal with dark cross-bars; dorsal mottled; other fins plain 



94. Scarus guacamaia Cuvier. 



One specimen ; very dark in color. 



CEPHALACANTHID^. 

 95. Cephalacanthus volitans (Linuaeus). 



One example. 



TRIGMD.E. 



96. Prionotus punctatus (Block). 



One specimen. This species is allied to Prionotus rnhio, with which 

 it has been confounded, but differs sharply in the short pectoral, long 

 gill-rakers, and in having a si)ine at the base of the preopercular spine. 

 Our specimen agrees with the description given by Jordan & Hughes, 

 except that it should be transferred to // as having a larger mouth 

 than the allies ofP, caroUmis. Maxillary 2^ to 2| in head and reaching 

 fiearly to eye. Spinous dorsal merely blotched and without black 

 ocelhe ; pectoral dark, with three or four black bars ; body nearly plain, 

 clouded with dark and with some round brown spots above; caudal 

 dark barred; groove behind eye very faint; gill rakers rather long and 

 slender ; a small spine on center of radiation of cheek and one before it. 



SCORP^NID.E. 



97. Scorpaena brasiliensis (Cuv. & Val.). 



Identical with Florida specimens described as Scorpwna stearnsi. 



GOBIID^. 



98. Gobuis soporator Cuv. & Val. 



Common. 



BLENNIID^. 



99. Blennius cristatus L. 



Many si)ecimeus from Abrolhos Islands. 



Dorsal xii, 5. Nape with a fringed crest of ten to eighteen fila- 

 ments. A small trifid tentacle above eye; posterior canines in lower 

 jaw only, short and small; gill membranes broadly united, nearly free 

 from the isthmus. Dorsal sligiitly notched; na.sal tentacle present. 

 Color excessively variable, mostly grayi.sh, with five or six cross blotches 

 on the back, extending to form quadrate blotches on the side. Body 



