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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  whole 
  head 
  with 
  numerous 
  fine 
  dark 
  puuctulatious; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  vari- 
  

   ously 
  spotted 
  or 
  barred 
  with 
  light 
  and 
  dark 
  ; 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  

   dark 
  area 
  at 
  top 
  of 
  anterior 
  spines; 
  caudal 
  faintly 
  barred; 
  pectorals 
  and 
  

   A^entrals 
  more 
  plainly 
  barred. 
  

   99. 
  Prionotus 
  evolans 
  Linua'us. 
  Striped 
  Gurnard. 
  Au 
  example, 
  12f 
  inches 
  in 
  

   leuoth 
  was 
  examined 
  at 
  Collins's 
  fish-house 
  at 
  Cocoa. 
  It 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  River. 
  D. 
  x, 
  11; 
  A. 
  9; 
  pectoral 
  half 
  length 
  of 
  body. 
  

  

  100. 
  Prionotus 
  tribulus 
  Cuvier 
  & 
  Valenciennes. 
  Sea 
  liobin. 
  An 
  example 
  4 
  inches 
  

  

  lono- 
  was 
  seined 
  at 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  D. 
  x, 
  12; 
  A. 
  12; 
  scales 
  57; 
  head 
  

   2i; 
  depth 
  3f 
  ; 
  cranial 
  spines 
  strong. 
  General 
  color 
  dark 
  above, 
  with 
  small 
  

   whitish 
  markings 
  ; 
  white 
  underneath 
  ; 
  black 
  blotch 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  head 
  from 
  eye 
  

   to 
  end 
  of 
  mandible; 
  black 
  blotch 
  covering 
  almost 
  entire 
  membrane 
  between 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  sixth 
  spines 
  of 
  dorsal, 
  this 
  blotch 
  extending 
  on 
  body 
  to 
  pectoral 
  

   base 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  bar 
  from 
  membrane 
  of 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  dorsal 
  rays 
  downward 
  

   on 
  body 
  to 
  below 
  lateral 
  line, 
  another 
  from 
  tenth 
  ray, 
  and 
  still 
  another 
  

   from 
  upper 
  caudal 
  base 
  on 
  peduncle; 
  pectorals 
  dark, 
  with 
  four 
  darker 
  cross- 
  

   bauds; 
  ventrals 
  and 
  caudal 
  whitish. 
  

  

  101. 
  Remora 
  remora 
  (Linn;eus). 
  Remora; 
  "Sticker." 
  Si)ecimeus 
  seen 
  at 
  Cocoa; 
  

  

  they 
  Avere 
  obtained 
  in 
  Indian 
  River. 
  

  

  102. 
  Gobiesox 
  strumosus 
  Cope. 
  Four 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  at 
  Titusville, 
  each 
  1 
  to 
  2| 
  

  

  inches 
  long. 
  Head 
  2^; 
  eye 
  5i; 
  D. 
  11; 
  A. 
  8. 
  The 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  interesting 
  

   species 
  came 
  from 
  Hiltonhead, 
  S. 
  C. 
  Titusville 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  locality 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  collected. 
  

  

  103. 
  Paralichthysletho.stigma 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  Southern 
  Floimder. 
  The 
  common 
  

  

  flounder 
  of 
  Indian 
  River. 
  Examples 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Fort 
  Pierce 
  and 
  

   Stuart. 
  

  

  104. 
  Citharichthys 
  spilopterus 
  Giinther. 
  One 
  example, 
  1^ 
  inches 
  long, 
  obtained 
  

  

  in 
  St. 
  Lucie 
  River 
  opijosite 
  Stuart. 
  

  

  105. 
  Achirus 
  lineatus 
  (Linnauis). 
  Sole; 
  Hog-choker. 
  A 
  single 
  example, 
  1 
  inch 
  

  

  long, 
  seined 
  in 
  St. 
  Lucie 
  River 
  opposite 
  Stuart. 
  

  

  106. 
  Symphurus 
  plagiusa 
  ( 
  Linnseus) 
  . 
  Tongue-fish. 
  Two 
  examples 
  seined 
  at 
  Indian 
  

  

  River 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  