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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [114] 
  

  

  1375. 
  Brachyopsis 
  verrucosus 
  Locking-ton. 
  C. 
  (1113) 
  

  

  1376. 
  Brachyopsis 
  xyosternus 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  C. 
  (1114) 
  

  

  447.-BOTHRAGONUS 
  Gill. 
  (385) 
  

  

  1377. 
  Bothragonus 
  swani 
  Steindachner. 
  A. 
  (1117) 
  

  

  448.— 
  ODONTOPYXIS 
  Lockington. 
  (386) 
  

  

  1378. 
  Odontopyxis 
  trispinosus 
  Lockington. 
  C. 
  (1118) 
  

  

  449.— 
  PODOTHECUS 
  Gill. 
  (387) 
  

  

  § 
  Leptagonus 
  Gill. 
  

  

  1379. 
  Podothec 
  us 
  decagonus 
  Block 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  G. 
  (1115) 
  

  

  § 
  Podothecus. 
  

  

  1380. 
  Podothecus 
  vulsus 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  C. 
  (1119) 
  

  

  1381. 
  Podothecus 
  acipenserinus 
  Tilesius. 
  A. 
  (11120) 
  

  

  Family 
  CXXVL— 
  TEIGLIDiE. 
  (108 
  b.) 
  

  

  450.— 
  PERISTEDION 
  Lacep&de. 
  (388) 
  

  

  1382. 
  Peristedium 
  miniatum. 
  Goode. 
  B. 
  (1121) 
  

  

  1383. 
  Peristedium 
  imberbe 
  ' 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  B. 
  

  

  451.— 
  PRIONOTUS 
  Lacepede. 
  (390) 
  

  

  § 
  Ornichthys 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  1384. 
  Prionotus 
  scitulus 
  2 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  (1123) 
  

  

  1385. 
  Prionotus 
  palmipes 
  Mitchill. 
  N. 
  (1124) 
  

  

  1386. 
  Prionotus 
  alatus 
  3 
  Goode 
  & 
  Beau. 
  B. 
  

  

  1 
  Peristedion 
  imberbe 
  Poey. 
  

  

  Only 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  are 
  known 
  ; 
  all 
  in 
  bad 
  condition, 
  having 
  

   been 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  deep-water 
  fishes 
  at 
  Havana 
  and 
  Pensacola. 
  Bar- 
  

   bels 
  very 
  small, 
  scarcely 
  visible 
  — 
  this 
  character 
  distinguishing 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  

   others 
  known 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

  (Peristedion 
  imberbe 
  Poey, 
  Memorias, 
  II, 
  389, 
  1860. 
  Peristedion 
  micronemus 
  Poey, 
  Ann. 
  

   Lye. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  IX, 
  321 
  ; 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884.) 
  

  

  2 
  1 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  positive 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  

   Prionotus 
  punctatus 
  on 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  so 
  named 
  

   being 
  apparently 
  either 
  P. 
  scitulus 
  or 
  P. 
  palmipes. 
  Prionotus 
  punctatus 
  may 
  therefore 
  

   be 
  omitted. 
  

  

  3 
  Prionotus 
  alatus 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Brownish, 
  with 
  about 
  four 
  faint 
  darker 
  cross-bands 
  ; 
  vertical 
  fins 
  uniform, 
  the 
  

   caudal 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  tip 
  and 
  two 
  paler 
  shades 
  before 
  it 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  black 
  

   spots; 
  pectorals 
  blotched 
  and 
  clouded. 
  Body 
  rather 
  stout, 
  covered 
  with 
  small, 
  rough 
  

   scales. 
  Maxillary 
  3 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  preopercular, 
  opercular, 
  and 
  humeral 
  spines 
  strong, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  extending 
  farthest 
  back. 
  Palatine 
  teeth 
  few 
  and 
  feeble. 
  Gill-rakers 
  1+6, 
  

   besides 
  some 
  rudiments, 
  the 
  longest 
  3 
  in 
  eye. 
  Second 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  longest, 
  half 
  head 
  ; 
  

   first 
  spine 
  strongly 
  serrated 
  in 
  front. 
  Caudal 
  subtruncate. 
  Ninth 
  ray 
  of 
  pectoral 
  

   longest, 
  reaching 
  base 
  of 
  caudal. 
  Pectoral 
  appendages 
  slender. 
  Head2^; 
  depth 
  4, 
  

   D. 
  X— 
  12. 
  A. 
  11. 
  P. 
  13+3. 
  Scales 
  109 
  ; 
  50 
  tubes 
  in 
  lat. 
  1. 
  Deep 
  water 
  off 
  Charleston, 
  

   S. 
  C. 
  (Goode 
  $• 
  Bean.) 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  XIX, 
  1883, 
  210.) 
  

  

  