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slits at end of snout; interorbital space 2f iu Lead; dorsal spines 

 low, the longest If in head ; soft dorsal high, the longest ray 2£ in 

 head ; second anal spine rather large, If in head ; pectoral 1-g-. Color 

 pale, nearly plain ; faint oblique streaks along the rows of scales, 

 those below lateral line running obliquely upward and backward ; 

 scales of sides with many brown dots. Head 3J- ; depth 3£. D. X-I, 

 19; A. 11,8. Scales 51 Microps, 56. 



48. STELLIPERUS OSCITANS. 



Scioma oscitans Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Com., 1881, 312 (Bay of Panama); 

 1882, 111 (Panama); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 376 (Panama). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama. 



This species is not uDcommon about Panama; numerous specimens 

 from that locality are in the museum at Cambridge. Iu the dentition 

 and form of its mouth it differs from the other species, approaching 

 the genus Bairdiella. 



49. STELLIFERUS RASTRIFER. 



Stelliferus rastrifer Jordan, sp. nov. 



Habitat. — Coast of Brazil. 



This species seems to be generally common on the coast of Brazil. 

 Specimens are in the museum at Cambridge from Rio Janeiro, Santos, 

 Maranhao, Bahia, Cachiura, and Abrolhos Islands. The specimen 

 specially described (10815, M. C. Z.) is 5£ inches in length and was ob- 

 tained at Santos. 



The species is allied to Stelliferus fiirthi, from which it is distin- 

 guished, among other things, by the long and numerous gill rakers 

 (hence the name— rostrum, a rake). 



50. STELLIFERUS FURTHI. 



Corvina (Homoprion) fiirthi Steiudachuer, Ichthyol. Beitr., iii, 26, fig. 3, 1875 (Pan- 

 ama). 

 Scioena fiirthi Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1881, 315 (Panama). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama. 



One specimen of this species was taken by Professor Gilbert at Pan- 

 ama. Several others from the same locality are iu the museum at Cam- 

 bridge. 



51. STELLIFERUS MINOR. 



Corvina minor Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Ichthyol., 8, 1844 (Peru). 

 Sc'uena minor Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 295, 1860 (copied). 

 Corvina (Homoprion) agassizi Steindachner, Ichthyol. Beitriige, ii, 26, 1875 (Caldera, 

 Callao, Payta). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of South America. 



The specimens of this species in the museum at Cambridge are from 

 Callao, in Peru. There seems to be no doubt of the identity of Corvina 



