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Habitat. — Coasts of Southern Europe (said to range southward to the 

 Cape of Good Hope). 



Our description of this species is taken from specimens iu the museum 

 at Cambridge from Cadiz, Spain. 



If the accepted synonymy be correct, and the species found at the 

 Cape of Good Hope be identical with the Maigre of Europe, the species 

 should stand as Scicena hololepiclota. But this identity seems rather 

 assumed thau proved. Tue Australian " Jew-fish,' 7 until lately also 

 identified with Scicena aquila, is now recognized as a distinct species 

 (Scicena neglccta Ramsay). It is, therefore, not improbable that the form 

 found at the Cape is also different. 



This species reaches a large size. It is in many respects analogous 

 to Sciama ocellata, which species is perhaps its nearest relative among 

 the American forms. 



66. SCIiSNA DELICIOSA. 



Corvina deliciosa Tschudi, Faun. Peru. Ichthyol., 8, 1845 (Peru). 

 Scicena deliciosa Giiuther, Cat. Fish, Brit. Mus., ii, 295, I860 (copied). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of South America, north to Panama. 



This species is said to be one of the most abundant food-fishes on the 

 coast of Peru. A great number of specimens are in the museum at 

 Cambridge. Most of them are from Callao, but a few from Panama. 



This is a strougly marked species, having no very near relatives any- 

 where, and, if the other subgenera are to be noticed, this must form an 

 additional one, for which we have suggested the name of Gallaus (from 

 Callao). It resembles Genyonemus lineatus as much as any of our spe- 

 cies, but it reaches a much larger size and it has uo barbels. 



67. SCIiENA UMBRA. 



Sciama No. 2 Artedi, Genera, 39; Syn., 65, 1734 (Venice; Rome). 

 Scicena umbra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 289, 1758 (based on Artedi). 

 Sciama nigra Blocb, Icthyologia, vi, 35, taf. 297, 1792. 

 Johnius niger Block & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 76, 1801. 

 Corvina nigra Cuv. & Val., and of most recent authors. 

 Coracinus chalcis Pallas, Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, iii, 256, 1811. 

 Corvina canariensis Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 93, 1830 (Canaries). 



Habitat. — Coasts of Southern Europe. 



This species is generally common in the Mediterranean. The speci 

 mens examined by us are from Venice. 



As there can be no possible doubt that this is the original Scicena 

 umbra of Linnaeus, we have adopted the name umbra instead of the 

 more frequently used name nigra. 



68. SCIiENA SATUENA. 

 (Red Roncador, Black Roncador.) 



Amblodon saturnus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Survey, 98, 1859 (San Diego, California). 



Corvina saturna Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 288, 1860 (San Diego). Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 456 (Santa Barbara, San Pedro, San 

 Diego). Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 49 (Santa Barbara 

 southward). Rosa Smith, West American Scientist, 1885, 47 (San Diego). 



