Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2399 



rounded; ventrals short; lateral line present anteriorly, no tentacles on 

 nape. Color brown, with 2 vertical bands of a dusky silvery; a central 

 point in each band shining bright. One specimen, 2| inches long. Cuba. 

 (Poey.) Perhaps a Salarlas. 



We have the following notes on a specimen, possibly the type of this 

 species, sent by Poey to the museum at Cambridge: Head4f; depth 5. 

 D. XII-15; A. 18. Body slender. Interorbital concave. Head short, 

 blunt, almost round; a small cirrus over the eye, none on nape. Canines 

 present, small. Body with about 6 dark cross bars besides pearly spots 

 and various markings. Dorsal divided nearly to base. Closely resembles 

 Salariichtliys text-ilia, (margaritct, juapyapirr/s, pearl.) 



Salarias margaritaceus, POEY, Memorias, n, 289, 1861, Cuba. (Coll. Poey.) 



2751. ENTOMACRODUS DECORATUS, Poey. 



Head 5 in total length with caudal; depth 5. .D. XII-19; A. 15; P. 14. 

 Eye very high; anterior nostril prolonged in a tube; nape following a 

 straight line to the posterior nostril, profile thin, following a straight and 

 oblique line to mouth, which is very low and short, the maxillary reaching 

 posterior nostril. Lower jaw shorter. Teeth movable, numerous, incurved, 

 close set, in 1 row. (Canines not described.) No cilia on head. Dorsals 

 of equal length, the soft rays more elevated ; anal similar to second dorsal ; 

 pectoral broad, its lower rays thickened ; caudal rounded. Color brownish 

 yellow; the body with darker cross bands, which begin below the middle 

 of the first dorsal, alternating with narrower spaces of the ground color; 

 along the middle and edges of the bands vertical rows of sky-blue spots; 

 in the pale interspaces below the lateral line, which is much curved, a 

 white spot; 3 pale spots placed obliquely below the eye; rays of dorsal and 

 caudal dotted with black. One specimen, 2 inches long. Cuba. (Poey.) 

 Not seen by us; perhaps a Salarias. (decoratus, decorated.) 



Entomacrodus decoratus, POEY, Synopsis, 398, 1868, Cuba. (Coll. Poey.) 



2752. ENTOMACRODUS NIGRICANS, Gill. 



The elongated body, from the snout to the end of the caudal fin, is 

 between 7 and 8 times longer than it is high at the pfectorals. Its height 

 at the caudal is about ^ of the same length, T"he head is subquadrate, 

 and forms f of the total length. Its greatest height equals f of its length. 

 Its sides decline obliquely outward and downward. The first dorsal com- 

 mences near the nape, and 2 of its rays are in advance of the pectorals. 

 The second dorsal commences immediately behind the first, and nearly 

 over the fourth ray of the anal, it ceases some distance from the base of the 

 caudal. The anal is more uniform in height than the dorsal, and ceases 

 before it does. The caudal forms less than of the total length. D. XI-15 ; 

 A. 17 ; P. 15 ; V. 3. The general color of the body and fins is blackish. West 

 Indies. A single specimen was caught in shallow water, at the island of 

 Barbados, near Bridgetown. (Gill.) Not seen by us. (nigricans, blackish.) 

 Entomacrodus nigricans, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 168, Barbados. (Coll. Dr. 

 Gill.) 



