Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2705 



ff. Color, light olive, with numerous roundish brownish black 

 spots much larger than eyes, dorsal and anal black, with 

 narrow white margin. D. 94; A. 77; scales 95. 



FASCIOLARIS, 3081 . 



dd. Caudal fin black, as is a large part of dorsal and anal, the black 

 either continuous or in the form of large spots. Color brown- 

 ish, often mottled, usually with more or less distinct darker 

 cross bands and with longitudinal streaks along the rows of 

 scales, sometimes nearly plain brown. 

 g. Scales quite small, 98 to 105. 



h. Body decidedly elongate, the depth about 4 in length. D. 

 97; A. 82; scales 98. ELONGATTJS, 3082. 



hh. Body less elongate, the depth 3 in length ; head 5 J ; lon- 

 gitudinal streaks very distinct. D. 100 ; A. 80 ; scales 

 105. ATBICAUDFS, 3083. 



gg. Scales rather larger, 75 to 90. 



i. Body rather elongate, the depth 3 to 4; dorsal rays 80 to 



90; anal 80 to 85; opercular flap large; body with 3 or 



4 dark cross bands. LEEI, 3084. 



ii. Body less elongate, the depth 3 T V to 3f in length ; the 



head 5 to 5|. D. 90 to 95 ; A. 75 to 80. 



PLAGUSIA, 3085. 



cc. Dorsal and anal pale throughout, or more or less mottled or spotted with 



darker, the caudal similarly colored, not distinctly black. Body not 



very elongate, the depth 3 to 3 in length. (Probably all varieties of 



S.plagiusa.) 



j. Body with dark cross bands more or less distinct ; the fins mottled or 



speckled ; upper eye slightly in advance of lower. 



k. Dorsal rays 86 to 95 ; anal rays 75 to 80 ; head 5 in length ; depth 



34 ; scales 85 to 93 ; cross bands more distinct than in related 



species. PLAGIUSA, 3086. 



Tck. Dorsal rays 78 to 85 ; anal rays 70 to 72 ; head 5 in length ; depth 



3; scales 80 to 90. Color, light browoi r with darker cross 



bars, which become obsolete with age. PUSILLUS, 3087. 



jj. Body uniform grayish, without cross bands; last part of dorsal and 



anal with 3 or 4 oblong black blotches, each somewhat larger than 



the eye; upper eye directly above lower; head 5f in length. 



Scales 85 ; D. 92 ; A. 75. DIOMEDEANUS, 3088. 



ddd. Caudal and posterior part of dorsal and anal not black, scarcely darker 



than anterior part; scales 92; D. 93; A. 73. WILLIAMSI, 3089. 



ACEDIA (Spanish name of Symphurus plagusia at Havana) : 



aa. Scales very small, ctenoid, each with a median dark streak, which simulates a keel, 



but is not a ridge ; snout and jaws naked ; fin rays in increased number. 

 1. Head 5f ; depth 4|. D. 119 ; A. 107 ; scales 120. Grayish, everywhere mottled 

 with brown. NEBULOSUS, 3090. 



Subgenus SYMPHURUS. 

 3078. STMPHURTJS PIGER (Goode & Bean). 



Head 4 in total length ; depth 3|. D. 90 ; A. 69 to 75 ; ventral 4 ; scales 

 65-34 (transverse); eye 6 in head; snout 4; niouth oblique, curved, its 

 angle below middle of lower eye; teeth feeble, closely placed, a little 

 stronger on colored side; nostril tubular, a little nearer eye than tip of 

 snout ; eyes moderate in size, very close together, the upper very slightly 

 in advance, its distance from the dorsal outline equal to its diameter; 

 scales large, ctenoid, deciduous. Dorsal begining over middle of upper 

 eye; longest dorsal and anal rays 3 in depth of body; pectorals obsolete. 



