Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2843 



bones very narrow, finely serrate; premaxillary groove on top of head as 

 long as eye; length of pectoral equals head behind middle of eye; spinous 

 dorsal depressible into a groove, highest (anterior) rays of soft dorsal 

 equal to ventrals, longer than soft rays of anal ; third anal spine very long 

 and heavy, as long as pectorals; caudal forked almost to base, the lobes 

 equal, #s long as pectorals. Each row of scales with a red band, yellow 

 lines between the rows; fins all yellowish. This is a strongly marked 

 species, very different from Holocentrus aacensionis, perhaps the type of a 

 distinct genus, characterized by the large mouth and projecting chin. 



Page 856. Dr. Bean reports the Red Mullet or Goat Fish (Mullus aura- 

 tus) as being plentiful at Sandy Hook in September and October. 



Page 857. The nominal genus Mulloides can not be separated from 

 Upeneus. 



Page 866. In Scomber colias read : Head about 3 ; depth 4f ; first dor- 

 sal longer than high. 



Page 873. To the synonymy of Scomberomorus add: 

 Polipturus, RAFINESQUE, Anal, do la Nature 1815, 84 ; substitute for Scomberomorus. 



Page 874. In line 12 of description of Scomberomorus maculatus, for 

 " side " read " part.' 7 



Page 878. Bipinnula, Jordan & Evermann, is a synonym of Escolar, 

 Jordan and Evermanu, in Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 519, 1896. 

 The error resulted from Goode & Bean taking our original MS. name Esco- 

 lar, for which we afterwards substituted Bipinnula. 



This genus and its species will therefore stand as follows : 



396. ESCOLAR, Jordan & Evermann. 



Escolar, JORDAN & EVERMANN, in GOODE & BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 519, Aug. 23, 1896 



(violaceus). 

 Bipinnula, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes North and Middle Amer., 878, Oct. 3, 1896 



(violaceus). 



1267. ESCOLAR VIOLACEUS (Bean). 



Page 886. Instead of Lepidopus caadatus, which is not yet known to 

 occur in American waters, insert: 



1276. LEPIDOPUS XANTUSI, Goode & Bean. 



Head 4f in body; depth 3 in head; eye 5|; interorbital space 8; snout 

 3; maxillary 3. D. 82; A. II, 45. Jaws with long, sharp teeth in front, 

 followed by single rows of weaker ones, arranged in groups of twos and 

 threes. Height of dorsal, near middle of body, 3 in head. Anal preceded 

 by 2 scutes, the first minute, the second wide, strongly keeled, its length 

 f the diameter of eye. Pectorals of 12 rays, length 2 in head. Each 

 ventral consists of a flat keeled spine followed by a minute ray. This 

 species is known from 2 small mutilated specimens, both found on the 

 beach near San Jose del Cabo, Cape San Lucas. The type was taken by 

 John Xantus, about 1860, and recorded by Jordan & Gilbert as Lepidopus 

 caudatus. The second, of about the same size (5^ inches), was taken by 



