Jordan and Evcrmann. Fishes of North America. 2853 



Page 1051. To the synonymy of Ulocentra simotera add : 



Etheostoma duryi, HENSHALL, Journ. Cin'ti Soc. Nat. Hist., April, 1889, 32, small tribu- 

 tary of Tennessee River at Whiteside, Tennessee. (Type in Mus. Cin'ti Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. Coll. Charles Dury.) 



Page 1089. To the synonymy of Etheostoma ccaruleum add : 



Etheostoma formosa, HENSHALL, Journ. Cin'ti Soc. Nat. Hist., April, 1889, 32, small tribu. 

 tary of Tennessee River at Whiteside, Tennessee. (Typo in Mus. Cin'ti Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. Coll. Charles Dury.) 



Page 1109. Add: 



1501(a). APOtiOA ATRICAUDUS, Jordan & McGregor. 



Head 2; depth 3. D. VI-1, 9; A. II, 8; scales largely ctenoid; eye 

 3^ in head; second dorsal spine stoutest, about 2 in head; gill rakers 

 17, moderate. Body similar in shape to A. retrosellus. Jaws reaching to 

 posterior border of eye, If in head. Pectoral reaching to opposite front 

 of anal, If in head. Color rosy, darkened with dusky points ; more or less 

 olivaceous above; head and throat verging on orange; first dorsal black; 

 second dorsal rosy; caudal dusky, more or less Hushed with rosy, other 

 fins paler; no black spot on head or on base of caudal, there being no defi- 

 nite markings anywhere except the dusky red of the tail. West coast of 

 Mexico. Numerous specimens collected at San Benedicto, Socorro, and 

 Clarion islands. Usual length 3 to 4 inches, (ater, black; cauda, tail.) 



Apogon atricaiidut, JORDAN & McGrREGOR, Kept. U.S. Fish Comm. 1898, Socorro, Clarion 

 and San Benedicto islands. (Coll. K. C. McGregor.) 



Page 1125. Centropomus affinis can not be separated from C.ensiferus. 

 Page 1148. To the synonymy of Epinephelus add : 

 Phrynotitan, GILL, Stand. Nat. Hist., in, 255, 1885 (Batrachus gigas). 



Page 1150. In the key under dd, read : Lower jaw strongly projecting. 

 Page 1156. Add: 



1551 (a). EPINEPHELUS NIPHOBLES, Gilbert & Starks. 



Head 2| in body; depth 2J. D. XI, 14; A. Ill, 9; scales 16-116-40; 

 eye 5 in head ; maxillary 2 ; third dorsal spine 2f ; middle dorsal rays 2| ; 

 highest anal rays 2 ; third anal spine 3^ ; pectoral 1 ; ventrals If; caudal 

 If. Form rather robust, moderately compressed ; dorsal outline uniformly 

 curved from tip of snout to caudal peduncle ; mouth large, the maxillary 

 reaching to below posterior orbital rim; lower jaw strongly projecting; 

 teeth conical and sharp, in 1 or 2 bands at sides of jaws, 3 or 4 in front; 

 upper jaw with a rather strong canine on each side of front; snout 

 longer than eye; nostrils close together, the posterior one the larger, a 

 little in front of the vertical from front of eye, the anterior in a short, 

 wide tube with a flap behind; vertical and horizontal limbs of preopercle 

 meeting at right angles, its edge with blunt serrse, those at angle enlarged; 

 opercle with 3 flat spines before the flap ; gill rakers moderate, nearly 

 eye, 8 -{-16 in number. Top of head, orbitals, maxillary, and mandi- 

 ble, naked; fine scales on checks and opercles; scales on body ctenoid; 



