Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 81 



series of spines on back or tail ; mouth with 3 small papillae Color 

 clouded olivaceous above, whitish below. Gulf of California to Panama ; 

 not rare, replacing U. halleri south ward, and differing chiefly in the prickly 



back, (nebulosus, clouded.) 



i;-,,l, .;.///> Hcht</osx, GARMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 1885, 41, Colima. (Type, No. 735G.) 

 116. UROLOPHUS JAMAICENSIS, (Cuvier). 



Disk ovate, longer than broad, rather longer than tail, its front 

 rounded, the snout not projecting. Skin above everywhere sparsely cov- 

 ered with small prickles. Color brown, sprinkled with small yellow 

 spots, edged with darker. West Indies, generally common; once (per- 

 haps erroneously ) recorded from New Jersey. 



Is'iolnitus sloani, BLAINVII,LE, Journ. Phys., 1816, 262, name only. 



Itaja jamaiccnsis, CUVIER, Regne Animal, u, 137, 1817, Jamaica, after Pastinaca Marina of 



Sloane. 



Trygonobatus torpedinns, DESMAREST, Prem. Dec. Ichth., 6, 1823, Cuba. 



{'roloplnts tot-pedinus, GUNTHER, Cat., vm, 485, 1870 ; GARMAN, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1885, 43. 

 Rnja sloani, BANCROFT, Zob'l. Journal, v, 83, 1829, Jamaica. 



117. UROLOPHUS MUNDUS, (Gill). 



Disk orbicular, rounded in outline; the snout slightly projecting, as 

 long as broad ; tail a little longer than disk ; caudal spine inserted a little 

 behind middle of tail ; as long as from nostrils to tip of snout ; teeth 

 pointed. Skin beset with numerous small stelliform tubercles, largest on 

 the back. Color uniform dark brown. (Gill.) Panama; not seen by us. 

 (mundus, clean.) 



mundus, GILL, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1863, 173, Panama. 



118. UROLOPHUS GOODEI, Jordan & Bollman. 



Disk broader than long, by a distance equal to snout and -$ eye; 

 front margins of disk slightly convex, the tip of snout exserted and 

 sharply pointed, its length 3f in length of disk ; eye equal to spiracle, 3 

 in snout ; edge of spiracles entire ; width of mouth 2 in snout before it ; 

 ventrals projecting beyond disk, their length 1 in their breadth. Caudal 

 spine large, as long as snout and i eye, its edge with 8 to 10 retrorse 

 spinules, its insertion before middle of tail (from axil of pectoral), its tip 

 reaching front of caudal ; tail longer than disk by a distance equal to eye 

 and spiracle; skin smooth or somewhat prickly on upper surface of snout; 

 1 or 2 strong spines near middle of back. Color plain brown, nearly uni- 

 form, the margins bright yellow in life. About Panama, at a depth of 33 

 fathoms; also taken in Magdalena Bay; snout longer, 3 in disk (Gilbert.) 

 (Named for George Brown Goode.) 



Urolophm goodei, JORDAN & BOLLMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, 151, near Panama. (Type, 

 No. 41150.) 



}19. UROLOPHUS ASPIDURUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Disk very slightly longer than broad, its length slightly less than tail, 

 its anterior margins nearly straight, the tip of snout projecting abruptly 

 as a narrow triangular prominence, rounded at end; snout from eye 3 



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