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1357. BRAMA AGASSIZII, Poey. 



Head 4i in total with caudal ; depth 3. D. Ill, 29 ; A. II, 21. Number 

 of scales not stated, probably about as in B. rail. Eye 3i in head (in 

 specimen 2 feet long); -maxillary reaching past middle of eye. Jaws with 

 bauds of villiform teeth, those in front larger; no canines; villiform 

 teeth on the palatines ; two strong teeth on the vomer. Form of the 

 scales about as in B. rail, their free border thin and not ciliated, giving 

 the effect of an epidermal membrane attached to each scale and reflect- 

 ing a dull silvery color. Longest ray of dorsal a little more than half 

 depth of body ; anal inserted under thirteenth ray of dorsal ; ventrals 

 twice as short as pectorals ; caudal concave, its middle rays not at all 

 produced. Air bladder large; vertebras more than 24. Dusky, with 

 bright reflections ; caudal largely bordered with whitish. Cceca 7. 

 Cuba; known from one specimen. (Poey.) Apparently allied to Srama 

 rail, but the fins are shorter. (Named for Louis Agassiz.) 



Bruiua uijassizii, POEY, Hemorias, n, 204, 1860, Havana. 



1858. BRAMA BREYOORTII, Poey. 



Head 4* in total length with caudal ; depth 2|. D. Ill, 27 (or III, 30); 

 A. II, 21. Eye 3f in head, (in specimen 16 inches long). Teeth as in 

 Brama agassizii, but none on vomer. Second ray of dorsal I height of 

 body; anal inserted much farther back than front of dorsal. Scales as 

 in Brama agassizii. Caudal blackish, without pale margin, its middle 

 rays salient, half the length of the outer ; pectorals shorter than in 

 other species ; fins higher than B. rail, lower than in B. agassizii. Coeca 

 8. Color as in B. agassizii, except the caudal. Havana, Cuba; known 

 from one specimen. (Poey.) (Named for James Carson Brevoort.) 



Brama brevoorlii, POEY, Memorias, n, 206, I860, Havana. 



1359. BRAMA RAH (Bloch). 

 (POMFRET ; CASTAGNOLE ; RONDANIN.) 



Head 3f; depth 2*. D. Ill, 32; A. II, 27; scales 13-80-23. Pyloric 

 cceca 5. Vertebras 16 -}- 24 = 40. Eye large, 4 in head, as long as snout. 

 Maxillary 2 in head. Teeth on palatines, none on vomer. Scales of 

 sides of body in adult much elongate vertically, consisting of a long ver- 

 tical bony portion which is sharp at either end and does not appear at 

 the surface; this projection extends under each scale above and below 

 for a distance nearly equaling diameter of the visible part of the scale; 

 this free part forming a cycloid lobate flap deeper than long ; axil with 

 a fringe of long scales attached by one edge ; scales of back and belly 

 smaller, nearly normal in form ; fin rays of anterior part of dorsal, each 

 with a scaly flap free at one edge. Maxillary and opercles scaly ; lower 

 jaw with rudimentary scales. Pectorals long, falcate, reaching middle 

 of anal, 2f in body ; dorsal and anal high in front, but lower than in 

 Brama agassizii, the longest rays about 24- in depth of body, 5i in length 

 of body ; caudal fin on a slender peduncle, deeply forked, its middle rays 



