978 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



bb. Scales in lateral line 56; eye 3% in head. SCHOMBUEGKI, 1376. 



aa. Anal rays III, 31. Scales in lateral line 58; eye very large, 2% in head. MULLERI, 1377. 

 aoa. Anal rays III, 24. Scales in lateral line 56; eye 2% in head. POEYI, 1378. 



1375. PEMPHEBIS MEXICAN US,* Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



D. VI, 9 ; A. Ill, 35 ; scales in a lengthwise series 32, 16 scales in a 

 transverse series. Profile a little concave. Copper color ; the fins yellow, 

 without black markings. Pacific coast of Mexico, only the type known, 

 from Acapulco. (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



Pempheris mexicanus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vn, 308, 1831, Acapulco. 



1376. PEMPHEBIS SCHOMBUBGKI, Muller & Troschel. 



Head 4; depth 3. D. VI, 9; A. Ill, 33; V. I, 5; scales in lateral line 

 56, besides about 13 on the caudal fin. Profile depressed above the eye; 

 lower outline strongly convex anteriorly, then straight along the belly, 

 then contracted so that the base of last anal ray is on level of middle of 

 pupil. Scales rather large, distinctly ctenoid, deciduous, except those 

 along the lateral line, which are smaller than the others and persistent. 

 Eye 31 in head ; half broader than interorbital space. Maxillary reach- 

 ing beyond middle of eye; each jaw with two rows of small, slender 

 teeth directed backward ; small teeth in narrow bands on vomer and 

 palatines ; preopercle finely serrate ; fin rays slender ; height of dorsal 

 greater than its base, which is about half length of head ; anal base not 

 quite 2| in body, its first rays 3| in head ; anal spines slender, graduated ; 

 caudal moderately lunate, the upper lobe the longer ; pectorals falcate, 

 as long as head; ventral short, as long as eye; lateral line curved to 

 below middle of dorsal and extending on the scales of caudal fin. Violet 

 above, golden yellow below (in spirits); scaly sheath of anal with dark 

 specks. (Steindachner.) Barbados and Cuba. (Named for Robert H. 

 Schomburgk, author of the History of Barbados.) 



Pempheris schomburgM, MULLER & TROSCHEL, in Schomburgk's History of Barbados, 669, 1845, 

 Barbados; D. V, 9; A. Ill, 35; STEINDACHNER, Ich. Notizen, i, 8. 



1877. PEMPHEBIS MULLEBI, Poey. 

 (CATALTJFA DE LO ALTO.) 



Head 3| ; depth 2f ; eye 2i in head ; base of anal 2 in body or If times 

 as long as head. D. IV, 10 ; A. Ill, 31 ; scales 56 to 60. Color red, silvery 

 below, dusky on back and base of anal. Length about 5 inches. West 

 Indies to Brazil; rather rare on the coast of Cuba, in waters of moderate 

 depth. A handsome little fish, resembling a young Priacanthus. Probably 



* The following account of the original type of Pempheris mexicana has been sent us by our 

 friend, Mr. Alexander Thominot: " Body compressed, its height 2% times in the total length; 

 head a little more than four times in this dimension; snout 6 in head; eye as long as caudal 

 peduncle; insertion of dorsal nearer tip of snout than root of caudal; pectorals as long as head. 

 Total length 0.140mm.; head 0.033 mm.; snout 0.005 mm.; eye 0.015 mm.; caudal length 0.028; 

 length of pectorals 0.033; base of dorsal 0.018; height of dorsal 0.026. Fin rays D. 13; P. 16; 

 V. 1, 5; A. 32; C. II-I-II. Scales in lateral line nearly 50." 



