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concave interorbital space; scales on cheek moderate, in about eight 

 series ; top of head naked ; lower jaw not projecting ; canines small ; 

 mouth large, the maxillary reaching middle of eye ; preorbital narrow ; 

 gill rakers short, x -f- 13 ; 12 rows of scales before dorsal ; dorsal spines 

 strong, the fourth highest, 2 in head, a little longer than longest soft 

 ray ; dorsal fin not notched ; soft dorsal a little scaly j caudal deeply 

 lunate ; second anal spine 3| in head, stronger but scarcely longer than 

 third spine; pectorals long, reaching anal, as long as ventrals, 1J in 

 head. Color light brownish, with lighter blotches and faint dusky bars ; 

 a very conspicuous, sharply defined, vertical white bar extending upward 

 on each side from just before vent ; fins pale. Length 8 inches. West 

 Indies, north to Pensacola ; rather common ; our specimens of this species 

 are from Havana and from the Snapper Banks off Florida, (phcebe, the 

 moon, from the white lateral bar.) 

 Serranvs phocbe, POEY, Memoriae, i, 55, pi. 2, fig. 3, 1851, Havana; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



1884, 35; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 407, 1890. 

 Centroprislis phcebe, GUNTHER, Cat., I, 85, 1859. 

 Halipercaphoebe, POEY, Synopsis, 281, 1868. 



1598. PRIONODES FASCIATUS, Jenyns. 



Head 2fj to 3 ; depth 3 to Sir. D. X, 12 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 5-50-15, pores 

 49. Body elliptical, little elevated, the dorsal outline gently arched. 

 Snout sharp ; lower jaw distinctly longest; maxillary reaching vertical 

 from middle of pupil, or beyond ; interorbital space somewhat concave 

 and ridged. Teeth small, cardiform; 2 small canines in front of lower 

 jaw, 4 in front of upper jaw ; the inner series of teeth somewhat enlarged, 

 containing 2 or 3 large fixed canines in the middle of sides of lower jaw, 

 these larger than the canines in front ; strong teeth on vomer and pala- 

 tines ; no supplemental maxillary bone ; gill rakers short, few in number, 

 about 10 below angle ; preopercle nearly evenly rounded, the posterior 

 margin nearly vertical and, as well as the angle, very finely, evenly, and 

 sharply serrated, the seme on angle scarcely larger, the lower limb 

 nearly entire; opercle ending in three compressed spines, the middle the 

 largest, the membrane extending much beyond them. Scales well ctenoid, 

 on cheeks small, in 9 to 11 rows ; opercles with about 4 series of large 

 scales; jaws and top of head naked. Spiuous dorsal low, not notched, 

 the first two spines shorter than the others, which are of equal length 

 and shorter than the soft rays ; length of spines about equaling distance 

 from snout to middle of eye, 3 in head ; soft dorsal elevated, the anterior 

 rays somewhat shorter than the posterior, the tips of which reach rudi- 

 mentary caudal rays, 2- in head ; anal spines short and strong, the middle 

 one stronger and slightly longer than the third ; the second about equal 

 to dorsal spines ; anal rays more elevated than those of dorsal, the last 

 ray the longest and about equal to length of head; ventrals reaching 

 vent ; pectorals slightly beyond it, f length of head ; ventrals inserted in 

 front of axil of pectorals ; caudal short, somewhat lunate, with the outer 

 rays produced, the fin If in head ; dorsal and anal scaleless. Branchi- 

 ostegals 7. Color light olivaceous, the dorsal region with about 12 broad 



