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us. (serrula, a little saw, a translation of the French name " Petite-Scie," 

 used at Martinique.) 



Pristipoma serrula, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 272, 1830, Martinique. 

 Pristipoma auiatum, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 272, Martinique. 

 Anisotremus serrula, JORDAN & FESLER, I. c., 487. 



543. CONODON, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Conodon, CUVIER &, VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 156, 1830 (antillanus=nobilis). 



This genus is close to Pomadasis, from which it is separated by the 

 enlarged outer teeth and by the peculiar armature of the preopercle, which 

 is very sharply serrate, the seme at the angle enlarged, those before the 

 angle turned forward. Body oblong; soft rays of dorsal and anal more 

 or less scaly ; second anal spine large. American. (K&FO?, cone; odc&r, 

 tooth.) 



a. Back distinctly elevated and compressed, the depth 3J in body; dorsal fins low, 

 fourth spine the longest, 1 in head; longest dorsal ray 2 in head ; outer teeth 

 much enlarged. NOBILIS, 1693. 



aa. Back not elevated, the depth 3f in body; dorsal h'n higher than in nobilis, fourth 

 spine the longest, 2 in head ; longest dorsal ray 3 in head ; outer teeth little 

 enlarged. SERRIFER, 1694. 



1693. CONODON NOBILIS (Linna?us). 



Head 3; depth 3. D. XI I, 13; A. Ill, 7; scales 6-55-13. Back dis- 

 tinctly elevated and compressed, the depth about equal to length of head; 

 dorsal fins- low, fourth and longest spine If in head, longest dorsal ray 2 

 in head; second anal spine very long and strong, higher than the soft 

 rays, more than \ length of head; second dorsal spine about \ length of 

 third ; pectorals narrow, about reaching vent ; teeth of outer series en- 

 larged, stout; preorbital at its least width more than \ diameter of eye. 

 Air bladder with 2 short horns in front. Color silvery, darker above, 

 with 8 dark bars, which extend on sides below level of pectoral; sides 

 with light yellowish streaks in life ; dorsal spines silvery. West Indies ; 

 coast of Texas to Brazil; on sandy shores. Length about a foot. This 

 species is not rare in the West Indies, and is more common on the coast 

 of Brazil, (nobilis, noble.) 



Perca nobilis, LINNJEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 191, 1758, North America. 

 Scicenaplumieri, BLOCK, Ichthyol., VI, 66, taf. 306, 1791, Martinique. 

 Scicena coro, BLOCH, 1. c., pi. 307, fig. 2, 1791, Brazil ; after Coro coro, MARCGRAVE. 

 Cheilodipterus chrysopterus, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 542, pi. 33, fig. 1, 1802. 

 Conodon antillanus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 156, 1830, Jamaica. 

 Pristipoma coro, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 266, 1830. 

 Conodon plumieri, GUNTHER, Cat., I, 304, 1859. 

 Conodon nobilis, JORDAN & FESLER, I. c., 488. 



1694. CONODON SERRIFER, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3| in length to base of caudal; depth 3f. D. XI I, 12; A. Ill, 7; 

 scales 6-53-15. Body comparatively elongate, elliptical, little compressed, 

 the dorsal and ventral outlines regularly and nearly equally curved, the 

 back not much elevated and not specially compressed. Head rather short, 



