Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1333 



Subgenus RHONCISCUS, Jordan & Evermann. 

 1704. POMADASIS CROC HO (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3; depth 2 to 3|; eye 3| to 5 in head. D. XIII, 11 or 12; A. Ill, 6 

 or 7; scales 6-54-16 ; preorbital 4 to 8; snout 2% to 3$; maxillary 3 to 4 ; 

 pectoral 1-J to H; fourth dorsal spine l.-| to 2^; secoud anal spine 1 to 2; 

 soft dorsal 2 in spinous. Body elongate, compressed, the back elevated, 

 high at the nape, the anterior profile rather irregular, varying with age; 

 a more or less distinct frontal depression above eye in old specimens; 

 mouth small, the maxillary barely extending to the anterior edge of orbit; 

 lower jaw included; preopercle coarsely serrate, the teeth wide apart; 

 teeth small, the outer scarcely enlarged; scales rather large, those above 

 the lateral lino in parallel series; dorsal iin moderately notched; second 

 anal spine very strong and loug, reaching past tips of all the rays; pecto- 

 ral short, caudal slightly lunate. Color rather plain, olivaceous, silvery 

 below, about 3 or 4 ill-defined longitudinal dark stripes along sides, one 

 from point of snout to middle of base of caudal. West Indies, Cuba to 

 Braxil; generally common on sandy coasts. The specimens examined by 

 us are from Cuba (type of Prittipoma cultrifirum Poey, in the museum at 

 Cambridge), and from Sao Matheos, Itabapuana, and Cannariveras, in 

 Brazil, (crocro, the vernacular name at Martinique.) 



Pristipoma crocro, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 264, 1830, Martinique. 

 Pristipoma cultriferum, POEY, Memoria.s, n, 185, 1860, Havana. (Type in M. C. Z.) 

 Fontadasy* approximans, BEAN & DRESEL, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 160, Jamaica. 



(Typo, No. 30062. Coll. Public Mtis. Inst. Jamaica.) 

 Pomadasis crocro, JORDAN <fc FESLER, I. c., 493. 



1705. POMADASIS BRAXICKI (Steindachner). 



(BURRITO.) 



Head 3; depth 3. D. XIII or XIV, 12; A. Ill, 7; scales 7-49-12; eye 3.^ 

 in head; preorbital 5; snout 3; maxillary 3f ; pectoral H; fourth dorsal 

 spine 1| ; second anal spine 1^; soft dorsal 2f in spinous. Body elongate- 

 ovate, compressed, the back elevated; pectorals rather long, 1| in head; 

 anterior profile steep and convex over snout, depressed above eye, becom 

 ing slightly convex at nape; snout long, moderately pointed; top of head 

 with a slight depression ; mouth small, the maxillary barely reaching to 

 the anterior edge of eye; preorbital very narrow; teeth arranged in nar- 

 row, thickly set bands, those in front a little broader; preopercle and 

 scapula strongly serrate, the seme wide apart at angle; gill rakers short 

 and slender, about 6-j-ll; soft dorsal and anal slightly scaly at base; dor- 

 sal fin only moderately notched, the soft part much shorter and lower 

 than the spinous portion ; dorsal spines very high and stout, the last spine 

 J longer than the next to the last ; second anal spine very long and strong, 

 reaching past the longest rays, -J- longer than third spine; pectoral long, 

 not reaching past ventrals; caudal slightly lunate. Color uniformly sil- 

 ver-gray, the base of each scale slightly darker. Length 7 inches. Pacific 

 coast of tropical America, Mazatlan to Peru; generally common on the 

 sandy coasts of tropical America on the Pacific side ; specimens seen by 



