1352 Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 



tion, which has been verified for us on the original type by Mr. Alexander 

 Thominot. (pennatula, diminutive ofpenna, a quill.) 



Calamus pennatula, GUICHENOT, Revision des Pagels, 116, Martinique ; JORDAN &, FES- 

 LEB, i.e., 512. 



1723. CALAMUS BAJ01VADO (Bloch & Schneider). 

 ( JOLT-HE AD PORGY ; B A JON ADO.) 



Head3 in length (4 in total); depth 2f (3 in total); eye large, 2 (in 

 young) to 5 (in adults) in length of head. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 10. Scales 

 7-54-17. Body less elevated than in the two species preceding, the snout 

 long and pointed, the anterior profile rising slowly in an even course to 

 front of dorsal; in the young the anterior profile is more bluntly rounded, 

 the supraorbital region more prominent, and the profile of snout steeper. 

 Greatest depth of preorbital rather more than one-half length of head in 

 adults 2 feet long, 2^ in head in young of 6 inches. Mouth moderate, 

 maxillary not reaching vertical from orbit except in young, nearly half 

 length of head in adults, 2-J- in head in specimens of 8 inches. Anterior 

 teeth of outer series much enlarged and stronger than the cardiform band, 

 even in the young; in adults these become very strongly developed, and 

 are then nearly as robust as the molars; their number seems to be nor- 

 mally 2 or 3 on each side in the upper jaw and 3 or 4 on each side in the 

 lower, but this is subject to much variation; the upper jaw has frequently 

 one of these more enlarged than the others, and canine like. The molars, 

 as usual in this genus, in 3 series in the upper jaw and 2 in the lower; 

 besides these there is quite constantly toward the front of the jaw an 

 interior supplemental series of molars, both above and below. Dorsal 

 spines slender, the highest 2f in head, the soft rays low ; anal spines ro- 

 bust; pectorals long, reaching past origin of anal, 2f to 3 in length; ven- 

 trals nearly reaching vent, 1| in head. Color in life, brassy, rather dull, 

 and with little blue marking, the middle of each scale shining, but scarcely 

 bluish ; a blue stripe below eye, narrower and duller than in the preceding 

 species, and extending well forward on preorbital; a second duller streak 

 above this, the two meeting on forehead; preorbital dull coppery, often 

 with irregular and obscure blue lines, these sometimes forming obscure 

 veining, and always growing duller with age; lower jaw dull purplish; 

 angle of mouth purplish and orange yellow; axil yellowish; no violet 

 band on base of pectoral; fins plain, the ventrals sometimes slightly 

 dusky, the caudal obscurely barred. A young specimen had 4 or 5 faint 

 orange blotches along back. Length 2 feet. West Indies, north to Florida 

 Keys; most abundant of the genus, and reaching a larger size than any of 

 the others. The largest seen by us were 22 inches long. It is the dullest 

 in color of the large species, (bajonado, the Cuban name, equivalent to 

 bayonet, and probably alluding to the interhramal.) 



Bajonado, PARBA, Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat. Cuba, 13, lam. 8, 1787, Havana. 



fiparus bajonado, BLOCK & SCHNEIDER. Syst. Ichtli., 284, 1801 ; after PARRA. 



Pagellus caninus, POEY, Memorias, n, 199, I860. Havana. 



Calamus plumatula, GUICHENOT, Rev. Pagels, 119, Martinique; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 1886, 537; reexamination of type. 

 Pagellus bajonado, POEY, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. PLila. 1803, 177. 



