

Jordan and Evermann . Fishes of North A merica . 1353 



Calamus bajonado, POEY, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 1872, 176, pl.vi, fig. 1; POEY, 

 Enumeratio, 55, 1875; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1884,20; JORDAN & 

 FESLER, I. c.,512. 



Subgenus GRAMMATEUS, Poey. 



1724. CALAMUS BRACHYSOMUS (Lockington). 



(MOJARRA G ARAB ATA.) 



Head3; depth 2,\; eye moderate, about 4| in liead in adult; scales 

 6-50-13. D. XII, 11; A. Ill, 10. Body much compressed, short and deep, 

 the back considerably elevated, the anterior profile steep and regularly 

 convex from base of first dorsal spine to point of snout; snout short, If to 

 2 in head; mouth small, maxillary about 2? in head. Canines short and 

 strong, about Jl; no an trorsc canines; preorbital narrow, its least width 2^ 

 to 3f in head; gill rakers very small, about 4 -(-6. Pectoral narrow and 

 long, reaching to the vertical from the origin of first anal ray, about 2^ in 

 body; second and third anal spines about equal, 3 in head; fifth dorsal 

 spine 2 in head. Snout, interorbital, preorbitals, suborbitals, and chin, 

 naked; scales on cheek in about 5 series. Color brassy olive with darker 

 crossbands and few violet marks; preorbital plain brownish, an inky 

 axillary spot; ventrals dusky. Length 15 inches. Gulf of California and 

 neighboring waters; locally abundant from Magdalena Bay to Mazatlan; 

 a food-fish of some importance. (fipaxu$, short; d&jua, body.) 

 Spams bracJnjftomits, LOCKINGTON, Proc. 0. S. Xat. Mus. 1880, 284, Magdalena Bay, Lower 



California. 

 Calamus brachysomus, EVERMANN & JENKINS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 153; JORDAN & 



FESLBR, I. c., 512. 



1725. CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



( WHITE-BONE PORGY.) 



Head3i; depth 2i ; eye rather large, 3;} in head in adults; scales Tor 

 8-51-14. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 10. Body formed much as in Calamus penna, 

 short and deep, with steep anterior profile and high, arched back, the pro- 

 file nearly straight from snout to above eyes, thence convex. Head deeper 

 than long, the preorbital region very deep, its least depth 2 in head, 

 half greater than interorbital width. A strong blunt prominence before 

 eye. Mouth rather large, the maxillary 2? in head. Outer teeth in both 

 jaws moderately enlarged, canine-like, about 10 in each jaw, none of 

 them directed forward; gill rakers very short and wide apart, about 3-f 6. 

 Highest dorsal spine 2 in head; pectorals very long, reaching to the ver- 

 tical from base of third anal spine, 2f in length of body ; ventrals If in 

 head. Scales large, those on cheeks in 5 rows. Smutty silvery; sides with 

 vague crossbars ; dorsal and anal fins with dark blotches ; ventrals dusky ; 

 no black axillary spot. South Atlantic coast of United States, in rather 

 deep water, known only from the markets of Charleston, South Carolina. 

 Length about a foot. (kevx6$, white; otireov, bone, from the common 

 name, the application of which is unknown to us.) 



Calamus bajonado, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 92G, 1883 ; not bajonado, BLOCK & 



SCHNEIDER. 

 Calamus leucosteus, JORDAN & GILBERT, in JORDAN, Cat. Fishes JST. A., 91, 1885, Charleston 



(Coll. Charles C. Leslie) ; JORDAN & FESLER, I. c., 513. 

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