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1726. CALAMUS MACROPS, Poey. 



Head 3f ; depth 2; eye large, about 3 in head. D. XI, 12; A. Ill, 10. 

 Body rather elongate; scales large; dorsal outline forming a compara- 

 tively regular arch, the back being elevated, the anterior profile steep and 

 nearly straight. Canines small, about 10 to 12; preorbital narrow, about 

 equal to eye; mouth small, the maxillary about 2| in head. Color plum- 

 beous gray, with a blue spot on each scale; preorbital with blue streaks; 

 a blue streak below eye ; a blue point in the axil ; fins pale (Poey). Cuba; 

 known only from Poey 's description and figure. (juanpoS, large; ooif>, eye.) 



Calamus macrops, POEY, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist, N. Y. 1872, 181, fig. 3, Havana ; JORDAN & 

 FESLER, I. c., 513. 



1727. CALAMUS TAURDfUS (Jcnyns). 



Head 3 to 3; depth 2; eye 4fr; scales 6-46-14. D. XII, 12; A. Ill, 10. 

 Body rather elevated, deeper than in Calamus arctifrons, the anterior pro- 

 file rather evenly curved, but not very strongly convex. Head narrowed 

 above, but broad through the supraorbital region ; profile rising from nape 

 to front of dorsal, the occipital crest as high as eye ; preorbital very deep, 

 its least depth = maxillary, 2^ in head. Mouth large, not reaching verti- 

 cal from front of orbit. Outer teeth moderately enlarged, normally 

 placed, the large teeth -,%. Eye moderate, 1 in interorbital, 2 in pre- 

 orbital. Longest dorsal spine 2| ; pectoral very long, 2^ in body, reaching 

 second anal spine, which is 4 in head. Color dull silvery, with faint dark 

 crossbands; preorbital plain ; anal dusky; ventrals pale ; edge of opercle 

 dusky. Galapagos Islands to Peru. We have examined many specimens 

 in the museum at Cambridge, from Charles Island, one of the Galapagos. 

 The above description from a specimen from Payta, Peru. (From taurus, 

 bull; bullheaded.) 



Chrysophrys taurina, JENYNS, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, 56, pi. vn, 12, 1842, Galapagos Islands 

 (Coll. Charles Darwin) ; VALENCIENNES, Voyage Venus, v, 330, 1846. 



Chrysophrys cyanoptera, VALENCIENNES, Voyage Venus, v, pi. 4, fig. 2, 1846, Charles Island, 

 Galapagos Group. 



Calamus taurinus, JORDAN & BOLLMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 181 ; JORDAN & FESLER, 

 I.e., 513. 



1728. CALAMUS PENNA (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



(LITTLE-MOUTH PORGY; SHEEPSHEAD PORGY.) 



Head 3 to 3 ; depth 2 (2f in total) ; eye rather small, 3| to 4 in head 

 in specimens from 6 to 11 inches long. D. XII, 12 ; A. Ill, 10 ; scales 6-48-13. 

 Body somewhat higher than in C. bajonado. Anterior profile evenly con- 

 vex to front of dorsal, rising slowly and not strongly arched. Preorbital 

 low, 2f to 3 in head, about equaling interorbital width. Mouth moderate, 

 the maxillary scarcely reaching vertical from front of orbit, 2- to 2f in 

 head. Outer series of teeth anteriorly in both jaws somewhat enlarged, 

 small and uniform in size, 8 to 10 in each jaw ; no accessory row of molars 

 in either jaw. Dorsal low, the highest dorsal spine about 2^ in head; 

 pectorals about reaching vertical from front of anal, 3 in length ; ven- 



