Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1363 



Sargus holbrookii, BEAN, Forest and Stream, June 13, 1878, Charleston ; BEAN, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. 1878, 198 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 379. 

 Diplodus holbrookii, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 559; EIGENMANN & HUGHES, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. 1887, 72; JORDAN & FESLER, I. c., 534, 1893. 

 Diplodus caudimacula, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 559, 1883 ; young ; not caudimacula 



of POEY. 



1739. DIPLODUS ARGENTEUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



(SARGO.) 



Head 3|; depth 11; eye 3|; snout 3. D. XII, 14; A. Ill, 13; scales 

 8-62-16. Body much compressed; dorsal outline notably elevated; profile 

 almost straight, very steep ; mouth moderate, almost horizontal ; maxillary 

 3^ in head ; incisors -;}, placed as in 1). holbrookii ; molars in 3 or 4 series above, 

 2 or 3 below. Longest dorsal spine 2 in head; caudal long, forked; 

 second anal spine much stouter and longer than third, 2f in head; 

 ventrals reaching half way to second anal ray; pectorals reaching to first 

 anal spine. Steel-blue above, silvery below ; a blackish border on the oper- 

 ciilum; a black spot on the upper part of the base of pectorals; five or 

 six very narrow, oblique blackish crossbars; black bar not extending 

 entirely across caudal peduncle. West Indies; Florida and the Bermudas 

 south to Argentina; here described from a specimen from New Smyrna, 

 Florida., obtained by Mr. William P. Shannon, the only record for the 

 United States. The types of Saw/nn nryeutens in the Museum at Paris are 

 identified as belonging to the same species as the types of Sargus caudi- 

 iiKiciila which are in the National Museum, (argenteus, silvery.) 



Xr</ a A- ar<n>nteus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 60, 1830, Brazil; (}UNTHER, 



Cat. Fishes, I, 444; GUNTHEK, Shore Fishes, 5, 7, 1880. 



Satyuit caudimacula, POEY, Memorias, n, 198, 1860, Cuba; POEY, Synopsis, 310, 1868. 

 Diplodus argcnteus, EIGENMANN & HUGHES, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 73; JORDAN & 



FESLER, I. c., 524, 1893; HEIW, Ann. Mus. Buenos Aires 1895, 50. 



1740. DIPLODUS SAROUS (Linnaeus). 



(SARGO.) 



Head about 3^; depth about 2; eye 4^ in head, 1 i n snout, 1 in inter- 

 orbital. D. XI or XII, 12 to 15; A. Ill, 13 or 14; scales 8-65-16; pectoral 

 2 in body; ventrals 4; upper caudal lobe 3$; second anal spine 3 in 

 head; incisors rather broad, implanted obliquely; 3 or 4 series of molars 

 above, 2 or 3 below ; crown of head convex, a protuberance above the 

 anterior angle of the orbit; preorbital not entirely covering maxillary; 

 gill rakers short and thick, about 6-j- 11; pectoral fin extending to origin 

 of anal, ventrals nearly to vent. Color silvery or shining golden, with 

 many narrow longitudinal dusky stripes (8 or 9 above lateral line, 15 or 

 16 below), and with 4 or 5 narrow blackish crossbands, the first between 

 the origin of the dorsal and the axil. Coast of southern Europe; once 

 recorded from the Bermudas (Goode) ; known to us only from descrip- 

 tions in the American fauua on the record of Dr. Goode. Here described 

 from a specimen from the Canary Islands. (Eu.) (6dpyo$, sarym, the 

 ancient name of a species of this genus.) 



