Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1379 



1757. GERRES EMBRYX, Jordan & Starks, new species. 



Head 3 ; depth 2. D. IX, 10 ; A. Ill, 8 ; scales 5-35-10 ; snout 3fr in head ; 

 maxillary 2|; eye 4; second dorsal spine 1|; second anal spine 1| ; pec- 

 toral y longer than head ; ventrals \\ ; caudal lobe 1. Body compressed 

 and angular, the back elevated; profile slightly concave over eye, thence 

 strongly convex to dorsal ; snout pointed ; mouth moderate, the maxillary 

 reaching slightly past anterior margin of pupil, width of its exposed por- 

 tion 2 in its length; jaws about equal; teeth in the upper jaw minute,, 

 very slender, and movable; teeth in lower jaw obsolete; preorbital and 

 preopercle serrate ; gill rakers short, about 7 -f 14 ; pharyngeals with short 

 blunt, pebble-like teeth on the middle, and small sharp conical teeth on 

 the outer edge. Cheeks with 4 or 5 rows of scales; snout from about 

 middle of eye, preorbital ring, suborbital, maxillary, and lower jaw scale- 

 less; basal sheath of dorsal composed of 1 row of scales; lateral line run- 

 ning high. Dorsal spines high, the second, which is much the strongest 

 and longest, when depressed, reaching to the base of the last; longest 

 dorsal ray about \ second spine; third anal spine the longest but not 

 so strong as second, its tip reaching well past end of last ray, when fin is 

 depressed; pectoral very long and falcate, reaching to the vertical from 

 the front of anal, longer than head, 2f in body; ventrals reaching past 

 vent, but not to anal; caudal deeply forked. Color in spirits, silvery, 

 darker above; sides with about 11 longitudinal dark streaks following the 

 rows of scales, I following the lateral line, those above parallel to it, those 

 below more longitudinal; tip of snout black above; dorsal, caudal, and 

 ventrals, dusky; other fins colorless; axil dusky. Length about a foot. 

 Coast of South Carolina, in rather deep water, in company with Calamus 

 leucosteus, Centropristes pliiladelpliicus, Larimns fasciatus, and Stellifer lau- 

 ceolatus. Here described from a specimen (No. 449, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.) 

 12 inches long, taken at Charleston, by Mr. Charles C. Leslie. (V, in; 

 fipv, the ocean depths. ) 



1758. GERRES PLUMIERI, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(MOJAERA.) 



Head 3; depth 2| ; eye rather large, 3 in head; snout 4 in head; scales 

 5-37-11. D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 8. Body compressed, rhomboidal in form, 

 back very much elevated. Mouth rather large, maxillary extending 

 slightly beyond vertical from anterior margin of pupil, its length 2jj in 

 head; exposed portion of maxillary oblong, its width 2- in length, which 

 is 4f in length of head ; preorbital and preopercle serrate ; prernaxillary 

 groove broad and entirely free from scales; gill rakers small, weak, 13 

 below the angle; distance from tip of snout to dorsal fin equal to the 

 greatest depth of fish; upper margin of dorsal fin much concave; second 

 dorsal spine very strong and long, its length equaling length of head; 

 second anal spine stronger and slightly shorter than the second dorsal 

 spine, its tip reaching to the vertical from base of caudal rays ; third spine 

 shorter and much weaker than second; pectoral fins reaching beyond 

 the front of anal, their length 2 in length of body ; ventral fins reaching 



