Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1405 



011 front of spinous dorsal; lateral line considerably curved anteriorly, 

 becoming straight at a point in front of the vent, near the origin of the 

 soft dorsal ; dorsal spines comparatively long and strong, little flexible, 

 the third spine slightly longer than the second, 2f in length of head; first 

 spine short and slender, about \ length of second; dorsals not connected; 

 second dorsal rather high, its longest rays 3^ in head ; caudal fin large, 

 lunate, the outer rays about \ longer than the middle rays, which are 2 

 in head; anal large, as long as high, its distal margin perfectly straight,. 

 its longest rays about length of head; anal spines small, enveloped in 

 the scaly skin, the second about height of first soft ray; anal fin termi- 

 nating considerably in front of dorsal; ventrals long, not reaching quite 

 halfway to vent, their length about | that of head; pectorals broad, 

 rather long, reaching a little beyond tips of ventrals, and contained If in 

 length of head. Slaty-bluish above, silvery below, with bright reflec- 

 tions; body and fins everywhere with dark punctulations; tip of chin 

 dark; fins yellowish, the upper all with dark edging; pectorals blackish 

 on the posterior side, the axil and the large axillary scale dusky ; lower 

 jaw bright silvery; lining of opercle dark; peritoneum pale. Length 2 

 feet. Gulf of California ; known from 2 large specimens taken in the Gulf 

 of California. (oQori?, veil; Ttrepov, fin, from its scaly dorsal.) 



('i/noscion squamipinnis, STREETS, Bull. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., vn, 49, 1877, off San Ygnacio 

 River, Gulf of California ; not Otolithuft squamipinnu, GUNTHER. 



Cynoscion othonopterum, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 274, Punta San 

 Felipe, Mexico. (Type, No. 29385. Coll. Lieut. Nichols.) 



Gfstrcus othono])terus, JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 364, 1889. 



1777. ITNOSUIOX OBLIQUATUS (Valenciennes). 



Head 3$; depth 5; eye 5 in head; snout about 5. D. X-I, 27; A. I, 11; 

 scales 60. Caudal truncate; body rather slender; maxillary reaching 

 posterior third of eye; pectoral as long as ventral; coloration uniform 

 silvery; scales of fins undescribed. (Sauvage.) Martinique. This species 

 is unknown to us. * The increased number of dorsal rays leads us to place 

 it in the neighborhood of C. nothus, with which species the scanty de- 

 scription agrees in most respects. C. nothus has, however, not been 

 recorded from the West Indies. (obliquatu8, rendered oblique.) 



Otolithus oldiyuatus (VALENCIENNES MS.) SAUVAGE, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, in, 1879, 



209, Martinique. 

 Cestreus obliqiiatus, JORDAN &, EIGENMANN, I. c., 365, 1889. 



* The following is the account published by Dr. Sauvage : 



" Un Ololitfic 6tiquette dans la collection du Museum Otolithus obliquatut de la main de 

 Valenciennes, ii'est pas decrit dans 1'Histoire des Poissous. Voisine de YOtolithua thalas- 

 xinvs Holbr., cette espece en dittereparle moins grandnombred'ecaillesala ligne laterale 

 et 1'oMl plus grand ; la forme de la caudale laa6paredel'Oto2it&u**oC&tM Holbr., des memes 

 par-ages. Voici la diagnose des deux exemplaires recueillis a la Martinique par M. Plee: 



"D. X, 28; A. 1, 11; L. lat. 60. Hauteur de corps contenue cinq fois un tiers, longueur 

 de la tete trois fois et trois quarts dans la longueur totale du corps ; museau un pen plus 

 long que le diametro de 1'oiil, que est contenue cinq fois dans la longueur de la tete; 

 maehoire inferieure plus longue que la superieure; des canines assez fortes a la machoire 

 SIIJH-I ieure seulement ; maxillaire arri vant an niveau du tiers posterieur de l'<Eil ; angle du 

 preoperc'iile arrondi et un pen rejete en arriere; dentelures du preopercule bien visibles, 



Elus fortes a Tangle. Caudale tronquee; pectorales de memo longueur que les vectrales. 

 igne laterale assez incurvee vers le milieu de 8a longueur. Coloration uniforme. Lon- 

 gueur du corps 0.200." 



