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tinct; scales of the body all ctenoid; membranes of caudal, anal, and soft 

 dorsal densely covered with minute scales nearly to their tips. First 

 dorsal spine short, inserted over the base of the pectoral ; fourth dorsal 

 spine highest, reaching to soft dorsal, H in head; anterior dorsal rays 

 shorter than the middle and posterior ones, the eleventh longer than 

 the fourth by an eye's diameter, little more than ^ the length of the 

 head ; soft dorsal very broadly rounded posteriorly ; caudal short, broad, 

 rounded behind; anal inserted posteriorly, the tips of the anal extending 

 nearly as far as the tips of the dorsal ; second anal spine moderate, scarcely 

 more that | length of the rays, little loss than 3 in head; ventrals lanceo- 

 late, slightly longer than the rounded pectorals, \\ in head. Color light 

 brownish above, silvery on sides and below, the centers of the scales with 

 many dark dots, these forming horizontal lines along the series of scales 

 below the lateral line, and oblique, irregular, often interrupted, lines 

 above the lateral line; all the tins with dark dots; spinous dorsal dusky; 

 soft dorsal brownish for? of its height; the other pale; anal and tips 

 of ventrals dusky; pectoral pale; head with many minute rusty dots, 

 these aggregated, and forming brownish spots on the maxillary and lower 

 part of the head. Length 6i inches. Florida Keys ; known from 1 speci- 

 men. ((>/crA0, plump.) 



Corvula sialis, JORDAN & EIGENMANN, Report U. S. Fish Comm. for 1886 (1889), 379, Key 

 West. (Type, No. 26575. Coll. Silas Stearns.) 



1810. CORVULA SUBJ1QUALIS (Poey). 



Head 3|; depth about 3; eye 4 in head; snout 4. D. XI1-1, 22 to 24; 

 A. II, 9; scales about 46. Form of Corvula sialis, but the body more elon- 

 gate; jaws equal; outer teeth above enlarged, lower teeth nearly unise- 

 rial; eye large; snout bluntish; maxillary 2 in head, extending to middle 

 of pupil; preopercle with flexible serrie; second anal spine 3f in head; 

 caudal iiii subtruucate. Color silvery, with faint streaks along the rows 

 of scales above. West Indies ; scarce. We refer 2 specimens from St. 

 Thomas to this species, although they differ in some respects from Poey's 

 description of Corvina subwqualis. The more elongate body and the 

 smaller number of dorsal rays distinguish subcequalis readily from sialis. 

 liSj nearly equal.) 



Corvina subcequalis, POEY, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 1875, 58 Cuba.* 

 Corvula subcequalin, JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 380, 1889. 



1811. CORVULA SAXCTjE-LUCIJ;, Jordan. 



Head 3i ; dep th 3; eye 3f in head; snout 4f. D. XI-I, 23; A. II, 8; scales 

 6-46-10. Body oblong, moderately compressed, the back moderately ele- 

 vated. Head rather short and blunt, the anterior profile uniform and 



*The following is the substance of Poey's acconnt of his Corvina subcequalis: Body 

 rather elongate; eye 3 in head; snout short, rounded; mouth moderate; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior margin of pupil, the jaws subequal; teeth in fine bands, the 

 outer series longer, and larger above than below: symphisis with 4 pores; preopercle 

 finely dentate: dorsal fins separated; second dorsal spine stout; caudal with a salient 

 angle; base of anal scaly: anal spine rather strong, its insertion rather posterior; color 

 silvery ; depth 3* (with caudal) ; head 3g. D. X-1, 25 ; A. II, 7. 



