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cross bands, besides undulating dark streaks along the rows of scales; 

 spinous dorsal blackish. West Indies; Florida to Brazil; common on 

 sandy coasts. Here described from 2 specimens taken by Dr. J. A. Hen- 

 shall in the Indian River, Florida, the only ones yet recorded from the 

 United States. Our specimens from Jamaica are rather more elongate but 

 are probably the same, (two, a local name of Conodon nobilis; sido$, 

 resemblance, from the dark cross bands.) 



Umbrina coroides, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 187, 1830, Brazil; POEY, 



Enumeratio, 48, 1875. 

 Umbrina broussonnetii, GUNTHER, Cat., n, 277, 1860 ; JORDAN &, GILBERT, Synopsis, 576, 1883, 



specimens described from Indian Kiver, Florida; JORDAN &. EIGENMANN, I. c., 422. 



1850. UMBRINA RONCADOR, Jordan & Gilbert. 



(YELLOW-FINNEI) llONCADOR; YELLOW-TAILED CROAKER.) 



Head 3;j ; depth 3^; eye moderate, 1 in snout, 5 in head, 1 in inter- 

 orbital width. D. X-I, 27; A. II, 7; scales 58. Body elliptical-elongate, 

 the back somewhat elevated, the curve from snout to dorsal regular. 

 Head conical, bluntish. Mouth horizontal, the maxillary extending to 

 beyond front of pupil. Caudal lunate, the upper lobe the longer. Second 

 anal spine strong, 2 in head, a little shorter than third dorsal spine. Pec- 

 toral short and small, not reaching tips of ventrals and not halfway to 

 vent, its length 1 in head. Bright silvery, bluish above, with brassy 

 reflections; sides with narrow, distinct, undulating streaks of deep olive, 

 running from the head and pectoral region upward and backward, with 

 some abrupt curvatures, to the base of the dorsal fin, sometimes alternat- 

 ing with lines of spots; 110 vertical bars; cheeks pure white; fins mostly 

 yellow; peritoneum black. Length 15 inches. Coast of southern Cali- 

 fornia. Point Conception to Guaymas; rather common about San Diego 

 and southward on shallow sandy shores; a handsome species, brightly col- 

 ored in life, and of some value as food, (roncador, grunter, the Spanish 

 name.) 



Umbrina vndulata, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitr., in, 21, 1875; not of GIRARD. 



Umbrina roncador, JORDAN <fc GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 277, Pequena Bay, 

 west coast Lower California (Type, No. 29371. Coll. Lieut. Nichols) ; JORDAN & GIL- 

 BERT, Synopsis, 576, 1883; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I.e., 422, 1889. 



1851. UMBRINA XANTI, Gill. 



(CODORNIZ.) 



Head 3; depth 3i; eye 4| in head; snout 3 to 3. D. X-I, 26; A. 11,6; 

 scales 5-48-8. Snout longer than eye; preopercle distinctly serrate; pro- 

 file straight, moderately steep ; snout rather acute ; mouth small, inferior, 

 the maxillary iiearty reaching middle of orbit, its length 2^ in head; teeth 

 subequal; gill rakers scarcely developed, 4 -j-9; third dorsal spine highest, 

 If in head; anterior dorsal rays much longer than posterior ones; anal fin 

 pointed, the second soft ray longest, the second spine very strong, 2 in 

 head; ventrals slightly longer than pectorals, 1 in head; lateral line 

 moderately arched anteriorly. Color bluish, silvery below; conspicuous 



