Jordan and Evcrmann. Fishes of North America. 1473 



1S5G. MEXTICIRRHUS NASUS (Giinther). 



HeadSi; depth 4; eye 4| in head. D. X-I, 22; A. I, 8; scales 6-54-14. 

 Eye very largo; snout projecting beyond lower jaw for a distance about 

 equal to \ the diameter of the eye; mouth small, inferior, the maxillary 

 reaching to below middle of eye, 3 in head; pectoral 1-J- in head, caudal fin 

 /-shaped, the upper lobe pointed, the lower rounded. Color, silvery; fins 

 blackish. Panama; rare. Here described from the type and from a small 

 specimen, the second known, taken by Dr. Gilbert at Panama. It is close 

 1o McHtwirrhits ximu8 } but the eye is larger, the snout longer, (nasus, long- 

 nosed.) 



Cinlii-iua /iff*//*, Ui'-NTiiER, Fishes Central America, 387 and 426, 1869, Panama; JORDAN, 



I 'roc. Ac. Mnl. Sri. 1'hila. 1883, 289. 

 Mcnticirrluis unfui-s, JORDAN & ElQENMANN, I. c., 429,1889. 



1857. MENT1CIRRHU8 PANAMEXSIS (Steindachner). 



Head 3; depth 4. D. X-I, 19 to 21; A. I, 9; orbit 7 in head; snout 3f; 

 maxillary 3; highest dorsal spine li; anal spine 5; caudal If; ventrals 

 2? ; pectorals 1. Body elongate, not much compressed; back elevated, 

 the outline but little curved from snout to first dorsal spine; from the 

 Litter point it descends in a straight line to the caudal peduncle; ventral 

 outline rounded ; caudal peduncle 3 in head. Head long, somewhat con- 

 ical; mouth a little oblique; maxillary extending to the vertical from 

 posterior part of pupil, 3 in head ; outer teeth of upper jaw much enlarged ; 

 those of lower jaw subequal; snout blunt, projecting beyond the pre- 

 maxillaries nearly 4 the diameter of eye; interorbital space flattish 4f in 

 head ; preorbital 7 in head ; barbel narrow, with a conical base ; gill rakers 

 tubercular. Shape of lateral line like that of dorsal contour; scales in 

 lateral line 50 or 51, in the series from lateral line to first dorsal spine 8, 

 to vent 17 or 18. First dorsal spine minute, the third longest; first dorsal 

 rays highest, the fin becoming gradually lower posteriorly; anal spine 

 weak, | as long as the rays; upper lobe of caudal acute, a little shorter 

 than the rounded lower lobe ; pectorals large and strong. Color brownish 

 above, lighter below, the lower parts more or less thickly speckled with 

 brownish dots, these disappearing almost entirely on the breast; dorsal 

 and caudal fins dusky, with darker margins; lower fins with considerable 

 black. Pacific coast of tropical America, Mazatlan to Panama; rather 

 common at Panama. 



rtnbrinapanamensiit,* STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitr., iv, 9, 1875, Panama. 

 Menticirrhus panamenris, JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1882, 107; JORDAN & 

 EIGENMANN, I. c., 429, 1889. 



1858. MEXTICIRRHUS MARTIXICEXSIS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (JEWSHARP DRUMMER.) 



Head 3? 7 ; depth 44 ; snout 3| in head. D. X-I, 22 to 24; A. I, 7; scales 

 6-52 to 55-10, 54 pores. Mouth comparatively large, the maxillary reach- 

 ing to below middle of eye, 2f to 3 in head; teeth on lower pharyngeals 



* Steimlachner's remark, "Die Holie des langsten 3. Dorsalstachels gleicht der Lange 

 der Caudale odor der Pectorale," is far from correct in adult specimens. The young have 

 the dorsal higher and the pectorals shorter, but agree otherwise fairly with his descrip- 

 tion. The coloration is much darker than stated by him. 



