24 L' BULLETIN OF* THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The structure of the upper part of the head seems essentially as in Etelis, the supra-occipital not 

 encroaching on the convex vertex. Head 2.9 in length; depth 3.10 (3.70 with caudal); D. \, L0; A. 

 in, 7; scales 7-54-13; eye 3.1 in head; maxillary 2.50; third dorsal spine L>; longestsoft ray:!; caudal 

 lobes 1.80; second anal spine 3.30; pectoral 1.70; ventral L85. 



Body oblong, rather strongly compressed; head moderate; mouth oblique; jaws equal, the maxillary 

 reaching front of pupil, its tip scarcely wider than the preorbital; posterior nostrils twice as long as 

 anterior; preopercle with both limbs entire; 5 rows of large scales on cheek; snout and both jaws 

 scaleless; temporal region scaled; opercle and interopercle well scaled; opercle ending in a sharp spine 

 about half diameter of pupil; preorbital entire; scales on body ctenoid, adherent, evenly covering the 

 surface; dorsal deeply notched, the first spine short, the second nearly as long as third; the rest 

 progressively shorter to the ninth and tenth; first rays of soft dorsal progressively lengthened; lateral 

 line slightly curved upward; caudal lobes equal; second anal spine slender, slightly shorter than third, 

 Which is about as long as the soft rays; ventral slightly behind axil of pectoral. 



Color silvery, doubtless bright red in lite, a broad dark shade from interorbital area across tem- 

 ples, opercular spine and axil to vent, well defined on the lower edge, but diffuse above. On the sides 

 the color seems to he helowthe scales in the peritoneum, but the same marking is continued across the 

 head. Sides below this mark bright silvery. 



due specimen 1.S7 inches long was obtained by Dr. Thompson in the Gulf Stream toward the 

 ( larolina coast. 



Family HMMUUDM. 



96. Haemulon album Cuvier A Valenciennes. 

 Said to occur near Bird Key; not seen. 



97. Hsemulon macrostomum Giinther. 



Described from Garden Key by Dr. Bean. 1883 (as Diabasisfremebundus). 



98. Haemulon parra (Desmarest). 

 Frequently taken. 



99. Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus). 



Known only from around a group of coral beads, to the southwest of Bush Key; not known to 

 local fishermen. New to United States fauna. (T.) 



100. Hssmulon sciurus (Shaw). 

 Bush Key, in eel grass. (T.) 



101. H Eemul °n plumieri (Lacepede). 

 K\ cr\ w here. 



102. Haemulon flavolineatum Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 i Iccasional. 



103. Brachygenys chrysargyreus (Giinther). 

 Frequent. 



104. Bathystoma aurolineatum (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Reported by Jordan in 1NS4. 



105. Bathystoma rimator (.Ionian & Swain). 

 Extremely abundant. (T.) 



106. Bathystoma striatum (Linnseus). 



Color of an example 2.5 inches long, blue gray above, silvery below; strong brown-black band 

 from snout to peduncle; peduncle spot oblong, wide as pupil, black, long axis horizontal; lateral line 

 dark, continued on head as a brown line. Narrower lines, not so dark, one above each eye and meet- 

 ing on the forehead, run to end of soft dorsal and continue on top of peduncle; a median line begins 

 on bead between eyes and runs to and along base of dorsal. In older examples dorsal and caudal are 

 dusky; in younger ones fins are all plain; front of lower lip dusky. (T. ) 



