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Ii6. Mugil curema Guvier <b Valenciennes. 



This species comes into the Panama markets in abundance. We have com- 

 pared six specimens with others from the Atlantic and can distinguish no differences 

 between them. 



Measurements in Hundredths of Length luithout Caudal. 



Locality 



Length without 

 caudal, ex- 

 pressedinmm. 



Head 



Depth 



I nterorbital (bone 

 only) 



Insertion of ven- 

 tral spine from 

 snout 



Front of spinous 

 dorsal from 

 snout 



Tip of pectoral 

 from snout 



Length of pec- 

 toral 



Length of anteri- 

 or dorsal rays 



Length of anteri- 

 or anal rays... 



Number of dor- 

 sal spines and 

 rays 



Number of anal 

 spines and rays 



Scales from above 

 upper pectoral 

 ray 



Jamaica. 



201 

 26 

 26 



10 

 40 



49i 

 45i 

 19 

 12 



I2-i 



IV-1,S 



231 



26i 



26 



10 

 39i 



45 



i8i 



12 



iv-i,8 



111,9 "1.9 



37 



36 



Key West. 



145 

 26 

 27 



9i 



39i 



50i 



45i 



i9\ 



13 



IV-I,8 



111,9 



36 



118 

 27 

 27 



39 



51 



47i 



i3i 



14 



iv-i,8 



111,9 



37 



230 



24 

 26 



38 



50 



43i 



19 



iv-i,8 



111,9 



37 



117. Mugil hospes Jordan S; Culver. 



Abundant at Panama. It is at once separated from M. curema by the longer 

 pectoral. We found the small crustacean nearly always present in the mouth of 

 the Panama specimens, as it was in the type and co-types from Mazatlan. 



