July, 1906. Catalogue of Bermuda Fishes — Bean. 71 



smaller specimen, 3^ inches long to end of scales; in the larger 

 type, 4^ inches long to end of scales, the number of anterior canines 

 is smaller, and two of them project straight forward. 



In both specimens the scales on the breast and belly are notably 

 enlarged. The last scale bearing a lateral line tube is somewhat 

 enlarged and produced backward into a point. 



Head thick, its greatest width ^ its length, and more than }4 

 of total length to end of scales. Snout pointed, subcorneal, the 

 anterior profile descending sharply from the interorbital space; 

 length of snout \V of total to end of scales and twice diameter of eye. 

 Mouth rather small, horizontal, its angle not reaching to vertical at 

 front of eye; intermaxilla little protractile, upper lip double and 

 closely concealing the jaw. Head with many small pores, of which 

 there are 7 on each fork of the mandible. A row of five scales on 

 the postorbital and suborbital bones ; three scales on median line in 

 front of the ventral; four scales across median line in front of dorsal, 

 the one at the dorsal origin much the smallest. 



Greatest depth of body 3^^ in total to end of scales; least height 

 of caudal peduncle J/j of greatest depth. Snout >^ length of head. 

 The dorsal begins over the upper axil of pectoral; the first spine 

 is about ^i» length of head; the second spine is ^ as long as the 

 head; the last spine is a little longer than the second; all the 

 spines are weak and flexible. The longest soft ray is ^ length of 

 head. Pectoral broad and somewhat falcate, its longest ray nearly 

 2>^ times as long as the shortest, and more than j^ head, the fin 

 reaching to the 8th scale of the lateral line and not much farther 

 than the ventral. Ventral rather short, about equal to snout, and 

 not reaching nearly to vent, a pointed sheath of scales extending 

 on its base. Caudal almost truncate, short, about >^ length of 

 head. 



Color in spirits, grayish brown above, pale below, all the fins 

 pale, except caudal, which has traces of about six narrow dusky cross- 

 bars in the smaller type, a black blotch on the pectoral at the upper 

 axil and above a faint blue line; isthmus dusky; two narrow blue 

 lines from eye to angle of mouth ; iris pale yellow, except at top, where 

 it is blackish crossed obliquely by a blue line ; on the sides the dusky 

 color is more or less interrupted, forming broken lines on three or four 

 rows of scales below the lateral line. 



193. Sparisoma abildgaardi (Bloch). 



5378 No. 43. Near Hungry Bay. Aug. 29. 



5379 No. 71. St. David's Id. Fish-pot. Sept. 6. 



