SPAROID FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 435 
oo. Seales unusually large; 5 or 6 in an oblique series 
from first dorsal to lateral line; 
about 45 vertical series above lat- 
eral line between gill-opening and 
base of caudal; lateral line with 
less than 40 pores; blue streak on 
suborbital region not permanent; 
head, 24; depth, 24. D.x, 14; A. 
1, 8. Scales, 6-44-13 ....Caxis, 8. 
mm. Scales above lateral line in horizontal series which are 
throughout more or less distinctly 
parallel with the lateral line; snout 
long and pointed, 3 in head; pecto- 
ral fin long, 14 in head; color brown- 
ish, with faint silvery streaks along 
rows of, scales on sides, a pale-blue 
streak along suborbital and pre- 
orbital; fins yellowish. Head, 23; 
depth, 23; D. x, 14; A.111,18. Scales, 
Oh OMe feet aa ARGENTIVENTRIS, 9, 
jj. Developed gill-rakers more numerous, about 10, with several 
rudiments before them (in L. buccan- 
ella; not examined in L. lutjanoides). 
p. (Caudal deeply forked; mouth small, maxillary 
reaching posterior nostril; pre- 
opercle slightly notched, little ser- 
rate; canines strong; tongue with 
teeth; soft dorsal and anal rounded; 
pectoral pointed, 44 in total length; 
color brownish-green, with 6 brown 
erossbands; a broad greenish stripe 
from opercle to base of caudal. D. 
x, 14; A. m1, 8.) (Poey.) (Hybrid 
probably of chrysurus-jocu. ) 
LUTJANOIDES, 10. 
pp. Caudal moderately forked; mouth large, max- 
illary reaching anterior edge of eye, 
2? in head; preopercle serrate, the 
serre strong on angle; canines me- 
dium; vomerine teeth in an anchor- 
shaped patch; eye large; the base 
and axil of pectoral with a jet-black 
blotch; scales moderate, about 8 in 
oblique series from the lateral line 
to the first dorsal spine, about 63 
vertical rows above lateral line; 
second anal spine long, about 23 in 
head. Color crimson; caudal ped- 
unele and caudal fin largely yellow; 
iris orange-red; no lateral blotch. 
Head, 24; depth, 24. D.x, 14. A. 
1m, 8. Scales, 8-63-15. 
BUCCANELLA, 11. 
