24 DR. A. GUNTHER ON NEW AMERICAN FISHES. [Jan. 26, 
8. CaRANx, 2. sp. There is a young specimen in the collection 
which appears to belong to an undescribed species closely allied to 
C. carangus and C. hippos. 
9. CARANX LEUCURUS, 0. sp. 
D. 8| = A. 2\|-~. Very closely allied to C. bicolor. The first 
dorsal fin is composed of short, stoutish spines, the fourth of which 
is the longest, but scarcely longer than the eye. The soft dorsal and 
anal are rather elevated ; the caudal is emarginate, and has the lobes 
rounded. Teeth very small, forming a single series in both jaws ; 
palate smooth. The height of the body is one-half of the total 
length (without caudal), the length of the head one-third. Snout 
rather obtuse, the jaws being equal in front when the mouth is 
closed ; the maxillary extends to below the anterior margin of the 
orbit. The lateral line makes anteriorly a subsemicircular curve, 
the width of which is contained from 12 to 14 times in the length of 
the straight portion; it becomes straight behind the vertical from 
the origin of the second dorsal, and is armed with about fifty small 
and low shields, only a few of which terminate in a depressed spine. 
The pectoral fin extends to the anal spines. Brownish grey, body 
with six dark-brown vertical bands: the first crosses the body behind 
the base of the pectoral, and the fourth descends from the middle of 
the soft dorsal fin. Operculum with a large black spot. Dorsal, 
anal, and ventral black ; pectoral and caudal whitish. 
Only two young specimens are in the collection, the larger being 
3 inches long. 
10. ? Caranx vorsatts, Gill, sp. 
11. Gosius soporatTor, Cuv. & Val. 
12. ELeoTRIs SEMINUDUS, n. sp. (PI. IV. figs. 2, 2a.) 
D. 7\11. A. 9. The head and the trunk are naked; the tail is 
covered with small scales ; head depressed, broader than high, flat 
above, its length being two-sevenths of the total. Snout rather ob- 
tuse, longer than the eye, with the lower jaw somewhat prominent ; 
the cleft of the mouth extends to below the anterior margin of the 
orbit. Teeth in the upper jaw inanarrow band ; the lower has four 
somewhat larger and recurved teeth in front, the others appear to 
form a single series ; palate toothless. None of the fin-rays are pro- 
longed ; the pectoral does not quite extend to the origin of the second 
dorsal; ventral much shorter than pectoral, its inner ray is the 
longest, the others gradually decreasing in length outwards ; caudal 
fin rounded. Brown, with numerous well-defined white cross stripes 
on the head as well as on the body; vertical fins black. 
Although there is only a single example, 20 lines long, in the col- 
lection, the characters of this species are so well marked that I do 
not hesitate to describe it. 
13. SALARIAS ATLANTICUS, Cuyv. & Val. 
