444 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [5S] 



86. IHalbasis pliimieri (Lac.) Jor. & Gilb. Eed-mouth Grunt. 



Hcemulon arcuatum Holbrook, Ichth. S. C, 1860, p. 124, pi. XVII, fig. 2. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from South Carolina 

 to Florida ; Gulf of Mexico. 

 32601. Key West, Florida. Dr. J. A. Henshall. 



87. Diafoasis aurolineatns (C. & V.) Jor. & Gilb. 



Said by Jordan & Gilbert to be the same as number 85 



(II. chrysopterum Holbr.) 

 West Indies ; Gulf of Mexico. 

 The species is not uncommon in deep water in Pensa- 



colaBay; most of the examples "forwarded by Mr. 



Stearns were ejected by " red snappers" (Lutjanus 



blackfordii). 



30794. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



88. Biafeasis efeg-atas (C. & V.) Jor. & Gilb. 



West Indies; Gulf of Mexico. 



This beautiful species has never been abundant in the 

 collections of the IT. S. National Museum. 



32603. Key West, Florida. J. A. Henshall. 



89. Diabasis chromis (Brouss.) Jor. & Gilb. 



West Indies ; Florida Keys. 



3386. Garden Key, Florida. Whitehurst, 



90- Diabasis jeniguano (Poey) Goode & Bean. 

 Cuba ; Florida Keys. 

 3103. Garden Key, Florida. Whitehurst. 



91. Orthopristis AilTomaculatus (Mitch.) Gill. Pig-fish. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Virginia to 

 Florida ; Gulf of Mexico. 



This is a food-fish of small size and comparatively little 

 importance; its flesh, however, is good;, the species 

 is common from Norfolk, Virginia, southward. 



31034. Galveston, Texas. Prof. D. S. Jordan. 



92. Anisotremiis virgioicus (L.) Gill. 



Atlantic coast of the southern United States ; Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



This is a beautiful fish, but it is, apparently, not suffi- 

 ciently plentiful on our coast to have commercial im- 

 portance. 



21428. Key West, Florida. Win. Stimpson. 



