[From the Amebic an Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. VIII, Aug., 1874.] 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF FISHES 

 FROM THE BERMUDA ISLANDS. 



By G. BROWN GOODE. 



In a collection of fishes, including some seventy species, 

 made at the Bermudas in the spring of 1872, I find two forms 

 apparently undescribed, descriptions of which are given below. 

 As the marine life of the Bermuda group is essentially West 

 Indian in its character, these species may be regarded as addi- 

 tions to the icthyological fauna of the West Indies. 



1. Diaplerus Lefroyi, sp. nov. 



This species belongs to the genus Gerres as defined by Dr. 

 Giinther. It is distinguished from all other members of the 

 genus and family by its relatively greatly elongated form. 

 The body is fusiform, compressed, its greatest height, at the 

 thoracic region, beiDg a little less than one-fourth ('23) of the 

 total length and a little more than one-fourth (*27) of the length 

 without caudal ('89): in Diapterus aprion, the most elongated 

 of the species hitherto described, the greatest height is but one- 

 third of the length. The height of the body is uniform under 

 the spinous portion of the dorsal, sloping gently and at a nearly 

 uniform angle above and below to the middle of the caudal 

 peduncle. The height of the body behind the dorsal ('10) is less 

 than one-half, that of the least height of the tail ('06) is one- 

 fourth of the greatest height of the body. 



The scales are large, measuring '03 and "04 in height and '02 

 and '03 in length : they form about forty-five oblique trans- 

 verse rows between the head and the caudal, four and one-half 

 longitudinal rows between the back and the lateral line and ten 

 between the lateral line and the belly. 



