G. B. Ooode — New species of Fishes from the Bermudas. 3 



mudas, who while doing so much for the social and political 

 welfare of the islands, is taking an active part in adding to 

 our knowledge of their natural history. 



2. Engraidis choer ostomies, sp. nov. 



This species closely resembles Engraidis surinamensis (Blkr.) 

 Gthr. differing from it, however, in several respects. 



The height of the body (16) is a little more than two-thirds 

 of the length of the head and is contained six times in the total 

 length and a little more than four times in the length to end of 

 middle caudal rays ( - 90) : the height at the ventrals is less ('13). 

 The scales are large, in thirty-eight oblique rows between the 

 head and the caudal. 



The length of the head ("22) is less than one-fourth of the 

 total and is double its height at the pupil (11) : its greatest 

 width (-08) is about one-third of its length. The orbit is 

 nearly circular and its diameter ('05) equals the length of the 

 snout (1)5) and the width of the interorbital area ('05). The 

 snout projects far beyond the lower jaw, whose extremity just 

 passes the vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit. The 

 maxillary is dilated above the mandibular joint, rather tapering 

 behind, and extends to the gill opening. The gill-rakers are 

 fine, setiform, not longer than the eye ('05), about 25 on the 

 lower branch of the outer branchial arch. 



The origin of the dorsal fin is in front of the middle of the 

 body (45 from snout), and directly above the extremities of the 

 ventrals: the length of the first ray ('06) is half that of the 

 second (*12), which nearly equals the length of the base (.11). 



The origin of the anal is at the middle of the body ('51 from 

 snout) and below the posterior dorsal rays : its greatest height 

 ('11) nearly equals that of the dorsal. 



The length of the middle caudal rays ('08) is two-fifths of 

 the outer rays ('20). The length of the pectorals ("11) equals 

 the length of base of dorsal ('11), the extremities reaching to 

 the origin of the ventrals. Length of ventrals (*09) : distance 

 from snout ('35). 



Color : back and sides brownish, belly white ; a broad, clearly 

 defined lateral band of silver as wide as the diameter of the 

 orbit (-05). 



Eadial formula D. 13-14. A. 23-24. Length 2-68 inches 

 (M. O -068). 



Common in schools in Hamilton Harbor, where it is taken 

 for bait in cast nets. Its enormous mouth has given it the 

 name of " hog-mouth fry." 



The types of these descriptions are preserved in the U. S. 

 National Museum in Washington and the University Museum 

 in Middletown, Conn. 



