PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 179 

 Table of Measurements— Continued. 



Current number of specimen 

 Locality 



Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



C. 



Galf of 

 Mexico. 



Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



Millim. lOOthi; 



Extreme length. 



Length to end of middle caudal rays , 



Body : 



Greatest height (behind ventrals) 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length (to end of opercular flap) 



"Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of upper jaw 



Length of mandible , 



Distance from snont to centre of orbit . . . 



Diameter of eye , 



Dorsal (spinous): 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of longest spine 



Length of last spine 



Dorsal (soft): 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray . . .*. 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Lensth 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



No. of scales in lateral line 



No. of transverse rows above lateral line. . . 

 No. of transverse rows below lateral line. . . 

 "Weight pounds. . 



650 

 752 



7 



X, 14 



in, 9 



+ 17 + 

 1,16 

 1,5 

 50 

 

 16 

 15i 



Millim. lOOths 



(29i' D ) 



520 

 613 



35* 

 11" 



33 

 9 



"J 



15 



18 



m 



5 



41 



26* 



H 



9 



Hi 



6* 



68 

 15* 

 3" 



7 

 11 

 14 



6* 



15J 

 21 



35 

 27 



38* 

 17 



7 



X, 14 

 III, 9 

 + H + 

 I, 15-16 

 1,5 

 50 

 9 

 16 

 Bi 



Millim. lOOths 



(24 iD ) 



37^ 



36 



11 



8 

 14 



15 

 18 

 18 



5* 



43 

 27i 



4 



9 

 12* 



8 



22 

 9i 



69 

 15 



3J 



7 



n 

 m 



18 



26 



35*. 

 33 



38 

 20* 



460 

 540 



7 



X,14 

 III. 9 

 + 17 + 

 1,16 

 1,5 

 50 

 9 

 16 

 5 



(21* in ) 



36* 



35* 

 11 



38 



8 

 14 

 14* 

 17* 

 H| 



5* 



41* 

 27 

 3 



9* 

 13| 

 3 



22£ 

 9* 



12 

 6* 



70 

 15 



H 

 7* 

 % 



12 



18 

 7 



Lutjanus Stearnsii, sp. nov., Goode & Bean. 



A single specimen of the Mangrove Snapper of Pensacola was sent 

 by Mr. Silas Stearns, to whom the species is dedicated, as a slight 

 acknowledgment of his services iu securing for the United States 

 National Museum large collections of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico 

 aod fresh waters adjacent to Pensacola, Fla. 



Upon this individual (catalogue number 21,337), our description is 

 based, having been drawn up from the fresh specimen. Its length is 

 19| inches. Besides the alcoholic preparation, the Museum has also a 

 cast and a color-sketch. 



