TWO NEW SPECIES OF FISHES 209 
In 51 specimens, including those given in the preceding table, the following 
number of soft anal rays were counted: 
Number of soft anal rays ' 11 12 13 14 
Number of specimens examined 3 25 17 6 
The last ray usually is made up of two rays connected at the base; sometimes 
it is a single ray like the preceding one. In either case it was counted as one ray. 
Holotype. — No. 87535, United States National Museum, 48 millimeters long. 
Type locality . — Key West (Boca Chica), May 16, 1919. 
Paratypes . — All from Key West; 6 specimens, 43 to 48 millimeters, obtained 
with the type; 12 specimens, November 13, 192^, 14 to 37 millimeters; 1 specimen, 1 ‘ , ° 
November 25, 1922, 26 millimeters ; ^2 specimens, December 7, 1922, 19 to 40 milli- 
meters; 9 specii3&?i£] February 8, 1919, 26 to 37 millimeters. 
Etymology. — Conchorum, of the conchs, referring to the local name by which 
the natives of Key West are known. 
This species is well distinguished from all other species of Menidia known to 
the writers by the small number of anal rays. It probably does not grow to a large 
size, as no specimens larger than the type were observed. It is not uncommon in 
shallow water around Key West, and most probably forms a part of the diet of 
shore-feeding fishes, such as the gray snapper, which is quite an important food 
fish at Key West. 
Hyranis cubensis Poey 
Poey, Memorias, II, 1800, 235. 
A specimen of this rather uncommon species was obtained in the Key West 
fish market, weight 11 pounds, total length 875 millimeters, standard length 737, 
head 200, depth 275, maxillary 80, eye 43, pectoral 202, depth of caudal peduncle 
22.5, longest dorsal ray 100, longest anal ray 110, D. 18, A. 16; gill rakers rather 
short, coarse, 12 and 1 rudiment; pseudobranchiae small; pharyngeal teeth in moderate 
patches, partly blunt or paved and partly villiform. 
This fish is considered more or less of a curiosity by the fishermen of Key West, 
who say that it is seen only occasionally. The species originally was described 
from Cuba, and it has only comparatively recently been recorded from the coast of 
Florida. 
Apogonichthys stellatus Cope 
Apogonichthys stellatus Cope; Trans., Amer. Philos. Soc., 1869 (n. ser.), vol. 13, p. 400. 
Apogonichthys stellatus Fowler; Proc., Ae. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1907 (1906), vol. 58, p. 527, fig. 10. 
Apogonichthys strombi Plate; Zool. Anz., 1908, bd. 33, p. 393. 
Seven specimens of this fish, 36 to 50 millimeters in total length, were measured 
and studied, the measurements varying as follows: Depth, 2.76 to 2.93; head, 2.49 
to 2.59; predorsal distance, 2.18 to 2.36; ventrals, 2.38 to 2.71 in standard length; 
eye, 2.57 to 2.78; snout, 2.83 to 4.57; maxillary, 1.7 to 1.8; interorbital, 4.45 to 5.4; 
pectorals, 1.53 to 1.84 in head. The dorsal spines are constantly 6. One specimen 
has 8 soft rays in the dorsal and 7 in the anal; all the others have 9 and 8 soft rays 
in addition to 1 and 2 spines, in the second dorsal and anal, respectively. The tip 
of the ventral reaches backward to the base of the third to the seventh anal rays. 
Scales in lateral line, 22 to 24 to base of caudal and one or two more on caudal fin. 
The color is light brown, somewhat coppery (in life the fish is of a bright, shining, 
copper color). The lower half of the postorbital part of head, the chest, and the 
region around the base of the pectorals is usually lighter, more or less silvery. The 
