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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Eques pulcher (Steindachner) . Ribbon Fish. 
L. L. Mowbray, of the New York Aquarium, states that Eques pulcher is not 
especially uncommon about the coral heads located on sandy bottoms among the 
keys of the east coast of Florida. The first record of E. pulcher for the United States 
was made by him at Key West in the summer of 1917, and the specimen was given 
to the American Museum of Natural History. Through the clear waters that these 
ribbon fish inhabit he has often seen them feeding on small crustaceans, as the latter 
would hazard a journey through the open waters from one coral snag to another. 
Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus). Ribbon Fish. 
Eques lanceolatus ranges from Pensacola to the West Indies and is rather common 
southward. In contrast to E. pulcher it inhabits the outer coral reefs and is usually 
seen singly, although it is rather rare on the Florida coast according to Mowbray. 
Figure 60 illustrates the adult of this species. 
Umbrina coroides (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 
Urribrina coroides is recorded twice by Jordon (1880) from the Indian River, 
Fla. It is close to Umbrina broussonnetii described from Jamaica, a doubtful 
species. If they are synonymous, broussonnetii should be retained. In systematic 
treatment U. coroides should precede Menticirrhus, but because of the lack of 
knowledge concerning it it was given this place. 
Corvula sialis (Jordan and Eigenmann). 
Cormda sialis is described by Jordan and Eigenmann (1889) from Key West, 
based on a single specimen. It is a rare form of which little is known and precedes 
Bairdiella in systematic position. 
