322 
BULLETIN OE THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Color in life: Light-grayish, with reddish tinge, covered with small round spots of darker gray and 
with lighter rings inclosing spaces of ground-color; vertical fins similarly colored, with a small black 
spot near base of each ninth or tenth ray; 3 black spots on median line of body — one on straightest 
portion of lateral line just behind arch, another about midway between it, and a third much smaller 
one at caudal end of body or base of caudal peduncle; some other small black spots scattered over 
colored side. Eight specimens from Porto Rico present some variation of color; spots on tins not 
always as in above description, but the general color-pattern is about the same, varying mainly in the 
darkness or lightness of the shades. 
Fig. 105 . — Platophrys ocellatus. 
The following shows the variation in some essential measurements of 4 of the largest specimens: 
Total 
length. 
Length 
to base of 
caudal. 
Head in 
body. 
Depth in 
body. 
Eye in 
head. 
Snout in 
head. 
Maxillary 
in head. 
Number 
of dorsal 
rays. 
Number 
of anal 
rays. 
Number 
of 
pores. 
mm. 
73 
mm. 
63 
3.7 
1.65 
3.4 
4.85 
3.4 
80 
67 
75 
71 
62 
4. 13 
1.8 
3 
3. 75 
3. 33 
80 
00 
73 
50 
42 
3.8 
1.7 
3. 14 
3.18 
3.38 
80 
59 
75 
46 
40 
4 
1.8 
80 
60 
75 
Found in the western Atlantic from Long Island to Rio Janeiro, on sandy shores. Recorded from 
several Florida localities and recorded by Poey under other names from Cuba. The present collection 
contains specimens from San Antonio Bridge, San Juan, Culebra, and Boqueron; Mr. Gray’s collection 
has one from San Geronimo. 
Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, in Spix, Pise. Brasil., 85, pi. 46, 1829, Brazil. 
Rhombus bahianus Castlenau, Anim. Nouv. et Rares Am6r. du Sud, 1855, Bahia. 
Platophrys nebularis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 31, 143, Key West. 
Platophrys ocellatus, Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 2663, 1898. 
275. Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus). 
Head 3.8; depth about 2; eye (lower) 6.25; interorbital space 3.12; snout (from lower eye) 3.6; 
maxillary 3.12; pectoral 1.22; I). 92; A. 74; scales (pores) 92. Body elliptical-ovate, strongly com- 
pressed; anterior profile concave, snout projecting, leaving a reentrant angle above it; mouth moderate, 
maxillary reaching to middle of pupil of lower eye; jaws subequal, lower with a well-developed knob 
