1915.] Nichols, Fishes New to Porto Rico. 145 
broken. All, including the type, are apparently @ 9 juv., there being no 
sign of the pouch which should be present in the ¢. The vent is nearer the 
gill opening than the base of the caudal in every case. The caudal fin of 
the type is evidently broken. In a specimen in which it is intact it is longer . 
than the snout. : 
Doryrhamphus lineatus (Kaup) was described from Bahia, Mexico, and 
Guadaloupe, possibly based on several allied species. The nomenclature 
will be subject to revision until a large enough series of Doryrhamphus 
from the Eastern Atlantic has been studied to determine the part played by 
geographical and age variations. The present specimens and species are 
notable for extreme roughness, slenderness, and very long caudal fin. The 
writer cannot bring himself to consider them the young of lineatus, or the 
same species as a larger specimen so identified from Tabasco, Mexico, No. 
5165, U. S. National Museum. 
Myripristis jacobus Cuver & Valenciennes. 
Two specimens, doubtless from Condado Bay, were obtained from boys 
at Santurce, one collected July 21, the other at about that date. 
Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin). 
A small specimen captured under a Physalia which was drifting on the 
beach near the mouth of the Loiza River, J uly 25. As Physalva is common 
about the island, Nomeus is probably so also. — 
Bathystoma aurolineatum Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Three specimens of Bathystoma obtained at the Ponce market July 31, 
are referable to aurolineatum, not to rumator or striatum, the species previ- 
ously recorded from Porto Rico. 
Calamus pennatula Guichenot. 
Three specimens of Calamus from Ponce market July 31, are referred to 
this species. They have been compared with specimens in the American 
Museum of Natural History which I identify as bajonado and proridens, and 
they do not agree with the description of the type of kendalla. 
