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Berycoidei 



especially numerous, Holocentrus ascenscionis , abundant in 

 Cuba, ranges northward in the Gulf Stream. Holocentrus 



FIG. 202. Soldier-fish, Holocentrus ascenscionis (Osbeck). 



suborbitahs, the mojarra cardenal, is a small, relatively dull 

 species swarming about the rocks of western Mexico. Holo- 



FIG. 203. Soldier-fish, Holocentrus ittodai Jordan & Fowler. Riu Kiu Islands, 



Japan. 



centrus spinosissimus is a characteristic fish of Japan. Many 

 other species abound throughout Polynesia and the East Indies, 

 as well as in tropical America. Holocentrus ruber and Holo- 



