96. POMACENTRID.E CHROMIS. 611 



958. P. coBicoBor (Gill) J. & G. 



Dark olive, with 5 or G vague, dark cross-bands; pectoral with a 

 tapering, black transverse line at base. Iiiterorbital space convex, 

 wider than orbit; breadth of infraorbital ring two-thirds the greatest 

 breadth of the preorbital. Teeth rather broad, deeply notched. Depth 

 If. D. XII, 12; A. II, 9; scales 3-25-10. (Giinther.) Both coasts of 

 Central America, north to Florida Keys. 



(Euschistodits concolor Gill, Proc. Acacl. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 145: GltjpUdodon con- 

 color Gimthcr, iv, 37 : GUjphidodon concolor Goodo & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 187'J, 

 338.) 



959, Po saxatJBis (Linn.) J. & G.Coiv-pUot; Mojarra. 



Greenish olive; head and fins dark; body with 5 or G black cross- 

 bauds, which are rather narrower than the interspaces; the first from 

 the origin of the dorsal to the pectoral fin, the second downwards from 

 fourth and fifth dorsal spines, the third from the ninth and tenth dorsal 

 spines toward the vent, the fourth from end of spinous dorsal to middle 

 of anal, the fifth below the end of the soft dorsal and continued on the 

 posterior rays of dorsal and anal; a faint sixth bar at base of caudal. 

 Soft dorsal and anal fins produced, the fourth and fifth rays of dorsal, 

 and the fifth and sixth of anal, longest. Eye rather large, about as 

 long as snout. Head rather short, 3 in length ; depth If. D. XIII, 

 14 ; A. II, 13 ; Lat. 1. 27 ; pores on 21 scales. Tropical seas of Amer- 

 ica ; occasional on our South Atlantic coast. 



(Chcctodon scucatilis Linn. Syst. Nat.: Glypludodon saxatilis Giiutlier, iv, 35: Glyplw- 

 dodon saxatilis Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 38.) 



32. CHROmS Cuvicr. 

 (Hdiastes Cuv. & Val. : FnrcariaPoey: Ayreaia Cooper. 



(Cuvier, Mdmoires du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 1815 : type Sparus chromis L. = Chromis ccusianea 

 Risso, of the Mediterranean.) 



Body rather deep. Preopercle entire. Mouth small; teeth small, 

 conical, in two or more series, the outer larger. Scales rather large, 

 24-30 in a longitudinal series. Dorsal fin with 12-14 spines. Brauchi- 

 ostegals normally 5. Pyloric coaca 2. Gill-rakers long and slender. 

 Tropical seas; species numerous. (y,p!^ the ancient name of some 

 fish, probably a Scitenoid, from //>^w, to neigh, from the noise made 

 by the fish; akin to our names Grunter, Croaker, Drum, Hog-fish.) 



o C. pBl5SCtBpiMBig Cooper. Blacksmiih. 

 Dark slaty blackish, with violet lustre above; some of the scales 

 with a greenish spot or edging; fins bluish black; posterior part of 



