544 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct., 



Myoteroperca falcata (Poey). 



E.facalus Boulenger, I.e., p. 261. 

 Hypoplectrus unicolor guttavarius (Poey). 



Back, caudal peduncle and sides above rich dark blue-black when 

 fresh, same color also extending on bases of both dorsals. Rest of 

 body, including predorsal region and all fins, brilliant orange. Iris 

 same, though orange fading white in alcohol. Both dorsals, anals 

 and ventrals all very narrowly and inconspicuously edged with 

 black. Broad blue-black bar from each side of snout tip to eye, 

 edged on each side by narrower bar of cobalt-blue, which also with 

 still outer narrower dusky marginal streak. Lower sides of body 

 with dusky diffused in brilliant orange. Length 5j inches. 

 Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). 



One 5| inches long. 



Iridic garnoti (Valenciennes). 



Color when fresh, back neutral tint, greenish-yellow in front 

 above, centre of each scale more olive-green. After depressed 

 pectoral vertical ill-defined broad purplish-black streak towards anal, 

 fading out below. Behind vertical bar all upper surface of body and 

 sides purplish-neutral shade, middle of each scale darker. Head, 

 belly and lower sides tinged dull purple-gray, darker tint across 

 mandible below, leaving broad whitish or pale lower lip. Iris blue- 

 green, narrow circle of gold around pupil. From upper hind eye 

 edge two narrow blackish lines towards spinous dorsal origin, above 

 •and behind several small scattered blackish dots, inconspicuous. 

 Snout, interorbital and opercular region, little darker than rest of 

 head. Both dorsals with very narrow whitish edge, general color 

 slaty to purplish-gray, though on median and basal portions its 

 entire extent with fine deep scarlet vermiculations, less numerous 

 on spinous fin, and very conspicuous, becoming mostly regular, 

 parallel and sloping o])liquely back on soft dorsal behind. Spinous 

 dorsal with submarginal pale or scarlet line fading out on soft fin, 

 though dark area it defines continued similarly wide to end of fin. 

 Anal largely of neutral tint, with median lengthwise area of deep 

 scarlet (turning yellow in alcohol) which vermiculate, and many .of 

 vermiculations extend to base of fin. Submarginal dusky line close 

 to pale edge of anal. Caudal warm blackish-brown, edge narrowly 

 grayish, and concurrent with convex hind edge. Five transverse 

 dark purple lines, edged narrowly with violet-gray, on caudal. 

 Pectoral pale gray, becomes blackish towards tip and along edge 

 above, axil bright green, small neutral tinted spot at origin of fin, 



