1889.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 161 



large hole between the great wing and the base of the superior 

 sphenoid."] {Poey.) catalufa. 1. 



bb. Body deep, the depth 3 in total length (with caudal ; 2| to 

 base of caudal) ; dorsal and anal spines all finely serrated in front ; 

 preopercle with a flat, triangular spine ; length of head nearly equal 

 to distance from lateral line to edge of belly ; eye 2 in head ; oper- 

 cular spine very small ; last dorsal spine If the length of second ; 

 pectorals small, little longer than eye. Mouth large, oblique ; 

 maxillaries reaching nearly to middle of the eye, 2 in head ; caudal 

 slightly notched ; roof of mouth with longitudinal ridges : upper 

 limb of preopercle almost vertical ; dorsal X, 13 to 14; anal III, 

 14 to 15. Lateral line 84. Skull without foramen below; color 

 rose, the back brownish, the dark color of the back sometimes form- 

 ing rounded blotches on sides ; dorsal fin with small dark spots. 



CRUENTATUS. 2. 



aa. [Ventrals very long, extending to third soft ray of anal; 

 dorsal and ventral fins almost entirely black. All the rays and 

 >[>ines of dorsal and anal fins with striated or roughened surface; 

 preopercle with a cylindrical spine ; depth of body 2f in total 

 length ; head 31 ; diameter of eye 3 in head ; operculum with two 

 short spines ; a larger one above belonging to scapular bone ; length 

 of second dorsal spine nearly three times in that of the last ; pectorals 

 yellowish ; D. X, 13 ; A. Ill, 13 ; lateral line 80.] (Gunther.) 



BONARIENSIS. 3. 



1. Priacanthus catalufa. 



Catalufa Parra, Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat., 1787, plate 20 (Havana). 



Priacanthus catalufa Poey, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phil., 1863, 

 182 (Havana) ; Poey, Repertorio I, 1867, 274 ; Poey, Synopsis, 

 1868, 302; Poey, Enumeratio 1875,38. 



Priacanthus macrophthalmus Gill. Kept. U. S. F. C. for 1871-2, 

 807. ("Occasional northwards.") (Not of C. & V.) 



Habitat. West Indies, occasional northwards in the Gulf Stream. 



Etymology, Catalufa, common name of the species at Havana. 



This species is unknown to me. From the accounts given by Parra 

 and Poey, it would seem to be more elongate than the next species, 

 and Poey has indicated a differential character in the structure of 

 the skull. Not having seen the skull I find it difficult to under- 

 stand the character in question. 



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