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Since writing the above, Dr. Jordan has examined, at my request, 

 small specimens in the U. S. National Museum, from Wood's Holl 

 and Newport. These seem to belong to P. catalufa rather than to 

 P. cruentatus. Compared with the latter, these are more slender, 

 depth 2| in length; eye smaller, 2£ in head, and the preopercular 

 spine much smaller. In these specimens, the dorsal is unspotted, 

 having only a dark shade across it ; along the lateral line are eight 

 small black spots, which probably disappear with age. 



2. Priacanthus cruentatus. 



Big Eye ; Catalufa. 



Labrus cruentatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. Ill, 1800, 522 

 (from a copy by Aubriet of a plate made by Plunder at Martinique). 

 Priacanthus cruentatus, Cuv. & Val., Ill, 1829, 102; Poey, Syn. 

 Pise. Cub., 1868, 302 ; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub. 1875, 40. 



Priacanthus cepedianus Desmarest, Prem. Dec. Ichthy. 1823, 9, 

 plate 1 (Havana) ; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub. 1868, 302 ; Poey, Repertorio 

 1, 1867, 273 ; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub. 1875, 39. 



Priacanthus maerophthalmus Cuv. & Val. Ill, 1829, 97 ; Gunther 

 I, 1859, 215 (Cuba, Jamaica, Madeira) (not Anthias maerophthalmus 

 Bloch, an East Indian species) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. 

 A. 1883, 544. 



Priacanthus arenatus Cuv. & Val. Ill, 1829, 101 (Brazil) (de- 

 scription very brief). 



Priacanthus ful gens Lowe, Trans, Zool. Soc. Ill, 1838, 174. 



Habitat. 



Etymology, cruentatus, bloody. 



I identify the specimens collected by Dr. Jordan at Havana with 

 the Pr. cepedianus of Poey, rather than with his Priacanthus catalufa. 

 They agree most closely with the description of Pr. cepedianus of 

 Desmarest. The description and figure of Labrus cruentatus Lace- 

 pede are very far from accurate, but it seems almost certain that it 

 was drawn from a specimen of this species in which the dark mark- 

 ings on the side were more distinct than usual. 



Poey recognizes cruentatus and cepedianus as distinct species but 

 lie says that they differ only in color. 



Since writing the above, two mounted specimens have been 

 received by the museum of the Indiana University. These were 

 sent by Poey from Havana under the name of Priacanthus 

 cepedianus. 



