ADDENDUM 



After the manuscript for this paper had gone 

 to press, a recent paper by Paulo de Miranda 

 Ribeiro came to my attention (Alguns peixes 

 pouco conhecidos ocorrendo na costa Brasileira, 

 Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, nova 

 serie, zoologia, no. 224, p. 1-11, 1961). In this 

 paper, Miranda Ribeiro described and figured a 

 specimen, apparently a priacanthid, which he 

 designated as P. alius. The specimen was 

 collected far offshore between Florianopohs and 

 Laguna, Brazil (at latitude 28 "45' S., longitude 

 47°50' W.), and is thus so far out of the geograph- 

 ical range given in the present paper for this 

 species that it requires comment. 

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The specimen clearly is not P. alius. The 

 reasons for this become evident when Miranda 

 Ribeiro's description and figure are compared 

 with my data and figures presented in this paper. 

 Miranda Ribeiro did not include many pertinent 

 facts which would positively identify his specimen, 

 but it most closely resembles Cookeolus boops 

 (Bloch and Schneider) and is from within the 

 recorded range of that species. Although coming 

 from within or near the ranges of the two western 

 Atlantic species of the genus Priacanthus, it does 

 not fit the descriptions of these two species. I 

 have recently treated the four western Atlantic 

 priacanthids with illustrations and a key (Caldwell, 

 in press). 



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