94 THE SHORE FISHES. 



lateral line variable in the larger examples there being 82 including the one in 

 lateral line, in the smaller 4. The interorbital width in head varies inversely 

 as the size of the fish. 



Holocentrus suborbitalis Gill. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1863, p. 86. Snodgrass & Heller, Proe. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1905, 6, p. 360. 



Plate 2, fig. 2. 



Seven specimens, Nos. 3344-48 and 3362-3, Sf to 7 inches long from Aca- 

 pulco. No. 3344, M. C. Z. 29666, No. 3345, M. C. Z. 29667, No. 3346, M. C. Z. 

 29692, No. 3347, M. C. Z. 29619, No. 3348, M. C. Z. 29689. 



Three specimens, Nos. 3144-5, 72 and 6| inches long and one untagged 63 

 inches long, among coral, all from Toboguilla Island, Bay of Panama. 



Four specimens In to 6 inches long from Perico Island, Bay of Panama. 

 M. C. Z. 29427 (3 specimens), 29554 (1 specimen). 



Ten specimens, 2 to M inches long from Station 4619, Lat. 7°, 15' N.; Long. 

 82°, 8' W. 



One specimen 55 inches long from Station 4615, Lat. 9°, 7' N.; Long. 85°, 

 11' W. 



One specimen. No. 3348, 7 inches long measures 147 mm. from tip of snout 

 to base of caudal; head 3.2 in length without caudal; depth 2.5 in length without 

 caudal; eye 2.8 in head; snout 4.0 in head; maxillary 2.25 in head; interorbital 

 4.5 in head; preopercular spine, measured on its upper edge, 3.75 in head; pectoral 

 1.29 in head; ventral 1.32 in head; 3rd anal spine 1.36 in head; dorsal XI-14; 

 anal IV, 9; scales 4-38-8. 



One specimen, No. 3227, 7 inches long from Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, 

 differs slightly from the above example. It is a little deeper; the eye is slightly 

 smaller ; interorbital a little narrower ; preopercular spine a little longer and 3rd 

 anal spine somewhat .shorter. Its length to base of caudal is 150 mm. and it has 

 the following measurements: — Head 3.33 in length without caudal; depth 

 2.38 in length without caudal; eye 2.9 in head; snout 4.28 in head; maxillary 

 5.00 in head; interorbital 5.62 in head; preopercular spine, measured on its 

 upper edge, 3.46 in head; pectoral 1.32 in head which equals the ventral; 2nd 

 anal spine 1.55 in head; dorsal XI-14; anal IV, 9; scales 4-38-8. 



Holocentrus punctatissimus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1905, 23, pt. 1, p. 1G2, fig. 60. 

 Holocentrum punctatissimum Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1829, 3, p. 160 (215). 



One specimen 3j inches long from Easter Island. 



