114 THE SHORE FISHES. 



Caesio tile Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1830, 6, p. 322 (428). Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, 1S74, 2, p. 34. 



Six specimens 5t5 to 5il inches long from Manga Reva, coral. M. C. Z. 

 29411 (3 specimens). 



The following life color note was found with the specimens: — "Lower 

 parts bright red, fading to silvery; upper, greenish blue, becoming purple in 

 formalin." 



Opercle and subopercle are scaly; in other respects our specimens agree 

 with Steindachner's description of C. muUiradiatus (Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesellsch. 

 Wien, 1861, 11, p. 175, fig. 1). Gunther, (loc. cit.) places C. muUiradiatus in 

 synonymy of C. tile, giving the range of soft dorsal rays as 17-21; while our 

 specimens do not show the same range (being 20-22), we assume that Gunther 

 had more material and therefore accept his identification. 



HAEMULIDAE. 

 Haemulon sexfasciatum Gill. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 254. Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 2, 

 p. 1294. 



Eight specimens from Acapulco, one. No. 3366, 71 inches long and seven, 

 3i to 45 inches long. 



A 45 inch specimen has the head 2.80 in length without caudal; depth 2.63; 

 eye 3.40 in head; snout 3.09; maxillary 2.61, reaches about half way between 

 margin and pupil of eye; dorsal XI-I, 17; anal III, IO5, 2nd anal spine reaches 

 somewhat beyond the tip of the third; scales 10-51-14, counted perpendicularly 

 from lateral line to origin of dorsal 7, counted obliquely 10, from origin of anal 

 vertically up to lateral line 12, obliquely upward and forward 14, the series 

 above lateral line counted longitudinally. 



A 3| inch specimen has head 2.82 in length; depth 2.76; eye 2.87 in head; 

 snout 3.28; maxillary 2.77; dorsal XI-I, 16; anal III, IO5; scales 10-51-14, 

 counted as above. 



Another specimen has dorsal XI-I, 17; anal III, 95; 2nd anal spine longer 

 than 3rd; maxillary reaches beyond front of eye. 



A 4th specimen has dorsal XI-I, 17; anal III, IO5; maxillary reaches to 

 front of pupil. 



A 5th has dorsal XI-I, I65; anal III, 95; maxillary reaches nearly to front 

 of pupil; 2nd anal spine longer than 3rd. 



