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BERTRAM G. SMITH. 



males were found to be marked on each side of the abdomen 

 with a broad longitudinal stripe of the most vivid and brilh'ant 

 scarlet that I have ever seen. This stripe starts just back of the 

 operculum and runs immediately below the lower of the two 

 lateral dark bands (see Fig. i) and parallel to it, reaching almost 

 to the caudal fin. There is also a small red spot just below the 



Fig. 2. 

 Fig. I, male, and Fig. 2, female specimens of Clirosomus erythroi^asti'r Rafinesque, 

 life size. 



mandible on each side. In some specimens the lateral bands of 

 red are faint except just behind the operculum. In the more highly 

 colored males the entire abdomen is covered with red, and there is 

 a red spot in the anterior part of the root of the dorsal fin. The 

 pectoral and pelvic fins, and the anal fin, are bright lemon 

 yellow ; the dorsal fin and tail are faintly marked with pale 

 yellow. There is a small spot of yellow on the ventral side of 

 the body at the base of the caudal fin, and another in the gular 

 region. 



