108 EPHIPPUS FABER. 



and with two slender horns behind, which are prolonged on the sides of the inter-spinal bones of the 

 anal fin. The urinary bladder is very large. 



Habits. The Epkippiis gigas approaches our shores in the month of July, 

 and is then taken with the hook in deep water; abundantly in some seasons, 

 whUe at others very few or none are caught. It remains with us but a short time, 

 so that little is known of its habits ; it seems, however, to feed on a variety of 

 small marine animals, and parts of fish are sometimes found in its stomach. 



Geogkaphical Distribution. The Angel-fish is abundant in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, and is found on the Atlantic coast of America, from Brazil to 

 New York. 



General Remarks. This animal was first observed on the coast of Brazil, 

 in 1768, by James Parkinson, who made a drawing of it for Sir Joseph Banks, 

 and called it Chcetodon gigas, and his specific name has been retained by later 

 ichthyologists. 



EPHIPPUS FABER. — Sloam. 

 Plate XV. Fig. 1. 



Specific Characters. Body sub-round, compressed, greatly arched; lightest 

 silver-grey, with six vertical, dusky bars. D. 8-1-22. P. 17. V. 1 - 5. 

 A. 3-18. C. 17. 



Synonymes. Faber marinus, Sloane, Hist. Jam., vol. ii. p. 251, fig. 4. 

 Cheetodon triostegus, Lin., Syst. Nat., torn. i. p. 463. 

 Zeus quadratus, Gmel, Ed. Syst. Nat., torn. i. pars iii. p. 1223. 

 Chsetodon triostegus, Gmel, Ed. Syst. Nat., torn. i. pars iii. p. 1246. 

 Chetodon forgeron, Lacep., Hist. Nat. Poiss., torn. iv. pp. 283, 299. 

 Selene quadrangulaire, Lacep., Hist. Nat. Poiss., torn. iv. pp. 355, 357. 

 Chaetodon faber, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. iv. p. 340. 



