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111 the twelfth edition of the Systema Naturae, Liniifeus described his 

 JPerca chrysoptera from a specimen of the fish called of late Pristipoma 

 fuJvomaculatmn, sent him by Dr. Garden, from Charleston. To its 

 .synon;^ my he erroneously referred the present figure of Catesby* Still 

 more erroneously, Cuvier & Valenciennes have identified both Catesby's 

 figure and Liumeus's description with their Haniiiloii chryfiopterum, a 

 species very different from the fish either of Liniiieus or Catesby. 



In 1801, under the head of Calliodon gibhosus (p. 313) Bloch & Schnei- 

 der have a description, taken for the most part from Catesby's figure, 

 with a few phrases from the Liuntean diagnosis, those points in which 

 the latter disagrees from the figure being omitted. Both Linnaeus and 

 Catesby are quoted in the synonymy, but it is evident both fiom the 

 specific name and from the description that Catesby's figure only is re- 

 garded as the type of Calliodon gibhosus. I therefore adopt the name 

 gihbosum instead oi album for the Margate-fish. The name clirysoptcra 

 can, of course, go only with the Fomadasys, where it will supersede 

 Julvomacu latns. 



4. Saurus ex cinereo nigricans (the Sea Sparrow-hawk) =: Sijnodiis foctens, (L.). 



(Tab. 2, f. 2.) 



From Carolina. In the twelfth edition of the Systema Katura^ this is 

 correctly referred by Linnseus to the synonymy of his Salmo /(xtens, de- 

 scribed from a specimen sent from Carolina by Dr. Garden. 



5. Perca marina, pinna dorsi divisa (the Croker) ^:: Micropogon undnialiitf, (L.). 



(Tab. 3, f. 1.) 



From Virginia and Chesapeake Bay. In the twelfth edition S. N. it 

 is correctly referred to the synonymy of Perca undulata, sent from 

 Carolina by Dr. Garden. 



6. Perca marina rubra (the Squirrel) = Holocentrum ascensione, (Osbeck). (Tab. 3, 



f. 2.) 



One of the best of Catesb,>'s figures, but for some reason overlooked 

 by Linnseus and Bloch. It is the basis of Perca n^/VtWalbaum. Later 

 than Walbaum the names matajuelo and longipinnc have been ai)plied 

 to this species, which is the common West Indian Holocentrum. Prior 

 to Walbaum it had received the specific names ascensione, jyentacanthum, 

 and sogo. The name ascensione is the earliest and best of these, and it 

 is probably as certainly identified, although Osbeck's description tells 

 little more than that his fish was a Holocentrum. This species is the 

 only one of the genus recorded from Ascension Island since the time of 

 Osbeck's visit. (Giinther, Shore Fishes Challenger Exj).) 



7. Peica marina rhomboidalis fasciata (the FoRK-¥isn)^^Pomada8ysvirgimcu8, (L.)- 



(Tab. 4,f.l). 



In the tenth edition S. N., p. 294, made the type of a Perca rJiom- 

 hoidulis, in the synonymy of which the Spams striis longitudinalibus of 

 Brown (apparently Diplodus unimaculatus) is erroneously placed. In 



