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41. Orbis laevis variegatus (the Globe Fish)= f Tetrodon tesiudineus, L. (Tab. 28.) 



The figure mo st resembles T. testudineiis, but m the description ref- 

 erence is made to its occurrence in Virginia, wliicli must allude to T, 

 turgidus. Xo binomial name seems to have been given to this fish. 



42. Psittacus piscis viridis, Bahamensis, (the Parrot Visn)= Sparhoma catesbyi 



(Lac). (Tab. 29.) 

 Type of Lahrus eatesbcei, Lacepede. 



A tolerable figure. 



43. Acus maxima, squamosa, viridis (the Green Gar Yisn)=Lepidosttn8 osseus, 



Referred by Liuuteus, with some doubt, to the synonymy of Usox 

 ossetis, L. Eeferred by Gmelin to Esox viridis, the latter name being- 

 given by Gmelin to specimens sent from Charlestou by Dr. Garden to 

 Linnaeus. 



Catesby's fish seems to have been L. osseus rather than L. ><pa1nla. 

 This is shown not only by the poor figure, but in the description, whidi 

 .speaks of the long mouth, or rather beak, of the total length as three 

 feet, and the habitat. Virginia. 



The specimen sent by Garden to Linnseus, and which is identified by 

 Linmieus with Catesby's figure, seems to be also L. osseus. It is this, 

 rather than Catesby's figure, which is the proper type of Esox viridis^ 

 Gmelin. Neither seems, however, to be identical with the Alligator 

 Gar, which should not, therefore, retain the name Lepidosteus viridis^ 

 used for it by Dr. Giiuther. 



44. An Acarauna major pinniscoruutis, auParu Brasiliensibus ? (theixGEL-Fisn) 



^Holacanthit's cHiarh, (L.). (^Pl. 3Lj 

 Type of Chcetodon squamulosiis, Shaw (Nat. Misc., p. 275). 



A rough but unmistakable figure. Linnoeus seems to have left it un- 

 noticed. 



KECAPITULATION. 



The following binomial names are based directly on figures of 

 Catesby. Those specific names which appear to be tenable by right of 

 priority for the species to which they refer are printed in heavy type. 

 The name of the modern genus to .which each species belongs is placed 

 after it in parenthesis. The order is that of Catesby : 



Esox barracuda Shaw, 1603 (Sphijrccna) 



rsox VULPE.S L.. 175? (Albiila) 



CaUiodon gibbosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ( Uamulon) 



Perca rufa Walbaum, 1792 (Holocenfnim} 



Perca rhomboid(tU-<< L., 1758 {Pomadasys ^ Anisotrcmun) 



Perca -v-exexosa L., 17.5S (Ppinejjhehts ^ Mycitroperca) 



Perca punctata L.. 175.:; {Epinephehis Enneacentrusy 



Perca punctulata Gmelin, 1789 {Epinephelus j Enneacentrus) 



Perca >eelaxura L.,1758 (Jliemulon) 



Perca sectatrix L.. 17.'i~ ,C;iplio!ii(x.\ 



