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7. Diabasis sexfasciatus (Gill) J. tS: G. 

 30997. Oue liall'-grown specimen. 



8. Diabasis steindachneri Jor. & Gilb. 

 9580, 9588, 9600, 19632. 



9. Diabasis maculicauda (Gill) J. & G. 

 Three specimens, in very bad condition. 



10. Pomadasys virginicus Snbsp, taeniatus (Gill) J. & G. 



31013. One specimen. 



We have compared Pacific coast representatives of this species {Ani- 

 sotremiis Ueniatus Gill) with specimens from the Bahamas. The former 

 appear to have very slightly smaller scales (11-56-18 against 9-56-16), 

 but we can find no other structural difference, and this may not be con- 

 stant. The Atlantic form has the vertical bauds much darker, almost 

 black, instead of brown. The blue lateral stripes are wider and fiiinter, 

 as broad as a scale and more than two-thirds the width of the inter- 

 spaces ; they are very faintly edged with darker. The additional smaller 

 l)lue stripes between the broader stripes are more numerous than in the 

 Pacific form. In the latter the blue stripes are much less wide than a 

 scale and barely one-third the olive stripes. The coloration in Pacific 

 coast specimens is very uniform, and the name tcvniatus mny be retained 

 for the subsi)ecies which they represent. 



11. Pomacanthus strigatus (Gill) J. & G. 



31008. A fine large specimen, 8 inches in length ; pale bar downward 

 from dorsal very distinct ; dorsal and anal with a narrow edging of bright 

 blue posteriorly. Blue stripes on head wholly obsolete. 



12. Pomacentrus rectifrcenuni Gill. 



Young specimens, in very poor condition. 



13. Philypnus lateralis Gill. 



8057. One example, 9 inches long. 



14. Dormitator maculatus (Blocli) J. & G. 

 Specimens in bad condition. 



15. Culius eequidens Jor. & Gilb. 

 5089. In bad condition. 



16. Fierasfer areuicola Jor. & Gilb. 



7531. Two specimens, the largest 4| inches long. 



These specimens agree well with the typical example, but the mouth 

 is larger, the maxillary extending much beyond orbit, its length nearly 

 two-thirds that of head. 



United States National Museum, June 30, 1882. 



