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blue, closer set above; those before eye and on snout oblong, stripe-like; 

 these spots appear blatk in life, but in spirits they become intense sky- 

 blue, and ultimately fade to whitish; each scale of back above lateral lino 

 anteriorly with a vertically oblong- stripe of dark blue; behind and below 

 these, many scales have each a round point of deep violet; one row of 

 these on upper edge of caudal peduncle on each side, and three partial 

 series below lateral line ; dorsal blnish-black, each scale with a blue point ; 

 last rays of soft dorsal yellow; a black point at base of last ray; a large 

 blackish blotch on middle of first soft rays in the young; spinous dorsal 

 with a marginal palt; band made of 2 narrow stripes of bluish, and 2 of 

 dull orange; anal gtdden yellow, its edge dusky, traces of a pale spot at 

 base of last ray; pectoral yellow, a conspicuous blue spot at base above; 

 ventrals yellow, tinged Avith bluish; a blackish blotch on middle of base 

 of lower jaw. About rocks and reefs in clear, rather deep water; not 

 rare. West Indies north to the Snapper Banks of west Florida ; common ; 

 a handsome fish, apparently distinct from E. fiiscus, but not always easily 

 distingnished. 



A specimen iu good condition from Pensacola is thus described (under 

 the name romdcciitnts caudalis): Head 3i; depth 2^^. D. XII, 14; A. II, 

 13; scales 4-29-9. Form oblong-ovate; the anterior profile moderately 

 convex. Preorbital and preopercle well serrated. Teeth moderate, entire. 

 Soft parts of dorsal and anal rather high. Upper parts dusky ; the greater 

 part of each scale of a light grayish-blue; lower parts bright yellow, with 

 some blue spots on the scales ; top and sides of head similarly marked with 

 bluish spots on the scales; a jet-black, ink like spot, ocellated with blue 

 on the back of the tail ; dorsal fin colored like the back ; the posterior soft 

 rays abruptly yellow; caudal fin bright yellow, lower fins chiefly yellow. 



We have also the following notes on a specimen from Bahia, also called 

 "caudalis;" it is very slightly more elongate than E. fiiscus. Its colora- 

 tion is largely yellow, the fins not black; blue points on head, base of 

 caudal and anal; axil dark; a black blotch on dorsal and 1 on back of 

 caudal peduncle larger than in the young oi fiiscus and less ocellate. The 

 forehead is less decurved, and there is a white dot at base of last anal ray. 

 Perhans caudalis {=le)icosUctus) also is one of the protean forms assumed 

 hy fiiscits, and it may be that Pomacewfritsjjic/MS of Castelnau, brown, with 

 the caudal mostly yellow, is one of the forms of the same fish. 



(Xevho?, white ; srzKros, spotted.) 



Pomacentrus leucostictus* Mullek & Troschel, in SchomburKk's Exc. Barbados, 674, 

 1848, Barbados; Gunthkr, Cat., iv, 31, 1862; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopais, 610, 1883; 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 133; Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1888, 552. 



"'' Pomacentrus leucogtictiis, Miill. et Tr. uov. spec. D. 12-15; A. 2-13. Black Pilot. 

 Beau Gregory. 



"This species asrecs witli P.fiiscii,i of Ciivier et Valenciennes; it distinguishes itself, 

 liowever, by iiuiuchmis white ilots. wliicli are especially abundant beneath the dorsal and 

 altove the anal tin, wImit (.nc is i)lare<l on each scale." (Miiiler & Troschel.) 



In the yoiuiiicr iiidiviiluals tlic w liitf dots are much more distinct, and this may have 

 induced the tisTiermen to give them the name of Beau Gregory; the full-grown specimen 

 is called Black Pilot. 



